EDITING & PRODUCTION

I worked in the independent-publishing sector for over a decade, specialising in print periodicals and nonfiction books.

​I project-managed titles from the pitch or manuscript stage, through editing and design, to the printed product, and coordinated teams of authors, other editors and designers, along with liaising with printers, publicists, distributors and the media.

Having enjoyed my run in periodical and book publishing, I’ve decided to move into editorial-adjacent, producing and curatorial roles in festival and community contexts.

Examples of past work

Collisions (Liminal & Pantera Press)

Two Degrees (Arts Access Victoria & The Other Film Festival)

Metro #203

Archer #12

Voiceworks #94

Award Winning Australian Writing 2013

Michael O'Connell: The Lost Modernist (RMIT)

Kerb #20 (RMIT)

Fragmented #2

Sweet Greek (Melbourne Books)

A Universe of One's Own (Penguin)

Darebin Parklands: Escaping the Claws of the Machine (Melbourne Books)

Current roles

• Publications and content manager, Melbourne International Film Festival (from 2020)
• Consulting editor (2017–2020) then publication editor (from 2020), Liminal magazine
• Specialist projects producer, Arts Access Victoria (from 2020)
• Freelance editorial and sensitivity consultant
  

Previous roles

• Editor, Metro magazine (2013–2020)
• Editor-in-chief, Archer magazine (2017–2019)
• Subeditor, Screen Education​ magazine (2013–2020)
• Editorial assistant (2009) then in-house editor (2010–2013), Melbourne Books 
• Editor, Award Winning Australian Writing (2009–2013)
• Contract editor, RMIT University, including Kerb journal (2010–2013)
• Nonfiction editor (2008–2012) then deputy editor (2012–2013), Voiceworks magazine
• Contract editor, Fragmented magazine (2011–2012)
• Editorial committee member, Writers Victoria (2013–2016)

​Image: 'Managing a Publication', NEWS 2020 (photo by Connor Tomas O’Brien)​