PUBLISHING
Josie’s work as consultant in the publishing industry includes training workshops attended by editorial staff from all the major academic and educational publishers in the UK, in-company training, and consultancy on business development and strategy for publishing companies in the UK and Europe.
An academic publisher by background, Josie spent 15 years in the industry, in both university-press and commercial-academic sectors.
At Cambridge University Press she was Senior Commissioning Editor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division; she ran the literary studies list while managing a team of editors across the humanities, and was founding editor of the Canto paperback imprint.
At Palgrave Macmillan Josie was Publishing Director for the Academic Division, responsible for the management and strategic direction of a large editorial department publishing over 400 scholarly titles annually across the humanities and social sciences.
An academic publisher by background, Josie spent 15 years in the industry, in both university-press and commercial-academic sectors.
At Cambridge University Press she was Senior Commissioning Editor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division; she ran the literary studies list while managing a team of editors across the humanities, and was founding editor of the Canto paperback imprint.
At Palgrave Macmillan Josie was Publishing Director for the Academic Division, responsible for the management and strategic direction of a large editorial department publishing over 400 scholarly titles annually across the humanities and social sciences.
