Bernadette Shade Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Oversee all aspects of the print production and distribution process for the Association's portfolio of scholarly journals, technical magazines, conference proceedings, and books, including but not limited to coordinating print schedules with editorial and digital production staff, external print and print-on-demand vendors, advertising sales staff, graphic designers, shipping and distribution partners, conference organizers, and Association finance staff. Responsible for tracking, reporting… Show more Oversee all aspects of the print production and distribution process for the Association's portfolio of scholarly journals, technical magazines, conference proceedings, and books, including but not limited to coordinating print schedules with editorial and digital production staff, external print and print-on-demand vendors, advertising sales staff, graphic designers, shipping and distribution partners, conference organizers, and Association finance staff. Responsible for tracking, reporting, and managing all print-related costs for the Association's publications. Coordinate and oversee all printing-related strategic initiatives for the Association. Ensure the timely and efficient uploading of print files to vendors' systems and provide print runs to printers for all the publications' issues. Keep track of periodic changes with U.S. and international postage requirements and maintaining the proper shipping and forms on behalf of the Association. Responsible for coordinating the storage of publications' stock and oversee periodic RFPs for various print-related vendors, including printers, compositors, and distributors. High level of contact with volunteers and members to improve the production process and author experience. Involved with the development of author resources such as the creation of formatting templates and the development of a central gateway website tailored to authors' needs. Incorporated accessibility features into ACM’s book program’s PDF and EPUB files to include ARIA markup in the metadata, alt text descriptions, tables structured with headings, and book structure represented in bookmarks and tags. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Ensured the efficient and timely production of 200+ new titles annually.Oversaw all aspects of book production--print and digital--from manuscript to finished book, including text composition, printing, binding, and shipment to the warehouse for all first prints and reprints. Managed costs and schedules to ensure products were brought out on schedule, on budget, and to a high quality. Implemented and enforced tracking procedures to meet performance goals. Communicated with all vendors, managed… Show more Ensured the efficient and timely production of 200+ new titles annually.Oversaw all aspects of book production--print and digital--from manuscript to finished book, including text composition, printing, binding, and shipment to the warehouse for all first prints and reprints. Managed costs and schedules to ensure products were brought out on schedule, on budget, and to a high quality. Implemented and enforced tracking procedures to meet performance goals. Communicated with all vendors, managed print orders, and approved vendor invoices. Liaised closely with internal colleagues during the production process to ensure all information was accurate and available. Monitored and reviewed the performance of staff. Analyzed production process to detect and correct problems and implemented improvements. Was responsible for the forecasting and management of department budgets. Prepared and maintained production reports. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Oversaw department's monthly printer release. Monitored printers' schedules to ensure delivery of monthly new titles to the warehouse. Managed production staff. Created annual production budget; regularly reviewed the budget for potential savings both short- and long-term. Processed all printer and vendor invoices. Sent individual monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Handled all correspondence with freelance vendors (compositors, editors, and indexers) and multiple printers. Checked… Show more Oversaw department's monthly printer release. Monitored printers' schedules to ensure delivery of monthly new titles to the warehouse. Managed production staff. Created annual production budget; regularly reviewed the budget for potential savings both short- and long-term. Processed all printer and vendor invoices. Sent individual monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Handled all correspondence with freelance vendors (compositors, editors, and indexers) and multiple printers. Checked printer proofs received from all printers. Regularly reviewed in-house production process and revising it as needed to keep current with the changes in publishing and the needs of the company. Was responsible for company’s setup of and move to electronic archiving and was global team leader in establishing a group-wide pre-press production schedule and process with several full-service vendors. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Consistently exceeded individual monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Assisted in training of new staff members. Worked on 100+ titles that are at various stages in production and responsible for the production schedule of all from contract to bound book. Handled all correspondence with authors/editors, freelance vendors (compositors, editors, and indexers), and 3 printers. Produced books in a timely fashion; and more broadly, ensured that each element of the book (worked with authors to… Show more Consistently exceeded individual monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Assisted in training of new staff members. Worked on 100+ titles that are at various stages in production and responsible for the production schedule of all from contract to bound book. Handled all correspondence with authors/editors, freelance vendors (compositors, editors, and indexers), and 3 printers. Produced books in a timely fashion; and more broadly, ensured that each element of the book (worked with authors to format their interior text, setting up the cover files, etc.) met the company's standards while also meeting the author(s)/editor(s) approval. Checked printer proofs received from all printers. Created the new title report at the end of each month. Was responsible for the transition from camera-ready copy to print-PDF, the creation of style sheets for author-formatting, and the creation of templates for our compositors. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Sent monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Worked on 100+ titles that were at various stages in production and responsible for the production schedule of all from contract to bound book. Heavy correspondence. Produced books in a timely fashion and ensured product's quality control. Reviewed authors’ formatted samples (reviewed text to make sure authors are formatting correctly.) Provided direction, guidance, suggestions, and sometimes sample formatted pages of authors' texts to get them… Show more Sent monthly quota of new titles to the printer. Worked on 100+ titles that were at various stages in production and responsible for the production schedule of all from contract to bound book. Heavy correspondence. Produced books in a timely fashion and ensured product's quality control. Reviewed authors’ formatted samples (reviewed text to make sure authors are formatting correctly.) Provided direction, guidance, suggestions, and sometimes sample formatted pages of authors' texts to get them on the right track. Composed letters outlining what needs to be done. PDF reviews of interior texts: reviewed for proper and consistent formatting, and chapter title accuracy/match to TOC. Finalized the cover files and title pages. Checked printer proofs received from all printers. Converted PDFs into editable Word document files for revised editions. Assisted with the preparation and sending of reprint orders. Assisted the department with any tasks when necessary. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Answered phones and handled company inquiries. Sorted and distributed all mail, deliveries, and faxes. Ordered supplies for the company. Filed Library of Congress CIP data applications. Prepared monthly printer shipment reports. Processed data entry as needed. Inputted the data entry for the printer invoices: made sure we had all invoices reported on the production cost ledgers; tallied monthly printing costs; updated new titles spreadsheet with printing costs and estimates. Assisted in… Show more Answered phones and handled company inquiries. Sorted and distributed all mail, deliveries, and faxes. Ordered supplies for the company. Filed Library of Congress CIP data applications. Prepared monthly printer shipment reports. Processed data entry as needed. Inputted the data entry for the printer invoices: made sure we had all invoices reported on the production cost ledgers; tallied monthly printing costs; updated new titles spreadsheet with printing costs and estimates. Assisted in checking proofs, sample books, cover and interior PDF printer proofs. Did the initial set up title pages and covers. Estimated composition costs. Assisted in preparing books for the printer. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Chairside-assistant to the dentist. Passed requested instruments to the dentist during dental procedures. Sterilized and prepared dental instruments. Developed x-rays. Answered phones and scheduled appointments. Maintained and ordered supplies for the office.