Coleman, Derek

Developmental Editor at Elsevier

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Senior Editorial Project Manager at Elsevier
    Mar 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 4 mos

    All post book title acquisition activities, providing author and editorial assistance, managing manuscript delivery to deadlines, coordinating with production in Chennai, initiating marketing activities etc

  • Elsevier Science (Amsterdam)
    • Staff Editor of TrAC -- Trends in Analytical Chemistry
      1986 - 2001 · 15 yrs

      Managing a group of scientific editors acquiring reviews on the trends in the field, acquiring books on the basis of these reviews, coordinating copyediting, desk editing and promotion, filling news pages and writing the occasional conference reports

    • Desk Editor
      1982 - 1986 · 4 yrs

      Overseeing the publication of a number of journals, from receipt of manuscript through markup, proof correction and publication.

    • Marketing copy editor
      Mar 1981 - Jan 1982 · 11 mos

      Writing marketing copy for scientific books, preparing promotional leaflets for journals and book series