My Story
My Story
Highly experienced Head of Global Publishing, commissioning editor, literary agent, publishing entrepreneur, book marketing professional, and published author with strong commercial acumen, a successful track record in merging great authors with leading prominent publishers, and a demonstrable talent for establishing client/author trust and maintaining strong client relationships over the long-term. Superior agreement negotiation skills and substantial client and brand expertise. Accomplished at communicating with experts in complex subject areas to analyse needs and requirements for proposals and publishing contracts.
Highly experienced Head of Global Publishing, commissioning editor, literary agent, publishing entrepreneur, book marketing professional, and published author with strong commercial acumen, a successful track record in merging great authors with leading prominent publishers, and a demonstrable talent for establishing client/author trust and maintaining strong client relationships over the long-term.
Key Achievements
Key Achievements
- Successfully in-housed and overhauled self-publishing programme and manages the premium PRO imprint for the UK and US – StoryTerrace
Oversaw rapid growth of £400k above £1.2 million revenue target in FY21 – Packt Publishing
- Successfully in-housed and overhauled self-publishing programme and manages the premium PRO imprint for the UK and US – StoryTerrace
Oversaw rapid growth of £400k above £1.2 million revenue target in FY21 – Packt Publishing
- Co-created, solely acquired for, developed, and ran marketing initiatives for 30+ titles at ABA Publishing’s legal fiction/true crime imprint – Ankerwycke Books
- Hosted and facilitated panel discussions with authors and book publishing professionals at the annual ABA Conference (2014-2016)
- Co-founded boutique literary agency that represented top authors in wine/food and memoir categories, and sold projects to St Martin’s Press, Wiley, Rodale, and other top publishers – Jonathan Scott Inc.
- Co-created, solely acquired for, developed, and ran marketing initiatives for 30+ titles at ABA Publishing’s legal fiction/true crime imprint – Ankerwycke Books
- Hosted and facilitated panel discussions with authors and book publishing professionals at the annual ABA Conference (2014-2016)
- Co-founded boutique literary agency that represented top authors in wine/food and memoir categories, and sold projects to St Martin’s Press, Wiley, Rodale, and other top publishers – Jonathan Scott Inc.
Experience
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Head of Global Publishing
November 2025 - Present
Global Publishing Manager: October 2022 - November 2025
- Manage the editorial process for the premium StoryTerrace PRO imprint (30 titles currently in the pipeline at various stages of development)
- Hire and manage the team of freelance Development Editors in the UK and US
- Successfully in-housed self-publishing programme
- Manage day-to-day operations of the self-publishing programme with a team of 4 publishing specialists
- Conduct Content Strategy Sessions with clients to help them articulate their vision for their books, the themes/topics covered, and their target audience creating a blueprint for the book that informs the editorial process going forward
- Create and execute marketing plans for select self-published clients
- Develop book proposals for select clients (and the CEO) to be pitched to traditional publishers
- Leads internal and external webinars and workshops on publishing and the publishing industry
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Editorial Team Manager
December 2021 - October 2022
Oversaw the day-to-day management of the UK editorial team, both with and without a co-manager
- Ensured positive and productive customer experience – making sure clients’ projects were completed on time and that the client was happy with the end product
- Trouble-shooted challenges and issues that sometimes arose with clients and project editors
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Senior Producer Marketing
July 2020 - October 2021
Asked by the Editorial Director to step into this interim, intermediate role to deliver key strategic marketing initiatives. Selected for the role as it requires a broad-based technical background including marketing, digital sales and legal knowledge. The role also requires strong project management, organisational and team leadership skills, all of which have been previously demonstrated.
- Marketing leadership contributed towards best-ever financial performance for imprint in FY21
- Manages several book marketing campaigns at once under tight deadlines
- Leads a team of five across content marketing, social media, and reviews acquisitions
- Implemented Key Performance Indicators to boost per title revenue
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Acquiring Producer & Producer of Operations and Marketing
March 2019 - July 2020
- Acquired and developed key titles for Packt Publishing’s ‘Expert Insights’ prestige brand
- Managed top tech authors including Robert Scoble, Sally Eaves, Sebastian Raschka, Mark Price, and Hadelin de Ponteves
- Worked alongside Production Manager to integrate Production Pipeline with marketing activities
Experience
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Global Publishing Manager
October 2022 - Present
- Manage the editorial process for the premium StoryTerrace PRO imprint (30 titles currently in the pipeline at various stages of development)
- Hire and manage the team of freelance Development Editors in the UK and US
- Successfully in-housed self-publishing programme
- Manage day-to-day operations of the self-publishing programme with a team of 4 publishing specialists
- Conduct Content Strategy Sessions with clients to help them articulate their vision for their books, the themes/topics covered, and their target audience creating a blueprint for the book that informs the editorial process going forward
- Create and execute marketing plans for select self-published clients
- Develop book proposals for select clients (and the CEO) to be pitched to traditional publishers
- Leads internal and external webinars and workshops on publishing and the publishing industry
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Editorial Team Manager
December 2021 - October 2022
Oversaw the day-to-day management of the UK editorial team, both with and without a co-manager
- Ensured positive and productive customer experience – making sure clients’ projects were completed on time and that the client was happy with the end product
- Trouble-shooted challenges and issues that sometimes arose with clients and project editors
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Senior Producer Marketing
July 2020 - October 2021
Asked by the Editorial Director to step into this interim, intermediate role to deliver key strategic marketing initiatives. Selected for the role as it requires a broad-based technical background including marketing, digital sales and legal knowledge. The role also requires strong project management, organisational and team leadership skills, all of which have been previously demonstrated.
- Marketing leadership contributed towards best-ever financial performance for imprint in FY21
- Manages several book marketing campaigns at once under tight deadlines
- Leads a team of five across content marketing, social media, and reviews acquisitions
- Implemented Key Performance Indicators to boost per title revenue
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Acquiring Producer & Producer of Operations and Marketing
March 2019 - July 2020
- Acquired and developed key titles for Packt Publishing’s ‘Expert Insights’ prestige brand
- Managed top tech authors including Robert Scoble, Sally Eaves, Sebastian Raschka, Mark Price, and Hadelin de Ponteves
- Worked alongside Production Manager to integrate Production Pipeline with marketing activities
Experience
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Head of Global Publishing
November 2025 - Present
Global Publishing Manager:
October 2022 - November 2025
- Manage the editorial process for the premium StoryTerrace PRO imprint (30 titles currently in the pipeline at various stages of development)
- Hire and manage the team of freelance Development Editors in the UK and US
- Successfully in-housed self-publishing programme
- Manage day-to-day operations of the self-publishing programme with a team of 4 publishing specialists
- Conduct Content Strategy Sessions with clients to help them articulate their vision for their books, the themes/topics covered, and their target audience creating a blueprint for the book that informs the editorial process going forward
- Create and execute marketing plans for select self-published clients
- Develop book proposals for select clients (and the CEO) to be pitched to traditional publishers
- Leads internal and external webinars and workshops on publishing and the publishing industry
StoryTerrace – London, UK – Editorial Team Manager
December 2021 - October 2022
Oversaw the day-to-day management of the UK editorial team, both with and without a co-manager
- Ensured positive and productive customer experience – making sure clients’ projects were completed on time and that the client was happy with the end product
- Trouble-shooted challenges and issues that sometimes arose with clients and project editors
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Senior Producer Marketing
July 2020 - October 2021
Asked by the Editorial Director to step into this interim, intermediate role to deliver key strategic marketing initiatives. Selected for the role as it requires a broad-based technical background including marketing, digital sales and legal knowledge. The role also requires strong project management, organisational and team leadership skills, all of which have been previously demonstrated.
- Marketing leadership contributed towards best-ever financial performance for imprint in FY21
- Manages several book marketing campaigns at once under tight deadlines
- Leads a team of five across content marketing, social media, and reviews acquisitions
- Implemented Key Performance Indicators to boost per title revenue
Packt Publishing - Birmingham, UK - Acquiring Producer & Producer of Operations and Marketing
March 2019 - July 2020
- Acquired and developed key titles for Packt Publishing’s ‘Expert Insights’ prestige brand
- Managed top tech authors including Robert Scoble, Sally Eaves, Sebastian Raschka, Mark Price, and Hadelin de Ponteves
- Worked alongside Production Manager to integrate Production Pipeline with marketing activities
With a track record spanning senior editorial, marketing, and agency roles, Jon Malysiak is a recognised authority in the international publishing industry.
With a track record spanning senior editorial, marketing, and agency roles, Jon Malysiak is a recognised authority in the international publishing industry.
Experience
JFM Editorial - Northampton, UK - Founder, Agent, and Editorial Consultant
September 2017 - March 2019
- Served as publishing consultant to business thought leaders
- Co-authored book Lead Me to Success in Publishing (available on Amazon)
- Coached and mentored first-time business authors on developing and marketing their manuscripts
Ankerwycke Books, ABA Publishing – Chicago, IL USA Director & Executive Editor, Ankerwycke and Flagship Imprints
September 2012 – May 2017
- Co-founded and managed imprint – an entirely new direction for ABA Publishing
- Signed 40+ authors in a wide range of legal categories – including true crime, legal fiction, legal memoir, and legal narrative non-fiction
- Authors included Tony Award and Olivier Award winning producer Ron Fierstein (Kinky Boots and Newsies), Leon Wildes (lead counsel for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their controversial 1972 deportation case), Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer Jonathan Shapiro (Amazon Studio’s Goliath, The Practice, Boston Legal, and The Blacklist), Hollywood lawyer and former child actor (“Chunk” in The Goonies) Jeff Cohen, and celebrity legal gossip columnist David Lat and founder of influential legal blog Above the Law)
- Edited and marketed all titles in the imprint – books and authors received media coverage in The Economist, Vanity Fair magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other prestigious international publications
- Sold the UK rights for The Innocent Killer, the first book to chronicle the Steven Avery case made famous by Netflix’s popular “Making a Murder” documentary series, to Penguin Random House UK
Jonathan Scott Inc. -- Chicago IL USA Co-Founder and Literary Agency
April 2005 – August 2012
- Co-founded boutique literary agency with 30+ author clients including Top Chef contestant and celebrity DC chef Spike Mendelsohn (The Good Stuff Eatery), New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk, reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, and TV fitness guru Harvey Walden IV, among others
- Brokered Gary Vaynerchuk’s wine column in Men’s Health magazine to coincide with publication of his first book
- Signed deals with top publishers including Rodale, Wiley, St. Martin’s Press, Financial Times Press, and Da Capo Press, among others
Dearborn Trade Publishing (Kaplan Publishing) – Chicago, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
January 2003 – April 2005
Sourcebooks, Inc. – Naperville, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
March 2001 – December 2002
IDG Books (now Wiley) – Chicago, IL USA Associate Acquisitions Editor
April 1998 – January 2001
Experience
JFM Editorial - Northampton, UK - Founder, Agent, and Editorial Consultant
September 2017 - March 2019
- Served as publishing consultant to business thought leaders
- Co-authored book Lead Me to Success in Publishing (available on Amazon)
- Coached and mentored first-time business authors on developing and marketing their manuscripts
Ankerwycke Books, ABA Publishing – Chicago, IL USA Director & Executive Editor, Ankerwycke and Flagship Imprints
September 2012 – May 2017
- Co-founded and managed imprint – an entirely new direction for ABA Publishing
- Signed 40+ authors in a wide range of legal categories – including true crime, legal fiction, legal memoir, and legal narrative non-fiction
- Authors included Tony Award and Olivier Award winning producer Ron Fierstein (Kinky Boots and Newsies), Leon Wildes (lead counsel for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their controversial 1972 deportation case), Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer Jonathan Shapiro (Amazon Studio’s Goliath, The Practice, Boston Legal, and The Blacklist), Hollywood lawyer and former child actor (“Chunk” in The Goonies) Jeff Cohen, and celebrity legal gossip columnist David Lat and founder of influential legal blog Above the Law)
- Edited and marketed all titles in the imprint – books and authors received media coverage in The Economist, Vanity Fair magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other prestigious international publications
- Sold the UK rights for The Innocent Killer, the first book to chronicle the Steven Avery case made famous by Netflix’s popular “Making a Murder” documentary series, to Penguin Random House UK
Jonathan Scott Inc. -- Chicago IL USA Co-Founder and Literary Agency
April 2005 – August 2012
- Co-founded boutique literary agency with 30+ author clients including Top Chef contestant and celebrity DC chef Spike Mendelsohn (The Good Stuff Eatery), New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk, reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, and TV fitness guru Harvey Walden IV, among others
- Brokered Gary Vaynerchuk’s wine column in Men’s Health magazine to coincide with publication of his first book
- Signed deals with top publishers including Rodale, Wiley, St. Martin’s Press, Financial Times Press, and Da Capo Press, among others
Dearborn Trade Publishing (Kaplan Publishing) – Chicago, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
January 2003 – April 2005
Sourcebooks, Inc. – Naperville, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
March 2001 – December 2002
IDG Books (now Wiley) – Chicago, IL USA Associate Acquisitions Editor
April 1998 – January 2001
Experience
JFM Editorial - Northampton, UK - Founder, Agent, and Editorial Consultant
September 2017 - March 2019
- Served as publishing consultant to business thought leaders
- Co-authored book Lead Me to Success in Publishing (available on Amazon)
- Coached and mentored first-time business authors on developing and marketing their manuscripts
Ankerwycke Books, ABA Publishing – Chicago, IL USA Director & Executive Editor, Ankerwycke and Flagship Imprints
September 2012 – May 2017
- Co-founded and managed imprint – an entirely new direction for ABA Publishing
- Signed 40+ authors in a wide range of legal categories – including true crime, legal fiction, legal memoir, and legal narrative non-fiction
- Authors included Tony Award and Olivier Award winning producer Ron Fierstein (Kinky Boots and Newsies), Leon Wildes (lead counsel for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their controversial 1972 deportation case), Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer Jonathan Shapiro (Amazon Studio’s Goliath, The Practice, Boston Legal, and The Blacklist), Hollywood lawyer and former child actor (“Chunk” in The Goonies) Jeff Cohen, and celebrity legal gossip columnist David Lat and founder of influential legal blog Above the Law)
- Edited and marketed all titles in the imprint – books and authors received media coverage in The Economist, Vanity Fair magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and other prestigious international publications
- Sold the UK rights for The Innocent Killer, the first book to chronicle the Steven Avery case made famous by Netflix’s popular “Making a Murder” documentary series, to Penguin Random House UK
Jonathan Scott Inc. -- Chicago IL USA Co-Founder and Literary Agency
April 2005 – August 2012
- Co-founded boutique literary agency with 30+ author clients including Top Chef contestant and celebrity DC chef Spike Mendelsohn (The Good Stuff Eatery), New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk, reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, and TV fitness guru Harvey Walden IV, among others
- Brokered Gary Vaynerchuk’s wine column in Men’s Health magazine to coincide with publication of his first book
- Signed deals with top publishers including Rodale, Wiley, St. Martin’s Press, Financial Times Press, and Da Capo Press, among others
Dearborn Trade Publishing (Kaplan Publishing) – Chicago, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
January 2003 – April 2005
Sourcebooks, Inc. – Naperville, IL USA Acquisitions Editor
March 2001 – December 2002
IDG Books (now Wiley) – Chicago, IL USA Associate Acquisitions Editor
April 1998 – January 2001
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