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Mercier Press, a strong small press with good historical titles, is looking for a Senior Editor


published in From the Editor
on March 4, 2010
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Mercier

Mercier Press is looking for a Senior Editor: The successful candidate will have experience in editing and typesetting history and current affairs, have an understanding of the current challenges facing the publishing business and have strong attention to detail and commitment to excellence. Finally, the successful candidate will thrive on the excitement of working with a values driven team, building a legacy for Irish cultural life.

Duties & Responsibilities

    Overseeing manuscript and content development for all new titles
    Controlling incoming manuscripts and managing author relationships
    Editing and/or proof reading all books, both copy edit and structural edit as necessary
    Contracting new titles and managing the backlist
    Managing freelancers
    General Administration

Essential Skills

    Demonstrated copy editing and proofreading skills
    Mastery of English grammar and punctuation; strong writing skills
    Computer skills: Adobe Creative Suite 2, 3 or 4, Microsoft Office, both Mac and PC proficient
    Meticulous attention to detail, commitment to producing quality product, conscious of tight deadlines
    Ability to multitask and maintain multiple similar projects
    Bachelor’s degree with concentration in English and/or History (Master’s preferable)

For further details or to apply, please email clodagh.feehan@mercierpress.ie, including a cover letter stating why you are interested in the role along with your CV and salary expectation.

Mercier Press
Cork based Mercier Press is the longest established independent publisher in Ireland. The Company publishes books of Irish interest and its core strengths are in the areas of History, Biography and Memoir, Politics, Business, Sport, Folklore and Heritage, MBS, Children and Literature. For over 65 years, Mercier’s commitment to excellence and innovation has kept the Company at the forefront of Irish publishing. Mercier is the only Irish publisher to be awarded the national HR standard, Excellence Through People, demonstrating our commitment to the personal and professional development of our people.

Mercier Press is an equal opportunities employer

The suit I bought in an alleyway for twenty pounds

Paul O'Sullivan
published in Essays
on June 18, 2009
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The suit I bought in an alleyway, by Paul O'Sullivan
I never wanted any job where a well-cut suit compensated for a lack of ability. But there were people rooting for me to go out into the world, further than already ventured.

The interview room was recently soundproofed, so the woman at the front desk said. The door swung open: my interviewers. They apologized for lateness, client lunch, and led the way, the tall elegant woman with black hair and Middle Eastern features striding out in front. The stocky, hunched man with badger grey hair followed behind me, closed the glass door and excused himself when he belched. Across the street a seagull stood on the parapet of a nine-storey building. On noticing I made a mental note not to look out the window again. It had been a bad habit in interviews before.

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Time that is beyond accounting for

Donald Mahoney
published in Essays
on May 13, 2009
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I have two jobs – a day job as a corporate blogger and a night job doing freelance reporting for a daily Dublin newspaper. I don’t always do both jobs on the same day, but when I do, the twelve and a half hours spent gazing into a computer monitor leave my eyes gauzy but uncloseable, like I’ve been subjected to some moderate form of torture.

I have lived this way since I started writing fiction again, in the spring of 2008. The blogging job is only twenty hours a week, and the reporting work is intermittent, giving me three-day weekends and pockets of hours during weekday afternoons to write. I am twenty-nine.

Both jobs are done in front of a computer, at a desk in an office lit by fluorescent light bulbs. Both require long spells of internet trawling, and on slow days, I have the liberty to read about all kinds of matters unrelated to my tasks. Some days, I try to read fiction. It’s rarely rewarding. Occasionally a sentence or a loose idea will smash through the monotony of work.

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