Carole Berg Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, Nh, Us

Portsmouth, Nh

Management of the Calkins Production Team, which produces educational materials for Lucy Calkins and colleagues at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University.Leadership and establishment of production workflows and processes with authors, editors, marketing, and manufacturing, ensuring that projects meet author vision as well as quality, budget, and schedule expectations of program strategy and management.Developed new editions of Units of Study in Writing and Reading series, Grades K-2, as well as Fiction and Nonfiction Jump Rope Readers series, Grades K-1 from concept to publication.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Managed the development and completion of the Fountas and Pinnell Interactive Read-Aloud print and online materials for grades 4-6, steering the project back on track to meet delivery schedule.

Stratham, Nh

• Drove 200+ Timberland and Timberland PRO marketing creative initiatives annually, managing all aspects of print and interactive design, copywriting, client and production vendor relations, that promoted and increased brand recognition and product sales.• Produced lifestyle and product photography, print marketing and e-commerce collateral, OOH and print advertising, video production, retail POS and fixturing, event planning, and illustration projects that yielded consistent 10-20% business unit growth. Budgets ranged from $100 to $200K, and time frames from a 1 day turn to a 12+ month complex schedule. • Consultant for workflow system design, implementation and improvements, which enhanced team communications and process, mitigated inefficiencies, and improved profitability.• Standardized communications with vendors producing greater accuracy of project deliverables and simplifying quoting process, thus improving team efficiency.• Supported business initiative success through delivering detailed, accurate project tracking, monthly budget accounting, and on-call reporting for senior management.• Lead event planner for Timberland VIP Lounge at NY Fashion Week, generating positive PR and brand awareness.• Received client and attendee commendation as result of performing event planning and decorating for companywide “Servapalooza” after-party event, for 2 consecutive years.

Boston, Ma

• Managed job intake, scheduling, and staff allocation for Oral-B, Braun, and Corporate Gillette promotional packaging, display, and marketing collateral. • Facilitated completion of deliverables for over 1.1K projects completed in 2005.• Coordinated fulfillment of Gillette, Duracell, Oral-B, Braun, and Corporate print production.

Redlands, Ca

Promoted 3 times in 4 yrs from Admin Assistant, to Assistant to the Manager, to Production & Development Coordinator based on consistent project management performance and the ability to lead. Supervised 4 administrative staff and assisted with personnel issues for 40 person team.• Managed job prioritization, scheduling, and allocation for 10-20 daily/3500 avg. annual design requests. Designed and implemented 12 departmental database applications.• ESRI Annual User Conference, 10,000 attendees: Directed creative staff, logistics, & equipment for 140+ rooms and exhibit halls. Produced planning manual & timeline. • Managed all facets of ESRI's national AV equipment scheduling system.

B.S., Resources Management

Certificate In Supervisory Excellence

Education record

Additional classes and seminars in project and conflict management, communication, and customer service.