Karl W.
Freelance Publishing ConsultantWhat is the nature of your role and its responsibilities?
Providing consultation and editorial services to the educational publishing industry, with focus on mathematics.
What led you to follow this career path?
I always wanted to get into educational publishing, but couldn’t get a job in my 20s so I became a teacher instead and then tried again in my 30s when I was successful.
What qualification(s) or training did you complete?
PGCE (secondary) for teaching, but no formal qualifications needed for publishing.
How are your qualification(s) or training useful in your everyday job?
Knowing maths up to A level is definitely useful in engaging with manuscript, and being a trained teacher is highly valuable in engaging with authors who are often also teachers, as well as in designing courses.
What does an average working day look like for you?
I work at my computer for most of an average day, engaging with written content, with the occasional on-screen meetings and sometimes get to travel to meet clients.
What aspect of your role do you most enjoy?
Devising educational courses or programs from scratch.
What aspect of your job do you find most challenging?
Training others, though I’d like to improve on this.
What would be your top piece of advice for anyone wanting to become a publishing consultant?
For anyone wanting to become an editor in maths or science, persistence is key. Don’t be disheartened at being rejected from jobs – just keep at it and find the smallest opportunity, then exploit it to the full so that you then gain the ‘required experience’.
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