Experience

William H. Sadlier, Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Content Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  • Manage reprints and file transformations for company’s entire back catalog of print/digital product from second printing through end-of-life, overseeing all phases of production from manuscript release to soft proof approval. • Deliver corrected files for 200-450 titles/year to external printer suppliers and internal digital producers. • Generate 30-70 eBooks yearly for ingestion into company’s LMS and/or for release to Marketing and Sales Depts. and Academic Consultants for training and adoption submission purposes.• Mentor, train, assign daily tasks and monitor progress of 1-2 term-of-project employees.• Track, update, and maintain Production databases and Smartsheet schedules.• Schedule and chair monthly interdepartmental reprint status meetings. Show less

• Content Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Mar 2021

  • Streamlined the existing reprint process, resulting in reduced time needed for correction cycles and increased bandwidth of multiple departments.• Increased company’s accessibility offerings, growing the NIMAC and Bookshare repositories by 150 titles, making educational content available to students needing alternative file formats.• Created new process for internal teams to request files by creating a fillable PDF form, eliminating time-consuming requests via email.• Awarded high-volume reprints to external vendors to meet faster turnarounds and file-to-printer dates, resulting in increased speed to market.• Established folder structure and naming convention guidelines to organize reprint corrections based on title and printing, building a snapshot of each book’s change history. • Structured and maintained new server to house and archive legacy content, allowing for easier file retrieval and improved file integrity. Show less



ALM

• Mexico
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager - Digital Media Group

  • Oct 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Managed robust and complex dual-phase implementation of Adobe SiteCatalyst (web analytics reporting software) across 10+ ALM FatWire-based and 3rd-party-hosted websites.• Developed and monitored implementation schedule for FatWire-based sites; coordinated with web producers, project managers and external developers to schedule SiteCatalyst implementation with minimum impact to redesigns and planned site work.• Dictated day-to-day priorities for 2 full-time web producers and Adobe implementation consultant.• Performed detailed QA of SiteCatalyst code and reports during development and staging phases.• Worked closely with Web Analytics Director and website business owners to ensure implementation met business requirements and remained within allocated budget and timeframe.• Held daily status meetings and weekly technical calls with internal web producers and Adobe SiteCatalyst consultant to address and resolve implementation issues. Show less

• Operations Manager - Content/Licensing Group

  • May 2009 - Oct 2010

  · Developed and implemented new workflow to process and deliver "web only" content to licensees for IP Law & Business, The Recorder and New York Law Journal publications. · Oversaw workflow and XML content delivery for all ALM daily, weekly, monthly newspapers and magazines. · Ensured all printer PDFs were received, converted to XML by off-shore XML vendor and shipped to licensees on schedule. · Acted as key contact person between XML vendor, in-house editorial/design teams and licensees · Chaired weekly status meetings with major licensee to address content delivery issues, requests, or problems. · Chaired monthly status meetings with XML vendor to discuss monthly volume trends, turnaround time, and adjustments in incoming content workload for the following month. · Handled all back-issue/missing article customer requests from licensees: located and scanned microfilm, processed to PDF and uploaded to FTP. Show less

• Production Manager - Real Estate Group

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2010

  • Managed 5 monthly magazines and 1 monthly digital newsletter throughout all phases of production.• Developed, monitored, revised and assessed all schedules and status reports for each issue to accommodate editorial workload, sales goals and special trade show bonus distribution.• Acted as key contact between in-house Sales Team, Editorial and Art Departments, outside printers, digital vendors and clients.• Created and revised all impositions, checked blue line proofs for accuracy and gave final sign-off on all pages before going to press.• Collaborated with Sales Team and Senior Management to ensure page counts and print frequency complied with production budgets.• Prepared and transmitted files, videos, and slideshows to digital vendor for online versioning. Show less



Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Production Mananger

  • Aug 2004 - Feb 2005

  · Managed all reprint and new ancillary Music components (both technology and print titles) throughout all phases of production. · Acted as key contact person between in-house departments and outside vendors. · Developed, monitored, revised and assessed all schedules, status reports, logs and workflow to accommodate editorial workload and to ensure products were completed within allotted budget and time. · Chaired status meetings twice weekly and drafted and distributed agendas and detailed follow-up notes to all involved in-house departments. · Created and reviewed bids/cost estimates from vendors and reported ongoing reforecasts for both reprint and new ancillary titles to Sr. Production Manager; developed plant budget for assigned components. · Supervised and jointly trained 3 Traffickers/Production Assistants. Show less



Pearson Scott Foresman

• Production Coordinator

  • Feb 2003 - Aug 2004

  · Researched and recommended production/prepress methods for cost savings and/or efficiency. · Acted as liaison between in-house development groups and outside vendors. · Oversaw prepress and manufacturing of roughly 30 new/reprint titles per year. · Developed, monitored and reported status/schedule information; maintained component specification information for all assigned projects. · Processed composition and prepress proof stages; created and maintained detailed traffic logs. · Researched and recommended production/prepress methods for cost savings and/or efficiency. · Acted as liaison between in-house development groups and outside vendors. · Oversaw prepress and manufacturing of roughly 30 new/reprint titles per year. · Developed, monitored and reported status/schedule information; maintained component specification information for all assigned projects. · Processed composition and prepress proof stages; created and maintained detailed traffic logs.



Pearson Education

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Production Specialist

  • May 1999 - Dec 2001

  · Acted as liaison between Production Services Department and in-house project team. · Checked book blues and printers' proofs for accuracy. · Oversaw prepress and manufacturing of assigned projects in collaboration with Production Specialists. · Coordinated press dates and ship dates with vendors for upcoming textbook reprints. · Created schedules and spreadsheets for internal and external use. · Acted as liaison between Production Services Department and in-house project team. · Checked book blues and printers' proofs for accuracy. · Oversaw prepress and manufacturing of assigned projects in collaboration with Production Specialists. · Coordinated press dates and ship dates with vendors for upcoming textbook reprints. · Created schedules and spreadsheets for internal and external use.