April Peake
Commissioning Editor, Academic and Trade @Oxford University Press
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WORK HISTORY
Commissioning Editor, Academic and Trade @Oxford University Press
Oxford, GB
EDUCATION
University of Oxford
Master of Arts - MA Oxon.
SKILLS
ABOUT APRIL PEAKE
Commissioning editor in the publishing industry with a decade of experience acquiring trade, academic, and higher education books. I have worked for the world\'s leading publishers including Penguin Random House, Bloomsbiry, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press. Throughout this time, I have commissioned a range of fiction and non-fiction titles for the trade audio market, as well as specialist academic, crossover, and educational texts in the visual arts, humanities, and social sciences. I am also an experienced line manager and inclusive recruiter. I served as the UK Chair of the Society of Young Publishers in 2022 and as the Oxford Chair in 2020. I now support BookMachine as a Campus ambassador. I am a qualified Leader for Girlguiding and I regularly officiate as a TAGB-accredited umpire at Tae Kwon-Do competitions. I hold the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, Queen’s Guide Award, and a Second Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon-Do. I am presently working towards my Walking Scheme Level 2 accreditation.
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