Dominique Albertini

French Deputy Team Leader

Sector: Press and editorial

French Listings Editor

• Writing, translating and editing informative listings in clear and concise French and English, chasing updates and further developments in the channels.
• Entering programme schedules and synopses on to a database which serves print and electronic media including national newspapers and electronic programme guides.
• Liaising effectively with broadcasters and key team members to ensure smooth flow of information.
• Planning workloads, working ahead of deadlines.

Sector: Press and editorial

Author and proofreader

Author and proofreader on a French Grammar Toolkit CD-ROM.

Sector: Press and editorial

Editor on computer books

Project management :
• Follow-up of sales and new titles.
• Publishing plan, product launch of several titles per month (creation, translation, co-edition, updates), scheduling (prior to publishing).
• Supervised and recruited authors and translators, dealt with publishing contracts and provisional budgets.
• Presented finished books to the sales team, back cover description and layout.
• Managed a team of proofreaders (costs, employment, coordination).
• Coordinated internal and external graphic designers and layout artists.

Sector: Press and editorial

Assistant Editor

• Follow-up of four titles per month. Coordinated internal and external collaborators (authors, translators, proofreaders and layout artists).
• Finalised manuscripts, font design layouts, various corrections (proof, index, wrote press releases...).
• Traffic scheduling with production director.

Sector: Press and editorial

Free-lance Editor

Nathan, Extracurricular high school, Atout Bac de philosophie, L’Apprenti Philosophe, Bacs blancs philosophie, les Intégrales de Philo (several titles : Diderot, Hegel, Pascal…) : managed projects from manuscript to printing, liaising with authors.
Bordas, Scholar high school : proofreading the update of the philosophical manual “Les Chemins de la pensée” (Thinking lanes).
Flammarion, rewrote Objectif Aventure Tunisie, Tunisian travel guide.
ESF Editeur, rewrote L'Estime de soi, self development guide.
Hachette, Extracurricular, Perdus en forêt (Lost in the woods) : proofreading.
Alapage.com, Education department : wrote a philosophy test.

Sector: Press and editorial