Senior Acquisitions And Development Editor
CurrentManaging entire lines, including Abingdon's mainstay leadership, preaching, and worship lines. Consistently produce revenue-generating book projects.Attributes• Strategic planner for key publishing lines, building and implementing a flexible 5-year publishing plan which anticipates customer needs and market trends, resulting in sales growth• Wise, patient, and helpful advisor for authors on concept development, writing, book production, and platform-building • Swift decision-maker on incoming proposals• Thorough developer of project proposals, showing realistic expectations for each plan; effective and energetic presenter in publisher's approval meetings, usually winning project approval• Effective manager of tasks throughout the publishing process, including contract negotiation with authors and agents, all aspects of book production, title and cover development, endorsements and back cover copy, and descriptive copy for metadata and marketing• Truthful, responsive, and supportive author guide/partner, resulting in sustained author loyalty • Strong focus on development of under-represented authorsContent and Format Expertise• Editorial acquisitions and development focus on spirituality, religious practices, and progressive Christianity• Books, print and digital, are primary focus• Magazine, print and digital, is secondary focus• Video series production is tertiary focus• Content provides a deeper understanding of social/cultural changes• Emphasis on practical guidance, facilitating readers' growth, leading to positive action in the reader's life and communityAccomplishments• Revived flailing leadership and preaching lines, building them into steady producers• Doubled the number of books by African-American and women authors from 2013 to 2019 • Abingdon Press President's Award for Achievement in Justice-Oriented Acquisitions (2016) • Abingdon Press President's Award for Achievement in Sales-to-Budget (2019)
