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’m now focusing on editorial-adjacent and arts-production roles in festival and community contexts—though the editorial fire can never truly be extinguished, and I still edit on a freelance basis for a few clients.

Examples of past work

MIFF 2023 program guide (Melbourne International Film Festival)

Against Disappearance (Liminal & Pantera Press)

Liminal vol. II

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

Metro #195

Archer #11

Michael O'Connell: The Lost Modernist (RMIT)

From Impulse to Action (Bundanon Museum)

Jennifer Mills, 'The Airways' (Pan Macmillan)

Voiceworks #94

Award Winning Australian Writing 2013

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

Current roles

• Publications & Content Manager (2020–2023) then Publications & Audience Development Manager (from 2023), Melbourne International Film Festival 
• Consulting Editor (2017–2020) then Publication Editor (from 2020), Liminal magazine
• Freelance editor, proofreader, and industry and community consultant

Previous roles

• Specialist Projects Producer, Arts Access Victoria (project-based, 2020–2023)
• Editor, Metro magazine (2013–2020)
• Editor-in-Chief, Archer magazine (2017–2019)
• Subeditor, Screen Education​ magazine (2013–2020)
• Editorial Assistant (2009) then Editor (2010–2013), Melbourne Books 
• Editor, Award Winning Australian Writing (2009–2013)
• Editor, RMIT University, including Kerb journal (2010–2013)
• Nonfiction Editor (2008–2012) then Deputy Editor (2012–2013), Voiceworks magazine
• Editor, Fragmented magazine (2011–2012)
• Editorial committee member, Writers Victoria (2013–2016)

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