Martha Stutchbury

Dedicated and personable graduate with a love of literature and varied editorial and administrative experience.

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY — OCTOBER 2022 - PRESENT
Responsibilities include proof reading, image captioning and digital conversions.

VISITOR ASSISTANT, THE ARTANGEL TRUST — JULY - OCTOBER 2022
Member of the front of house team for Artangel's collaboration with Marcus Coates -‘The Directors’.

INTERN, PERSEPHONE BOOKS LIMITED — AUGUST 2022

Print ordering and book distribution in Persephone’s head office.

RESEARCHER, KATE SUMMERSCALE — JUNE 2020 - FEBRUARY 2021

Researcher for Summerscale’s book, ‘The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession’.

DEPUTY EDITOR, COPY EDITOR & COLUMNIST, RETROSPECT JOURNAL, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH — 2018-2022
Holder of multiple editorial and administrative roles within the journal.

WRITER AND EDITOR, LINKILAW SOLICITORS — NOVEMBER 2020 - MAY 2021
Writer and copy editor. Editor of client communications.

INTERN, THE FINANCIAL TIMES — JULY 2015

Assisting in administrative tasks such as minute taking.

WAITRESS, MULTIPLE EMPLOYERS — 2015-2022

Waitressing in a number of high-pressure environments, including Royal Ascot.

-  University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2018-2022, MA History & Politics. Graduated first class in July 2022. Dissertation focus - differences in the cultural understandings of ‘sacrifice’ in wartime America and Japan.

-  Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, A Levels - A* English Literature, A* Modern History A*, A Philosophy.

-  Cavendish School, Eastbourne, 9 GCSEs including A* Language, Literature and History.