Allyson Fields Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, United States

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, United States

Jersey City, Nj

Jersey City, Nj

Short-lived in-house experiment with creating summaries of bestselling books. I was responsible for identifying forthcoming and recently published titles for inclusion in the program and worked directly with a suite of freelancers while maintaining rigid editorial and production standards and developmentally editing all summaries.

Piscataway, New Jersey

-Managed a staff of editors, conducted regular meetings, and advised and oversaw all projects.-Wrote, edited, coordinated, and scheduled the creation of two seasonal catalogs per year.-Edited design and content for all marketing materials including direct mail, emails, and subject catalogs.-Provided accurate budget estimations on 90-130 titles per year and updated/negotiated fees accordingly.-Assigned projects to vendors and freelancers and oversaw all details of their completion.-Decreased the percentage of late publications from 17% to 2%, averaging one title a season.-Revised copywriting procedures to improve and enliven our methods, creating a more enticing experience.-Developed an integrated a strategic plan to recruit new copyeditors and freelancers to minimize overhead costs and to maximize accuracy through implementation of uniform style guidelines.-Assisted and guided other team members to discover new digital and print sales opportunities.-Maintained staff morale and work ethic by creating a supportive and collaborative work environment.-Made important operational decisions as a linchpin member of the Executive Committee.-Created new procedures to increase exposure and interest at conferences and to garner more interest from prospective authors.

-Oversaw all rights transactions, processed requests, and managed accounts and payment processes.-Monitored all metadata, ingestion, and the creation of eBook files, ensuring consistency and accuracy.-Developmentally edited and prepared all Rivergate, a trade/regional general interest imprint, titles and some academic publications within the fields of Human Rights, Jewish Studies, Politics, and History for production.-Managed the intern program, hiring up to 10 new employees each year with a 90% retention rate.-Negotiated contract for and on-boarded a press-wide database from Firebrand Technologies that revolutionized our business as whole.-Successfully increased subsidiary rights income by over 150% over the span of several years.-Created and led a committee to expand and improve eBook initiatives, production and sales, boosting eBook sales by 200% in one year and 400% in a subsequent year.-Worked closely with the Director to apply and budget for grants totaling around $40,000 per year.-Was responsible for composing and editing all contracts for Rutgers University Press.

-Arranged all conferences attended by Rutgers University Press, which included reserving booth space, planning events, booking flights and hotels for attendees,creating book lists, and ensuring a successful and well-supplied conference.-Initiated the tracking of conference statistics (sales and buying patterns) to better ascertain sales figures and budget sales projections for coming years.-Completed many marketing and sales related projects including cold sales calls, database maintenance, marketing plans, press releases, initiating and processing special sales, establishing new business relations, composing catalog and cover copy, preparing sales materials, and pitching books to sales reps at bi-annual meetings. -Processed, tracked, and analyzed all desk and exam copy requests.

-Wrote dynamic, original, and engaging content for press releases. -Created a revolutionary award submission tracking system that is still used today. -Researched appropriate media outlets for potential review and pitched books as needed. - Assisted the publicity manager with the creation of video content and the organization of special events and book tours.

"Our mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time."This may be a part time job for me, but I love what this company stands for. I think we all know what a Barista does, but with my years of experience managers at all levels frequently come to me for advice and feedback about customer service, drink making disagreements, partner improvement, deployment, the morale of the store etc.