NICOLE  BATOR

Editor, Food & Cookery • Digital and Print Media
London

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Broad range of professional editorial experience, including:

• Editing and writing for print and digital media
• Cookbook editing
• Manuscript and developmental editing
• Sub-editing, copyediting and proofreading
• Food, feature, travel and news writing
• Quality assurance (QA) and software testing
• Technical writing (user manuals, online help)
• Educational and English Language Training (ELT) editing
• Content management

Senior Cookery Editor, July 2008 - Present
Cookery Editor, June 2007 - July 2008
Duncan Baird Publishers, London

• Manage illustrated cookery titles:
  • Edit cookery books from initial manuscript submission through to final layout
  • Develop book concepts with managing editor and communicate requirements to authors; create project schedules; commission freelance editors, proofreaders and indexers
  • Work with designers, food stylists and photographers to select and photograph recipes
  • Work within allocated budgets
  
• Produce marketing materials and presentations
• Manage the Americanization process for all cookery titles; commission Americanizers
• Create and maintain style guides for inhouse staff, freelancers and authors

Editor and Writer, June 1997 - June 2007
Freelance, USA, Germany, UK
Projects (full-time and part-time) included:

• Editor, February 2006 - May 2007
  Wunderman Impact and GT, divisions of Young & Rubicam, London
  • Copy edited, proofread and performed quality assurance (QA) on corporate websites
  • Rewrote, edited and proofread copy for digital and print campaigns
  • Localized American content for UK audience


• Online Editor, Rodale Books International
  London, England; May 2006 - October 2006
  • Updated online bookstore using bespoke content management system (CMS)
  
  
• Cookery Book Americanizer, March 2006 - April 2006
  MQ Publications, London
  • Edited cookery books for American market: Americanized text and converted measurements from metric to American customary units
  
  
• Restaurant Critic & Writer, September 2002 - February 2004
  Munich Found, Munich, Germany
  • Reviewed restaurants for monthly English-language magazine; interviewed industry professionals for food and beverage articles
  • Wrote feature, travel and news articles; provided editorial assistance, copyediting and proofreading; compiled monthly events calendar; updated website
  
  
• Cook & Culinary Instructor, June 2004 - April 2005
  Munich, Germany
  • Provided food preparation and cooking services to restaurants and caterers
  • Taught private cooking and baking classes for students at all levels
  
  
• Chef, September - October 2004
  Haus Amala, Munich, Germany
  • Responsible for all food preparation and service at organic, vegetarian inn, including customizing menus to accommodate special diets (vegan, diabetic, food allergies, etc)
  • Planned and budgeted daily menus; oversaw purchasing and control of inventory
  • Provided cooking instruction and consultations over duration of this temporary position

The Natural Gourmet Institute
New York, New York, USA; October 2003 - March 2004
Completed full-time, professional Chef's Training Programme; emphasis on health-supportive cooking and baking

The Institute of Culinary Education
New York, New York, USA; November 2003 - February 2004
Completed 60-hour Baking and Pastry Certificate course and a Wine Essentials survey course

Rutgers College, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Linguistics and German, May 1997
Phi Beta Kappa, National Honour Society
High Honours, Rutgers German Department

Software Programmes:include Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Express, Microsoft Office, GoogleDocs, OpenOffice, content management systems (CMS), web browsers Web Development Tools: HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Operating Systems: MacOS, Windows, Linux

English: Native speaker
German: Proficient
Italian: Elementary