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About Thomas

After 7 years at the Fayard publishing house, where I supported major authors in the public debate, edited SHS books, essays, documents, investigations, managed a team and participated in editorial programming, I now carry out missions and lead projects related to the world of books as an independent.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Italian

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Thomas Vonderscher Conseil
    Editorial Advisor and External Editor
    PUBLISHING
    November 2024 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
    Strasbourg, Paris, France
    For authors: I support them in writing their text and compiling a file, which I then prospect with publishing houses.
    For publishing houses: I carry out external editor missions (reading and correcting manuscripts).
    For other structures: I do consulting in the field of books.
    I am also writing a book, leading a geopolitical festival project, speaking at the University of Strasbourg and hosting meetings at the Kléber bookstore.
    Knowledge of the publishing industry Editorial project management Rewriting Personalized support
  • Éditions Fayard
    Literary Director & Head of Editorial Service Coordination
    PUBLISHING
    January 2024 - October 2024 (9 months)
    Paris, France
    - Management of an author portfolio:
    • Editorial monitoring of high-stakes projects (Alain Bauer, Alain Mabanckou/Pascal Blanchard/Abdourahman Waberi, Nicolas Sarkozy, General de Villiers...)
    • Contribution of projects (essays such as Towards School Secession? or Predatory States, testimonies such as The Furrows We Trace, From France Complaining to France Winning or (Desperately) Seeking Employees, investigation such as Bouaké), definition of strategy and budget, oral presentations, development of a promotion and media plan

    - Coordination of the editorial service (12 people):
    • Participation in the programming and strategic orientations of the publishing house (100 new releases per year)
    • Management of a team of 8 people
    • Relations with the sales and press departments

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Education

  • ENS Diploma in Social Sciences
    École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
    2017
  • Master of Contemporary History
    Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
    2016

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