Cecilia Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Support and collaborate with the Editor-in-Chief in the development and production of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT), from article submission to online publication. Manage the day-to-day work of AJOT’s freelancers, consultants, and vendors, including identifying and modifying procedures and processes to improve efficiency and maintain quality assurance and schedules. Working with consultants and vendors, maintain AJOT’s digital platform. Support digital content development and delivery strategies functionalities, connections, and reporting data. Ensure that all AJOT manuscript submission system administrative functions are operational, complete, and updated. Update the AJOT platform with new content (via continuous publishing), including keywords, taxonomy terms, and other identifiers. Serve as the primary liaison representing the journal on the cross-functional content strategy team for the American Occupational Therapy Association, to ensure content integration and promotion across AOTA.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed all stages of book production for 35 to 45 titles annually. Maintained production schedules and set priorities for editorial-production workflows. Reviewed mss. to determine level of editing required and assigned appropriate freelance editor. Served as primary author contact during the production-editorial process. Managed a roster freelance editors, proofreaders, and indexers and reviewed their work. Established and maintained editorial best practices based on CMS and Brookings Institution Press in-house style guide. Monitored costs to keep production expenditures (editing, proofreading, indexing) within budget projections.

Baltimore, Maryland

Assisted Director of Publications in evaluating manuscripts for publication. Provided editorial guidance to authors in the development and submission of manuscripts. Maintained guidelines for author copyedit and page proof review. Maintained in-house editorial style guide. Recruited, managed, and evaluated freelancers (copyeditors, proofreaders, indexers). Reviewed all freelance copyedits to ensure quality, accuracy, and adherence to CMS and in-house style guides. Copyedited manuscripts, from light to heavy line editing to complex developmental editing. Managed all aspects of print and e-book production for 10 to 12 titles annually. Planned, quantified, and prepared fiscal year Production budget. Developed and documented best practices for e-book production.

Baltimore, Maryland

For Stedman’s Word Book series (print/CD), outsourced projects to and evaluated work quality of freelance new terms cullers, A–Z content development editors, appendix editors, typesetters, and proofreaders. For authored titles, evaluated project and contract specifications and manuscript submissions. Prepared and monitored production schedules and budgets. Served as primary contact for authors throughout production process (copyediting/design/proofreading/indexing).

Washington, D.C.

Monitored delivery of new manuscript transmittals (35–40 annually) from Editorial to Production. Reviewed all transmittals for adherence to title/launch specifications. Managed freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers and ensured that their work adhered to CMS and Island Press house styles. Prepared and maintained guidelines for ms. preparation and transmittal to Production. Recruited new freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers. Prepared and revised copyediting and proofreading guidelines for freelancers as well as author copyedit and page proof review instructions. Managed all aspects of production for 18–20 new titles annually. Managed reprint production schedules for 13–15 titles annually. Served as primary contact for authors during production process (e.g., communicated book schedule, provided instructions for copyedit and page proof review).