Macmillan Employer Reviews

A million projects to do and calls to make but an amazing manager. i learned how to be the perfect personal assistant/secretary. worked well under pressure. Coworkers were friendly , not really any major hardships but i can say running errands in the summer heat wasn't so great and most enjoyable part was the free lunch sometimes and the free tickets – more... to theater shows. – less

ART DIRECTOR Nature, Macmillan June 2003 - January 2011 My initial task was to re-establish the art team into a working force again. The magazine was at a very embryonic stage and needed new direction. My job was to improve the design and take the graphics to a greater level.
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed – more... research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality and importance. It also provides authoritative news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science and the wider public. For these reasons the design, the look and the graphics have to reflect this.
Initially with 2 designers we set out to make the graphics and photography more dynamic and to make the pages more readable. The next few years saw many changes until we grew to become a thriving team of 12 designers and photo researchers. The Nature art team had never been as strong and was a credit to all the team in making this happen. Being at the helm of the team when such important changes are taking place felt like a great achievement.
We continued to create powerful exciting issues with impactful graphics and typography when we relaunched again in September of 2010.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Built the team from 3 to 12 strong Redesign 2005, also changing all graphic styles Redesign 2010 – less

• Promoted to assist marketing services director of an international publishing company in 5 functional areas including supervising 9 staff, scheduling, and travel arrangements

• Controlled traffic for producing 7 types of collateral while proofreading 200-page catalogs

• Facilitated efficient financial operations by maintaining expense records, reviewing – more... with VP of marketing services to determine budget reserves, creating monthly supervisor’s reports, and submitting invoices

• Scheduled ad runs in trade publications, placing insertion orders and providing design and production departments with accurate information

• Prepared exhibit booth for International Reading Association trade show and ensured smooth operations across the 5-day show

• Appointed to National Sales Meeting logistics committee, orchestrating award production, accommodations, agenda, and meeting binders for over 350 attendees

• Maintained promotional items inventory, stocking items, fulfilling orders, and following-up with distribution center to ensure delivery of promotional materials – less

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Spent nearly 18 months there and loved it. I moved to alberta for 6 months is the only reason i left.

One never know what the day is going to pan out like and every day if as fun as one makes it

I am currently working on a temporary contract with Macmillan setting up Health and Wellbeing clinics for patients finishing chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment. This role is aimed and looking into different ways we can provide follow up to our patients as the number of people in follow up rises which is increasing the demands on the service. The hardest – more... part of the job is being your own boss a majority of the time. I enjoy the role i am in because the feedback from patients who have attended the health and wellbeing clinics is very postive and they report how much their participation has boosted their psychological and emotional wellbeing. – less

unprofessional, dishonest, two-faced
the most unprofessional company to work for in York

Realización de preparación de pedidos de libros, lo más dificil es que algunos títulos venían en inglés. Pero día a día y como tambíen nos ponían la ubicación ya no me era difícil localizarlos.
Lo que más me ha gustado es que he seguido adquiriendo más conocimientos para mi vida laboral