Managing Editorial Freelances

Dates:

16 June, 11 October 2010 (a one-day course)

Price:

£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

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"More confident in writing briefs. I feel I better understand the importance of briefs and feedback. I thought the course was extremely useful; I’d recommend all editors to go on it."

Sage Publications delegate

Are you using your editorial freelances effectively? Make sure you are by attending this popular course. You'll learn how to:

source the most appropriate freelances
give accurate briefings
gain a tighter grip on costs, timing and schedule management
maintain quality standards and motivate your freelances
understand the legal issues.

This well established course has helped many editors to examine and improve their management of editorial freelances. Now you can benefit too. Giving you a more rounded view of employing freelances, the course will help you to ensure that the advantages of reducing editorial overheads aren't being undermined by insufficient planning, briefing or quality control.

Programme

Why and how publishers use freelances
Selecting freelances
Briefing
Cost, quality and time control
Feedback and motivation
Legal issues

Who will benefit from this course?

Managing Editors, Project Editors, Desk Editors and Editorial Co-ordinators.

Your tutor

Anne Waddingham trades as WordMedic (‘Making words better’) and has worked in STM publishing for over 30 years. She specialises in tutoring, on-screen editing and project management. She authored the on-screen editing chapter in the fourth edition of Butcher’s Copy-editing (CUP, 2006) and contributed to New Hart’s Rules (OUP, 2005). She has a Licentiateship in Editorial Skills from the City & Guilds Institute.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.

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Dates: 16 June, 11 October 2010

Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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