Experience

M Booth Health

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Project Management

  • Feb 2023 - Present



M Booth

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Creative Operations Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2023

  Manage content publishing studio (with a team of eight), setting schedules, staff plans, and budgets to ensure on-time, on-budget production of all deliverables for internal and external clients. Serve as managing editor of Endless Vacation, an award-winning travel magazine for the 1.8 million members of RCI, the world’s largest vacation exchange company, and of RCI Ventures, a B2B publication for RCI affiliates and resort developers. Oversee production of two print and four mobile issues of EV and one print annual of Ventures per year. Liaise with printer and prepress house to estimate prospective new projects. Schedule biweekly updates to EndlessVacation.com and top-edit monthly content for RCIVentures​.com. Work with accounts director and creative lead/editor-in-chief to prepare new business proposals. Liaise with other practice groups to serve client content needs. Supervise copy chief and contract editor of RCI Ventures. Serve on agency diversity and inclusion committee. Manage editorial contracts and invoices. Show less



Story Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Operations Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

  Same duties as above; agency left Next 15 parent company and publishing team moved to sister agency M Booth. Same duties as above; agency left Next 15 parent company and publishing team moved to sister agency M Booth.



Travel + Leisure

• Senior Production Director

  • Feb 2015 - Sep 2016

  Supervised production of monthly consumer travel magazine with 975,000+ circulation, as well as ancillary products. Collaborated with creative director, managing editor, and manufacturing to ensure on-time delivery of pages to prepress and press. Set processes and procedures to ensure quality. Oversaw color correction. Created and maintained templates and style sheets, and ensured files adhered to technical specifications. Paginated issue, placed fractional ads, and adjusted layouts to conform to map configuration. Maintained and troubleshot editorial systems. Managed external prepress vendor to ensure quality and accuracy of print product. Show less

• Production Director

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

• Associate Managing Editor

  • Feb 2011 - Feb 2014

  Oversaw editorial production of monthly travel magazine, as well as tablet editions. Set and enforced annual, monthly, and daily schedules and editorial processes. Coordinated editors, research, photo, copy, and art to ensure on-time delivery of pages to production. Maintained lineups. Partnered with production, art, and editorial to set pagination and ad placement. • Using Six Sigma methodology, trimmed one full day off prepress process and reduced overtime significantly by implementing streamlined editorial production strategy that eliminated redundancies without sacrificing quality. Decreased number of editing and revision rounds while increasing accuracy by initiating real-time edit sessions between editors and fact checkers. Recognized with distinguished American Express Publishing “Pubby” award for efforts. • Project-managed three-month planning process and all milestones associated with production and trafficking. Kept staff accountable for all deadlines related to manuscripts, copy editing and fact-checking, photos and illustrations, and layout, and ensured 100 percent on-time delivery of pages to prepress and press. • Earned second Pubby award for employee excellence based on overall contribution to business. Show less



self employed

• Freelance editor, graphic designer, and production professional

  • Sep 2007 - Feb 2011

  Design of posters, promotional materials, and Web sites for various clients. Copy editing and proofreading for publishing, academic, and business clients. Produced T+L Books and tablet edition of Travel + Leisure. Design of posters, promotional materials, and Web sites for various clients. Copy editing and proofreading for publishing, academic, and business clients. Produced T+L Books and tablet edition of Travel + Leisure.



ARTnewsletter

• New York, NY

• Copy Editor

  • May 2008 - Jan 2010

  Edited biweekly publication covering the fine-art and auction markets for accuracy, grammar, and style. Created style guide. Edited biweekly publication covering the fine-art and auction markets for accuracy, grammar, and style. Created style guide.



ARTnews

• Managing Editor

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2007

  Oversaw editorial production of monthly art news magazine. Set monthly close schedule; maintained lineups. Coordinated editors, photo editor, copy editor, and art director; hired and supervised interns and proofreaders. Collaborated with production director to set pagination. Edited departments and occasional features, wrote display, and input changes in Quark layouts. Oversaw editorial production of monthly art news magazine. Set monthly close schedule; maintained lineups. Coordinated editors, photo editor, copy editor, and art director; hired and supervised interns and proofreaders. Collaborated with production director to set pagination. Edited departments and occasional features, wrote display, and input changes in Quark layouts.



Institutional Investor

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Managing Editor, Editorial Production

  • Aug 2003 - Jun 2005

  Oversaw editorial production of Americas and International editions of monthly financial trade magazine and of Alpha, a bimonthly magazine for hedge funds. Supervised copy desk of six and coordinated editorial, legal, art, and production. Oversaw editorial production of Americas and International editions of monthly financial trade magazine and of Alpha, a bimonthly magazine for hedge funds. Supervised copy desk of six and coordinated editorial, legal, art, and production.



Worth Media Group

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Sep 2002 - Mar 2003

  Oversaw editorial operations and worked with editor in chief to plan issues; maintained budget.

• Senior Editor

  • Mar 2002 - Sep 2002

  Edited letters and contents pages, back of book, monthly columns, and occasional features.

• Assistant Managing Editor

  • Jul 2001 - Mar 2002

  Set production schedule; coordinated art, editorial, copy, fact-checking, and production; negotiated photo contracts.



Quest Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Aug 2000 - Apr 2001

  Edited front-of-book sections of New York society, culture, and lifestyle magazine. Assigned and edited features, columns, and book reviews. Wrote auction column, contributors page, and other articles as assigned.

• Associate Editor

  • Mar 2000 - Aug 2000



Condé Nast

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contributing Projects Associate

  • Nov 1998 - Mar 2000



Penguin Random House

• United States
• Book Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Editor

  • Oct 1996 - Nov 1998

• Editorial Assistant

  • Aug 1994 - Oct 1996