Alexia Cornet

About me

Motivated and serious, I know how to adjust to different work environments. My senses of organisation and diplomacy allow me to be at ease alone or in a team, as well as dealing with authors, clients, colleagues or intermediaries. A two-month internship in Ireland’s largest independent bookstore also helped me use my English studies in a professional environment. I then participated in the organization of the festival Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire in Blois, before I worked as an Editorial Assistant for Les Éditions Édélios and Lextenso. Thus, I was in charge of the relationship with authors as well as projects management.

Contact

Alexia CORNET
+33 (0)6.73.51.18.27
alexia.k.cornet@gmail.com

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Education

2nd year of Master’s Degree in Publishing, multimedia edition and professional redaction

University of Angers 2019-2020

Focusing on the muliple aspects of the book industry, with use of desktop-publishing softwares such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as communication, web edition (coding) and redaction for professional contexts. Among our main projects, the organisation of an event, Editors' Day 2020 under the theme "Publier le bref" (Publishing what's short). Completed with the redaction of an internship report and dissertation (80 pages) on the subject "History and Youth, the past serving the present".

1st year of Master’s Degree in English Research

University of Tours 2017-2018

Logical continuation of the Bachelor's Degree. Redaction of mutliple projects and essays, including a 6,000 words (30 pages) final research paper in English, based on a chosen subject. My subject was "The writing and adaptation of polemical subjects in Youth Culture: Hannah Baker's silence in 13 Reasons Why".

Bachelor’s Degree of English Languages and Civilisations

University of Tours 2014 to 2017

Study of English (both UK and US) Grammar, Phonetics, Linguistics, Translation, Literature, Civilisation, etc.

A-Level in Literary section

Dessaignes High School of Blois 2014

Specialized in advanced English.

Work Experience

Editorial Assistant

Lextenso 2023

Managed projects from manuscripts to printing, proofread, corrected and improved texts with tools like ProLexis and Jouve Styler, worked alongside authors, graphic designers, etc.

Editorial Assistant

Les Éditions Édélios 2022

Contacted and managed the relationship with authors, received manuscripts, managed and followed up on projets, proofread, corrected and improved texts and prints, gathered competitive intelligence, wrote forewords and sales pitches, followed up on feedbacks from sales representatives, etc.

Receptionist

Camping Sites & Paysages Les Saules**** of Cheverny Summers 2017 to 2022

Welcomed customers from all over the world, managed their stay and handled billing, updated and displayed touristic information of the region, created informational posters and visuals for social networks, managed schedules, as well as ticketing for various castles and activities.

Book fair Assistant

Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire of Blois March to November 2020

Helped organise the event, followed and updated the registrations, and the literary prizes, created communication documents, welcomed editors during the fair, followed remunerations of authors, etc.

Bookstore Intern

Chapters Bookstore of Dublin (Ireland) January to March 2019

Assisted with markdowns, clearances, returns, restocking, pricing, merchandising, shelving, unpacking deliveries. Customer service, tidying and reorganising different sections (Cooking, Children, Classics, Puzzles), etc.

Agriculural Employee

SARL Pépinières Depond of Fresnes (vine nursery) Summers 2015 & 2016

Realized various tasks, indoor and outdoor, no matter the weather. Prepared vine grafts before planting them. Prepared orders for graft deliveries and fairs.

Intern in a media library

Médiathèque Robert Gersy of Contres November 2011

Discovered the Dewey Classification, initiation to the use of softwares for registering borrowings and returns.

Skills

Languages

  • French (Native)
  • English (Bilingual)
  • Spanish (Medium)

Computer skills

  • Microsoft (Teams, Word, Excel, ...)
  • Adobe (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • Web (Wordpress, HTML5/CSS)
  • Social Networks (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok)

Recommandations

  • Alexia's work allowed me to appreciate her qualities within our team. She quickly adapted to our methods, processes, softwares and tools. Very meticulous, organized, punctual, she also possesses good writing skills. She managed projects from manuscript to final page proof with autonomy, and she efficiently punctuated her working days according to her various tasks. Since then, I have only received compliments regarding her from the authors whose books she worked on.

    Sophie Doucet, editorial manager for Lextenso
  • Alexia has shown a true maturity of behavior. Her taste for the publishing sector is the result of an in-depth and very personal journey, in which external influences are analyzed with a lot of critical spirit and pragmatism. Alexia has great human qualities. She is an asset to the team. She is able to nourish an autonomous intellectual effort with adequate reading, and her questions clearly showed me her critical spirit, her concern and her ability to analyze subjects in depth. Alexia has an alliance of essential qualities that are currently rarely found in our sector of activity. Her adaptability, her eagerness to understand and her rigor make her a remarkable candidate, whom I warmly and unreservedly support.

    Alexandre Prevel, Director of Les Éditions Édélios
  • We teamed up with Alexia for 4 seasons. She worked with us as receptionist and communication assistant in our four-star campsite. Thanks to her enthusiasm and skills, Alexia helped us build a perfect customer relationship, and improve our image on social media. Alexia efficiently and passionately fulfilled her numerous missions with constant kindness and flexibility. Working with Alexia was a real pleasure.

    Isabelle & Laurent Cherrier, Directors of Camping Sites & Paysages Les Saules**** in Cheverny
  • Alexia was an efficient, careful, professionnal and delightful intern. Those qualities were very precious in the realization of the different tasks assigned to her. It is thus in complete trust that she was also tasked with important missions. We were delighted to extend her internship with a 4.5 months contract.

    Hélène Renard, Book Fair Manager for the Rendez-vous de l'histoire
  • Alexia was a great pleasure to work with. Her enterprising attitude made her a great addition to our team. She was very helpful assisting customers and she was always very friendly and polite. She showed a lot of interest in her work and was willing and capable of taking on new responsibilities. She completed all tasks in an efficient manner and to our full satisfaction. Alexia's ability to work independently was outstanding.

    Anja Seidel, Manager at Chapters Bookstore Dublin, Parnell Street

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