Experience

FaithTech

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Director

  • Jul 2020 - Mar 2022



Tyndale House Publishers

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager—Product Development, Alliances

  • May 2017 - Mar 2020

  • Led 3 cross-departmental teams of 5–7 people each• Liaised 2 client relationships for 20+ client-related products per year• Managed 500+ related backlist titles• Accelerated 3-year product timeline to complete in 2 years for 45 repackaging titles• Scaled 1 new product to replace 4 outdated editions, cutting development costs by $100k+• Arranged rollout strategy and timeline for rebranding of client’s entire product line• Developed and implemented strategy with external client to improve team-to-team coordination and communication • Regularly concepted and pitched new products and extensions to multiple stakeholders Show less

• Manager—Product & Marketing, The Message Bible

  • Apr 2014 - May 2017

  • Projected annual multi-million-dollar revenue, and managed marketing and expense budget• Developed and coordinated 6–12 new Message products each year, and managed 120+ backlist titles• Cut creative development time in half by originating and implementing end-to-end strategy in 2016• Increased newsletter subscriptions +135% in 2016-17, from 1,700 to 4,000 readers• Gathered 2,500 new email addresses using product as promotion during a 2015 campaign• Planned, arranged, and implemented annual marketing for The Message products and brand• Developed wireframe for website developer Show less

• Editor, Assistant Team Manager, Bibles

  • Apr 2011 - Apr 2014

  • Hired, oriented, and trained 7 new employees• Supervised Bible copyediting team of 3–5 people• Concepted, organized, and directed 70 data visualizations for The Wayfinding Bible• Edited or wrote 730 short devotionals for the One Year Chronological Study Bible• Incorporated 800k-word Bible content source into XML-valid database• Juggled 10+ major Bible projects during 2014• Presented at annual Bible Publishing 101 seminar• Oriented and trained my successor• Revamped employee review process to increase satisfaction and dialog with direct reports• Improved dynamics among direct reports by defining roles and responsibilities more clearly• Edited Bible and reference book manuscripts for substance, orthodoxy, and readability Show less

• Associate Editor, Assistant Team Manager

  • Feb 2007 - Apr 2011

  • Originated and executed a 5-day orientation schedule to onboard new copyeditors• Streamlined multi-department reprint corrections system to remove redundancy and increase efficiency• Moved proofreading vendor to paperless workflow in 2010, saving on printing, time, and Chicago—Atlanta shipping costs • Hired and trained new freelancers, onboarding them with internal team• Managed long-standing relationship with out-of-house Bible proofreading vendor

• Copyediting Coordinator

  • Feb 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Promoted to Assistant Team Manager after first year