Krishna Mohan
AVP at Orient BlackSwan- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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PG Diploma in publishing
London College of CommunicationAug, 1997- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Orient BlackSwan
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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200 - 300 Employee
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AVP
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Nov 2022 - Present
Sourcing vendors and cost cutting.ebooks specialist-have 700 books to my credit.
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Senior Manager- ebooks &print production
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Oct 2010 - Present
Over 20 years experience in print and substrate(paper/board) buying. Handle multiple vendors in 5 different locations pan-India, travel to assess infrastructure of vendors and deal with paper mills, printers, ebook conversion vendors, etc. Budgeting, planning and execution, including stock despatches of books to 15 locations across India. Handle a team of 15 printing professionals in 5 locations, including recruitment and assessments.Additional responsibilities:Head the team for : e-books -xml conversions; PDFs. Have successfully uploaded 550 books on iBookstore; Amazon's Kindle; Kobo & Nook. Online advertisements and content management for higher academic books. Google Adwords and Facebook as media, also improvise key words for SEO optimisation and metadata for ebooks. Show less
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Orient Longman
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India
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Consumer Services
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Production Controller
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Apr 1994 - Oct 2008
Corporate communications Editorial and production supervision Content management, editing, proof-reading, pre-flighting. Incharge of the in-house typesetting studio for 2 years. Liaison between the editorial, production, sales and accounts divisions before books are printed/released Chairing meetings on cost control and budgeting Liaison with external agencies with regard to increasing corporate exposure Design and release of press notes/ brochures and media related advertising Recruitment of personnel for editorial/production Web media advertising and setting up online selling Annual presentations and suggestions on price fixing for books; Competitors' assessment -costs and quality are compared with regard to each book title. Interacting with external print/media agencies for cost analysis-including Hologram suppliers, software and hardware vendors, bulk buyers of books, etc Negotiations of printing and paper as the entire operations are outsourced Liaise and negotiate contracts with clients, authors, designers, illustrators, photographers, translators, printers, distributors and other editors Intra-office communication Conducting training sessions for editors and production executives on newer technologies, software and computerisation Show less
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Education
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London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
PG Diploma, Publishing, Printing, Marketing, Web media -
Goethe Insitut
Certificate in epublishing, Electronic Publishing -
University of Madras
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Loyola College
B.Sc, Botany, Zoology, French, Chemistry -
St. Josephs BHSS, Coonoor