Accounts Payable & Royalties Administrator

• Jan 2023 - Present

Accounts payable, payroll, and author royalties.• Maintained and updated royalties accounting records, orchestrated quarterly royalties, and issued payments and statements.• Issued royalty, reimbursements, advances, sales team commissions, subscriptions, and vendor payments, and payroll bi-weekly.• Recorded and updated transactions in QuickBooks.• Recorded, set up, and ordered new titles.• Foreign rights invoicing.

Assistant Acquisitions Editor

• Jul 2018 - Feb 2023

Assistant to the associate publisher. I look for the best and the brightest to get their work published.• Vetted potential authors and proposals, and assisted during the signing process.• Trained new assistant acquisitions editors into the role. Mentored acquisitions editors and assistant acquisitions editors on workflows, templates, and collaboration systems.• Proofread mailers, copy, bios, and documents.• Researched competitive titles.• Coordinated proposal reviews and managed review feedback submissions and deadlines.• Collected weekly meeting notes and updated weekly notes on internal spreadsheet.• Kept records on book statuses, proposals, and contracts. • Coordinated meetings for in-house personnel—publishers, developmental editors, marketing, etc.• Reviewed MEAP files for errors and accessibility.• Wrote book updates and the in-house style guide for the liveProject team. Show less

Book Editor

• Nov 2021 - Present

• Proofread and edited book manuscripts. • Collaborated with authors to produce high-quality books. • Designed book interiors. • Proofread and edited book manuscripts. • Collaborated with authors to produce high-quality books. • Designed book interiors.

Manuscript Formatter

• Oct 2016 - Present

226+ manuscripts completed and counting. • Worked with project editors to complete formatting projects. • Formatted and fixed manuscripts, and assigned styles to manuscripts for publication. • Formatted manuscripts for preliminary layout. • Verified, logged, and assisted in image and figure selections in manuscripts. 226+ manuscripts completed and counting. • Worked with project editors to complete formatting projects. • Formatted and fixed manuscripts, and assigned styles to manuscripts for publication. • Formatted manuscripts for preliminary layout. • Verified, logged, and assisted in image and figure selections in manuscripts.

Book Editor & Proofreader

• Jan 2016 - Feb 2022

• Proofread and edited book manuscripts. • Collaborated with authors to produce high-quality books, articles, essays, and book covers. • Proofread and edited book manuscripts. • Collaborated with authors to produce high-quality books, articles, essays, and book covers.

Associate Editor & Web System Administrator

• Jul 2016 - Jul 2020

• Copyedited and wrote online content and articles for a monthly magazine. • Updated company website content, images, and advertising using FTP system, HTML and CSS tags. • Layed up content using InDesign for publication. Assistant Editor, Hawaii Kai, July 2016-October 2018 • Proofread, edited, and reviewed articles for publication and assisted with daily business operations. • Provided customer service, processed invoices for payment, fulfilled customer orders, and managed subscription database. • Used InDesign to create advertisements and to lay up content for publishing. Show less

Correspondent & Photographer

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2019

• Covered events for news coverage • Took photographs and wrote articles for publication. • Covered events for news coverage • Took photographs and wrote articles for publication.

Chemical Operations Specialist

• Jul 2004 - Mar 2011