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Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Melcher Media is a cutting-edge, multi-media content creation and marketing company with a reputation for thinking beyond fixed, traditional media categories. For 20 years, we’ve been at the forefront of storytelling, producing books, apps, films, websites, and more, winning multiple design and editorial awards while publishing 24 New York Times bestsellers. Our focus boils down to one goal, regardless of medium, platform, or format: great storytelling. Our clients and partners include some of the world’s biggest brands such as Facebook, Adobe, HBO, Amazon, PepsiCo, GE, Lexus, and Nike, among others, and clients as diverse as Eminem and Al Gore. During the company’s transition from book packager/publisher to content and event producer. I manage all day-to-day operations and recruiting.

New York, Ny

During the company’s transition to content producer and event producer, manage day-to-day operations for both Melcher Media and FoST including: managing a staff of 15 full-time employees, as well as all freelancers, reporting directly to the CEO on all budgetary and scheduling issues, as well as issues regarding final editorial content and design for approximately twenty projects per year. Primary responsibilities include annual budget preparation and maintenance; individual project budgets and p&l sign-offs; review and approval of all project pitches, proposals, and deal memos; assembling and hiring creative teams for all projects; writing and negotiating contracts; reviewing, invoicing, and collecting outstanding receivables; managing cash flow; reviewing and correcting monthly financial WIP reports; running weekly status meetings; daily review sessions with individual editors to plan and trouble shoot all facets of the editorial and production process, as well as schedules for both current and forthcoming seasons; final approvals on all projects; weekly meetings with CEO to discuss new product development for future lists, as well as personnel issues and needs, social media efforts, publicity, promotion, sales and marketing, and future website and rebranding initiatives; weekly brainstorm meetings with staff to discuss future business development; weekly production meetings with production manager to review budgets and issues for all titles, as well as the FoST conference; primary liaison with distributors (Andrews McMeel Publishing, DK Publishing, Perseus); recruiting, interviewing, and hiring all fulltime and freelance staffing needs; year-end performance reviews and review of current and future goals for all staff members throughout the year; overseeing all planning, logistics, staffing, third party contracts for our annual conference, The Future of StoryTelling (FoST).

United States

Greater New York City Area

Following the editorial merge of Rizzoli and Universe. Managed editorial staff of managing editor, three senior editors, six editors, two assistant editors, and three production managers, and reported directly to the publisher on budgetary and scheduling issues, as well as issues regarding editorial content and design for 110 books and 70 calendars per year. Primary responsibilities included the preparation and monthly updating of annual budget for both imprints; weekly budget meetings with publisher, director of sales and marketing, controller, and CEO; making recommendations on final print and bind decisions; overseeing weekly meetings with production department and managing editor; daily review sessions with individual editors regarding all facets of the publishing process for both current and forthcoming seasons; final approvals on cover and interior files; review and approval of catalog copy and sales materials.

Greater New York City Area

Responsibilities included the preparation and monthly updating of annual budget; the preparation of profit and loss sheets for all titles; weekly progress meetings with editors and the production department; the preparation and maintenance of production schedules; overseeing freelance proofreaders, copyeditors, and designers; coordinating release dates with distributors (St. Martin’s Press and Andrews McMeel Publishing) to ensure on-time delivery of all titles within budget. (Number of titles increased from 20 books and 45 calendars in 1994 to 60 books and 65 calendars in 2001.)

Greater New York City Area

Worked with publisher overseeing the scheduling of all titles. Responsibilities included monthly updating of annual budget; the design and maintenance of publication database; the scheduling of trade releases with distributor.

Greater New York City Area

Following the purchase of Universe Publishing by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., edited books and calendars. Responsibilities included manuscript editing and proofreading; selecting imagery; photo permissions; contract negotiation and preparation; coordinating co-publications with overseas publishers; liaising with authors, museums, and other cultural institutions; pre-manufacturing cost analyses for all titles; preparing catalog copy; sales conference presentations

Greater New York City Area

Assistant for team of three editors, editorial director, managing editor, and publisher. Responsibilities included copyediting, proofreading, CIP and copyright applications, and publication schedule data entry.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Literature / Philosophy

International Baccalaureate