Experience

IEEE Computer Society

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Transactions Manager, Editorial Services

  • May 2015 - Present

• Associate Manager, Periodical Products and Production

  • Oct 2013 - May 2015

• Production Editor

  • Aug 2004 - Oct 2013

  ❶ Simultaneous management of four academic journals, including planning issue content, communicating with the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Boards, delivering article files via ftp to a vendor for layout, quality check of returned content to ensure accuracy of style and XML tagging in accordance with our DTD, communicating with authors to determine and implement necessary changes, paginating final issues, updating issue covers and tables of contents, and creating files for online posting in accordance with determined schedules. Maintenance of an internal editorial calendar for publication of special issues, editorial content, and ads.❷ Participation in the concept, draft, and execution of marketing efforts, including a monthly e-newsletter, social media posts, press releases, and web site updates in coordination with the Sales & Marketing, Membership, and Conferences departments. Analysis of site metrics and analytics to tailor messaging and improve ROI.❸ To ensure consistency across publications, helped establish company-wide standards for usage and style as a member of the Style Guide Committee and maintained documentation for use by staff, vendors, and authors in conjunction with the Chicago Manual of Style.



The District Weekly

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Proofreader

  • 2008 - 2009

  Review of each issue for errors in typesetting and layout for Long Beach's alternative weekly paper. Review of each issue for errors in typesetting and layout for Long Beach's alternative weekly paper.



Metro.Pop and PopLife magazines

• Senior Contributing Writer

  • 2004 - 2007

  Generating ideas for articles and seeing them through to completion, including establishing contact with subjects, conducting and transcribing interviews, coordinating with photographers and arranging for art, and drafting copy. Generating ideas for articles and seeing them through to completion, including establishing contact with subjects, conducting and transcribing interviews, coordinating with photographers and arranging for art, and drafting copy.



Southland Valuation

• Administrative Assistant

  • 2004 - 2004

  ❶ Multitasking and prioritizing a variety of assignments, including research, documentation, and organization of collected information.❷ Proofreading for grammar, spelling, and errors in written and numerical data.❸ Working effectively in an unsupervised, deadline-driven environment. ❶ Multitasking and prioritizing a variety of assignments, including research, documentation, and organization of collected information.❷ Proofreading for grammar, spelling, and errors in written and numerical data.❸ Working effectively in an unsupervised, deadline-driven environment.



Sperka International

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Website Designer

  • 1997 - 2004

  ❶ Familiarity with HTML and HTML editing programs.❷ Design of graphics, backgrounds, and page layouts using Adobe Photoshop.❸ Producing compelling copy for customer websites.❹ Establishing navigational hierarchies for web pages and relevant navigation bars and menus.❺ Design and customization of e-commerce shopping carts and building online stores.❻ Performing SEO through tailoring metadata and participating in link exchanges and pay-per-click services. ❶ Familiarity with HTML and HTML editing programs.❷ Design of graphics, backgrounds, and page layouts using Adobe Photoshop.❸ Producing compelling copy for customer websites.❹ Establishing navigational hierarchies for web pages and relevant navigation bars and menus.❺ Design and customization of e-commerce shopping carts and building online stores.❻ Performing SEO through tailoring metadata and participating in link exchanges and pay-per-click services.