Project Managment

We have over 25 years’ experience project managing the production of all kinds of publishing material including animations, directories, children’s books, computer games, trade non-fiction and educational textbooks.
Barrett Editing has the professional skills to confidently manage the production of a manuscript or original idea from its rawest state to market ready.

Project Managment track record

We have a long history of project managing some fantastic publishing projects, including:

  • European and National Award-winning Bua na Cainte

– multi-media Irish language programme for 5 –12-year-olds, produced for the Educational Company of Ireland (Edco)
– managing a team of 20+ professionals on the production of hundreds of animations, songs, audio recordings, 23 textbooks, workbooks and teacher’s resource books, 43 storybooks and thousands of online games and PDF resources.

  • Health and Wellbeing SPHE(Social, Personal and Health Education) (Edco) Post-primary series for 12–15 year-olds – textbooks and teacher’s resource books
  • Make the Home you Love (O’Brien Press)
    – working with a team of authors (including three architects), designers, photographers and interior designers
  • Number of trade fiction and non-fiction books

Project Managment Skills

Working with a network of editors, designers, typesetters, animators, illustrators, game developers and proofreaders, Barrett Editing can:

  • Provide and manage schedules with all stakeholders and deal with any conflicts.
  • Ensure that the project stays within the agreed budget.
  • Work from receipt of text to providing print-ready and signed-off files.
  • Negotiate with all contractors and authors on template design and sign-off.

  • Liaise with authors/originators and sales and marketing throughout, particularly on branding/cover designs.
  • Globally source animators, product developers and game developers for digital projects.
  • Manage illustrators and designers and generate project-specific art briefs.

Deal with multiple rounds of proofs, changes and edits to meet the project deadline.