Experience

Sotheby's Imprint

• United States
• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Account Manager

  • May 2016 - Present

  Creative project management for L’Oreal’s Active Cosmetics Division (SkinCeuticals, Dermablend, Cerave, La Roche Posay and Vichy brands). Work with L’oreal Marketing and Creative teams to analyze creative project requirements and provide value analysis which has resulted significant cost savings year over year. Manage all aspects of production with vendors on behalf of L’Oreal and proactively communicate ensuring that all requirements and deliveries times are met. Create standard operating procedures across internal creative/marketing departments to increase efficiency.



Time Inc.

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Manager - Essence Magazine

  • Feb 2006 - Dec 2015

  Oversee production for print and digital edition of Essence Magazine. Manage negotiations for advertising placement within the magazine. Provide sales with ideas for creative insert executions. Work with editorial to ensure that the magazine has a seamless flow between ad and edit. Responsible for providing editorial with budgets based on projected advertising volume. Reduced printing costs upwards of $100,000 per year from 2011 through present day. Ensure quality of the final published product.



All You Magazine

• Assistant Production Manager

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2006

  Reviewed advertiser insertion orders to guarantee compliance. Conducted weekly meetings with Editor in Chief and Publisher to finalize the issue. Established deadlines for internal sales and outside vendors. Built issue road maps that provided maximum press efficiency. Ensured that all print ads are compliant with ASME (association of Magazine Editor's) guidelines. Communicated special instructions, print order quantities and final paperwork to the printer. Reviewed advertiser insertion orders to guarantee compliance. Conducted weekly meetings with Editor in Chief and Publisher to finalize the issue. Established deadlines for internal sales and outside vendors. Built issue road maps that provided maximum press efficiency. Ensured that all print ads are compliant with ASME (association of Magazine Editor's) guidelines. Communicated special instructions, print order quantities and final paperwork to the printer.



Time Magazine

• Retail Office Equipment

• Ad Traffic Coordinator

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2004

  Processed and trafficked digital ad files. Solved technical file problems with engravers. Assisted production manager to ensure proper advertising placement. Selected In Kind advertising when remnant space was available. Maintained inventory for inserts. Processed and trafficked digital ad files. Solved technical file problems with engravers. Assisted production manager to ensure proper advertising placement. Selected In Kind advertising when remnant space was available. Maintained inventory for inserts.



Money Magazine

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ad Traffic Coordinator

  • Sep 2001 - Sep 2003

  Won the Publisher's award for innovative cost cutting solutions. Processed all digital files and trafficked them to the printer. Met with all account reps to confirm their business for the issue. Won the Publisher's award for innovative cost cutting solutions. Processed all digital files and trafficked them to the printer. Met with all account reps to confirm their business for the issue.



Gruner + Jahr GmbH & Co KG

• Production Coordinator - Parents Magazine

  • Sep 2000 - Sep 2001

  Lead the transition from film to digital media. Trafficked all Parents Magazine ad files to the printer. Reviewed advertising paperwork for accuracy. Approved advertiser blue lines. Lead the transition from film to digital media. Trafficked all Parents Magazine ad files to the printer. Reviewed advertising paperwork for accuracy. Approved advertiser blue lines.



Parade Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Ad Traffic Assistant

  • Sep 1998 - Sep 2000