Projects for various publishers and consumer marketers have included book layouts, advertising, and product packaging. Companies including Discovery Education, Blue State, McGraw Hill, and Coronet Lighting.

500+ hours of intensive, remote training of full-cycle UX/UI methods with an emphasis on research methods, prototyping, usability testing, rapid iteration, UI Design, and stakeholder presentation. Implemented web and mobile design solutions for clients, individually as well as collaboratively.

Collaborated with editorial and curriculum teams to review pages for both K-2 and 3-5 teacher editions for a new science product that was being launched. A complex style guide was utilized to provide instruction to the production vendors.

• Built production-ready templates with multiple master pages and complex style libraries.• Managed files via the Woodwing file management system to implement editorial markups.• Preflighted and adjusted final files before releasing to vendors.• Managed multiple daily requests which entailed communication with different internal as well as external stakeholders to clarify details and prioritize due dates.

• Reviewed daily status lists to identify which titles required reprint corrections.• Revised both Quark and InDesign source files, released corrections to print and electronic vendors, reviewed proofs, and updated all record and file archives.• Coordinated projects with composition vendors. Tracked and prioritized multiple projects assuring that all scheduled review and release dates were met.• Reviewed and coded invoices in Epayable invoice system.

• Designed covers and generated PDF files for ancillary products including workbooks, CDs, and transparencies.• Created Illustrator templates for a new line of access code cards.

Oversaw the electronic production of projects ranging from one color ancillaries to 4-color elementary school textbooks.• Created complex templates based on design prototypes that included multiple style sheets, master pages, and libraries.• Developed a training manual for the preparation of artwork and design-intensive pages.• Participated in planning and status meetings. Collaborated with the managers from the Design, Editorial, and Manufacturing departments to solve workflow issues. Developed strategies for implementing changes and maintaining a high level of quality in the final product.• Managed a team of 13 permanent and temporary employees in the completion of over 2,500 pages of math text in a five month period.• Reviewed weekly production schedules and reallocated resources when necessary.• Communicated with outside vendors to provide information and artwork as needed.• Insured integrity, organization, and consistency of electronic files via the NPS workflow system.