What is a project leader anyway?
When people ask me what my job is, I usually tell them that I work in publishing or that I’m an editor. But my job title is project leader. What exactly does that mean?
When people ask me what my job is, I usually tell them that I work in publishing or that I’m an editor. But my job title is project leader. What exactly does that mean?
When all academic backgrounds can be valuable and competition is extremely tough, how do you break into the publishing industry? How do you escape that demoralising paradox: you need experience to get a job and you need a job to get experience?
I wanted to do something that was related to my degree; many people assumed that I would go into teaching, but I knew that it wasn’t for me. Then I stumbled across publishing, and it seemed perfect – I could spend my days reading books and making them better, that’s what publishing is all about, right?
I had been with Prepress Projects for only a few months when I volunteered to be coached.