Mark A. Spaulding Email & Phone Number

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Pleasant Prairie, Wi, Usa

THE No. 1 web-processing and converting technical resource in print and online. Official technical journal, website and e-newsletter for the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (Greenville, SC).

Pleasant Prairie, Wi, Usa

Post daily industry news along with regular reality checks into the true value of all that impacts the management and growth of your package-printing, coating/laminating and converting business.

Des Plaines And Oak Brook, Il, Usa

Formulate and maintain editorial policy and standards for this national, monthly B2B magazine for the US package-printing and converted-product manufacturing industry.Control annual $325,000 editorial/art budget; consistently stay within budget limitations.Post daily news articles, write twice-weekly entries for The Converting Curmudgeon blog on the property's Website.Create editorial calendar to reflect industry trends, answer reader needs and offer new sales opportunities for advertisers.Doubled visits, page views and unique visitors to the Website (YOY 2008-2009).Managed output of three print editors, five columnists; now manage materials from four Bloggers.Act as chief liaison with five trade associations, collaborate on print projects/Webcasts.Personally produce about 30 pages of print editorial monthly; commission freelance writing, computer art and photography for print/online editorial.

Shared managing-editor duties for this national, monthly B2B trade magazine for the US packaged-good field.

Wrote in-plant technology, product-engineering and design/marketing related news and features for this national, monthly B2B trade magazine for the US packaged-goods field.Copyedited all manuscripts, oversaw on-time performance for four staff editors.Directed all aspects of trade-show daily newspaper editorial content and production.Managed editorial content of quarterly literature supplements.

Wrote, edited technical manuals to accompany interactive video courses on mainframe computer and PC programming and troubleshooting.Created storyboards, wrote videoscripts for instructional videos.Organized all prepress aspects of technical-manual materials: Word processing, typesetting and design.

Performed day-to-day operations of typesetting, scheduling, layout-design, proofreading, dummying and approval of camera-ready materials for this national, monthly B2B magazine for the US processed-food industry.Achieved lowest monthly alteration costs of any Gorman publication.Scheduled all writing, editing and production activities for a staff of six full-time editors.Wrote articles on food-product development, packaging and marketing.

Directed typesetting, layout and camera-ready paste-up operations for this 16-page, weekly administrative newspaper.Cut overall production time by 15 percent.Supervised staff of four part-time production assistants.Created new logo and typographic format for the newspaper.Wrote, edited news stories, features, captions and headlines.