Jo Wood
Editorial Partner at Bookworx
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJo Wood is an experienced editorial partner based in London with nearly 40 years specialising in illustrated non-fiction, from concept and commissioning to hands-on writing, Anglicising and last-minute problem-solving. At Bookworx she partners with designer Peggy Sadler to tightly integrate imagery and text, delivering efficient, publication-ready books for publishers including Dorling Kindersley, Gaia Books and Octopus. Her skill set spans project management, ghost-writing, copy-editing and repurposing editions, with deep practical knowledge of Quark and InDesign workflows. A former visiting tutor, she brings both industry and teaching experience to mentoring editorial teams and commissioning projects. Unusually for an editor, she blends long-form visual storytelling instincts with acute production troubleshooting, making her a go-to for tight-deadline illustrated titles.
14 years of coding experience
friends' school, saffron waldenBook publishing and Production, Editorial, design, production and printing, Book publishing and Production, Editorial, design, production and printing at Oxford Brookes University
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Github Skills (60)
markdown10
visual-studio-code-extension10
javascript10
visualization10
vega10
svg-path10
canvas10
p5js10
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graphic10
elm10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jwoLondon/vastchallenge2019
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 13 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
gicentre/tidy
Nov 2018 - Apr 2021
Utilities for creating 'tidy' data tables
Contributions:7 releases, 78 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 5 months
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