Bob Dall Email & Phone Number

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Lead an editorial department of 20 staff and contractors charged with creating and producing NEJM Journal Watch and a range of other clinically focused offerings from NEJM Group.
• Implemented a reorganization and staffing plan to optimize resources powering NEJM Group's efforts to reach clinicians.
• Created a new Shared Editorial Services team to develop new offerings and assist as needed across the portfolio, while managing the retirement of some legacy publications.
• Achieved 20% reduction in editorial costs for established products (digital + print).
• Work with leadership to develop and implement publishing strategy in alignment with larger organizational goals.
• Direct adoption and use of new editorial systems and technology to maximize efficiency and to deliver market-ready products.

• Led an editorial department of 20 staff charged with creating and producing the NEJM Journal Watch family of publications.
• Key editorial stakeholder in an initiative to upgrade the digital publishing platform, improve content management practices, and introduce a continuous publishing process.
• Project-managed the design and implementation of an online Author Center, working with IT and outside vendors to establish a communications and workflow hub for a dispersed group of clinician editors.
• Directed an efficiency effort that successfully shortened editorial workflows and reduced average time to publication.

• Took initiative to create a new role to improve editorial systems, process, and technology. Managed a staff of two Systems/Production Specialists. Role involved frequent interactions with external vendors and internal.
• Commissioned an analysis of editorial workflow, systems, and content management; led subsequent efforts leading to improvements in efficiency, timeliness, and flexibility of the publishing process for a medical.
• Worked with Publishing and IT to advance content management practices for the enterprise; primarily responsible for developing Journal Watch’s systems and standards in this area.
• Managed a redesigned of editorial workflow to incorporate an XML content repository, improving archiving standards and enabling multipurpose publishing.
• Enforced quality standards across publications; identified and implemented best practices.

• Shared staff management duties with the Editorial Director while increasing responsibility for operations management and retaining day-to-day editorial duties.
• Managed staff editors and production/quality control specialists, including day-to-day operations and performance management.
• Continued to serve as editor of Journal Watch publications. Assigned work to staff/contractors, vetted results, and led efforts to improve editorial process and protocol.

• Recruited from another MMS department to serve as developmental and managing editor for Journal Watch, a medical literature surveillance service. Promoted to Senior Editor within a year.
• Worked with subject matter experts and a team of staff and contractors to manage three publications in the JW series.
• Curated print and digital editions.
• Ensured that content was clear, concise, faithful to the original research, and clinically relevant.

A.B., History And Literature, Graduated Cum Laude

Mfa, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Instructor in Freshman Writing Program; Undergraduate Academic Advisor