Inside Careers (CMI - 1997-2000)

Editor responsible for the content and production of 8 career guides aimed at an undergraduate audience.

Printed guides

The annual print run was approximately 80,000 guides at a print cost of £60,000. I was also responsible for sourcing printers and ensuring that production costs remained within budget.

Production work included:

• Commissioning content, communicating with authors and copy editing articles.
• Design of a new page layout and cover resulting in a dramatic improvement of the existing guides.
• Image manipulation, page layout and formatting using QuarkXPress.
• Working with Saatchi and Saatchi to refine cover design and marketing materials.
• Liaising with advertisers to organise page layouts and delivery of advertising materials (film, EPS files etc).
• Setting up a production system utilising QuarkXPress, PDF and EPS files.
• Complex book planning for full-colour and spot-colour sections to control costs.
• Database design with Microsoft Access.
• Liaising with printers to ensure proper planning of deliverables.
• Proofing of pre-press materials.

Detailed planning was required to meet strict deadlines. Other tasks included the management and coordination of freelances and production staff and ensuring that client needs were met.

Website

Inside Careers is one of the most popular sites on the Web for graduates seeking career advice and vacancies.

Production work included:

• Look and feel design.
• Information architecture.
• Interface development including graphics production, integration of JavaScript navigation, integration of Lotus Notes databases.
• Management and coordination of freelances and production staff.
• Commissioning content.
• Creation of production systems and documentation.

Marketing

Worked with Saatchi and Saatchi to develop marketing materials.