Curriculum Vitae
Brill Publishers
October 2021 - Present
Associate Editor
Founded in 1683 in the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
As an associate editor, I am in charge of guiding authors through the entire publishing process of their book, monitoring the book budget, coordinating the peer review process, liaising between Desk Editing, Marketing, and Finance, and occasionally traveling internationally for academic conferences.
Amsterdam Publishers
September 2019 - April 2022
Publishing Assistant
Amsterdam Publishers is Europe's largest publisher specializing in Holocaust books by first, second, and third-generation survivors.
As a publishing assistant, I worked closely with the publisher throughout the entire publishing process. My tasks included, but were not limited to: assisting the publisher with book acquisitions, proposal and manuscript reviews; copywriting and proofreading promotion texts and book cover blurbs for new titles; finding and nurturing an extensive list of book reviewers and sending ARC for pre-publication reviews, etc.
Frame, Journal of Literary Studies
June 2020 - June 2021
Editor & Marketer
Frame is a biannual journal of literary studies, run by (former) students of Utrecht University, which publishes articles by international theorists along with important lectures, interviews, and critical reviews.
My responsibilities included editing and proofreading scholarly articles on specific themes that resonate with the contemporary literary debate; maintaining publishing schedules and preparing the journal for production; collaborating with editors and marketing managers and developing key messages for author communication; and managing the journal's social media platforms.
Elsevier
July 2020 - November 2020
Social Media Specialist Intern
In my internship at Elsevier, a leading publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content, I worked with various products and their messaging strategy directed at researchers and librarians.
My main tasks included researching and developing content for external communication platforms; optimizing social media marketing strategies for books and journals; and analyzing campaigns by looking closely at data analytics and making presentations on the insights gained.
Education
Utrecht University
Master in Literature Today
2019 - 2020
Graduated Cum Laude
Nominated for the Thesis Award of the Faculty of Humanities and Utrecht University's MA Thesis Prize
University of Bucharest
Bachelors in English and Portuguese Language and Literature
2015 - 2018
Graduated in the top 5% of my class