Bill Smyth

Senior Project Manager at MAGNETIK NYC
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New York City Metropolitan Area, US

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Rick Kiernan

Bill is a versatile and dedicated Professional who understands every aspect of the Publications Industry. He easily "balances" people skills with creativity and meets all schedules "on time" and "on budget". Bill is the finest Manager that I have known.

alison Dyer

i really enjoy working with bill at his magazine. he is very supportive and always promotes creativity .

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Experience

    • Senior Project Manager
      • Jan 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Content Operations
      • Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

      - Directed the workflow of print/digital content and overall strategy for Surface Media while creating and maintaining digital content calendars and project timelines. - Managed the overall editorial budget while allocating resources to deliver a steady stream of content for editorial and branded content projects and campaigns. - Worked with the digital strategy director to develop key initiatives to build the brand and grow the content reach to new audiences over the company’s social platforms and SEO practices.- Oversaw and managed the Surface magazine website and newsletter, such as copy, imagery, video, infographics, data visualizations, and SEO. - Grew the traffic and daily post cadence in 2019 while working with the VPs of Content and Audience Development to identify key SEO strategies and implement them into the content plans.

    • United Kingdom
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Freelance Project Manager
      • Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

      - Helped manage daily accounts for clients like Google and Northwell Health. - Edited custom content for content migration plans.- Interacted professionally with clients via email and phone/video calls, ensuring trusted relationships with client and agency.- Conducted strategic research for agency-driven public relations campaigns and business development plans. - Helped manage daily accounts for clients like Google and Northwell Health. - Edited custom content for content migration plans.- Interacted professionally with clients via email and phone/video calls, ensuring trusted relationships with client and agency.- Conducted strategic research for agency-driven public relations campaigns and business development plans.

    • United Kingdom
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Managing Editor, North America
      • Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

      - Oversaw the print and digital editorial operation at Time Out New York.- Enforced the daily content deadlines of the editors’ digital schedules.- Managed the editorial, photo and design staff, workflow, and production cycles for six quarterly nationwide Time Out magazines in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Miami, and Philadelphia.- Set the daily workflow and acted as the liaison between editorial, advertising, production, and design to ensure all deadlines are met regularly.- Handled all budgets, contracts and invoices.- Award: Folio Eddies Finalist: Editorial Team of the Year (Time Out North America) 2017 - Award: PPA International Media Brand of the Year 2018

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production Editor
      • Oct 2012 - Aug 2016

      - Composed the production schedule and oversee the production of the magazine.- Acted as a liaison between editorial, advertising, production, and design.- Oversaw the work of freelance copyeditors and proofreaders.- Generated galleys and rout them through editorial; arranged for excerpt permissions;arranged for artwork and related permissions; assigned photo/art credits.- Maintained in-house style sheets and graphics standards manual.- Coordinated the mapping of each issue with advertising, editorial, and design.- Closed each issue in-house and ensured that files are complete.- Reviewed final galleys and proofs and oversaw the printing of the magazine.- Reviewed bound book for quality control, reviewing invoices, and tracking budget discrepancies.- Coordinated the closing for magazine content online and prepared print magazine files for alldigital editions.- Approved all permissions requests, tracked permissions, and coordinated royalty payments with the accounting department.

    • Production Director
      • Apr 2003 - Oct 2012

      • Managed a 5-person editorial, production, and art departments.• Handled all production duties.• Produced and oversaw all photo shoots.• Edited all copy for print and digital.• Ran weekly creative/conceptual meetings for editorial content.• Wrote monthly feature articles and managed all freelance writers. • Managed a 5-person editorial, production, and art departments.• Handled all production duties.• Produced and oversaw all photo shoots.• Edited all copy for print and digital.• Ran weekly creative/conceptual meetings for editorial content.• Wrote monthly feature articles and managed all freelance writers.

Education

  • School of Visual Arts
    Intro to XHTML
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  • Apple Design School
    Certification, Adobe Graphic Design Applications
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  • State University of New York at Buffalo
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, English
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  • Valley Stream South High School
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