Vice President Operations
Scribble Press
Greater Los Angeles Area
Scribble Press is a multimedia creativity platform for creating, sharing and publishing stories. It was founded in 2008 as a place for kids and families to write, illustrate and publish their own books and in 2011 expanded to the digital world with an online platform and iPad App.Successfully develop retail and digital operations for multi-channel publishing platform for kids, offering custom on-demand project manufacturing and digital publishing, book design and printing, workshops, and events. Oversee product development and implementation, workflow, standard operating procedures (SOPs), production and manufacturing modeling, equipment and supply vendor relationships, marketing, and sales. Vice President of ground-up retail launch, including all aspects of operations such as IT, Human Resources, product development, cost of goods sold (COGS) analysis and budgeting, vendor relations, hiring and training.Plan and execute retail expansion of stores in New York City providing leadership at all levels.Completed and implemented organizational design project, implementing a growth strategy and structure that includes development of org chart, process definitions, and job descriptions.Successful direction of complete redesign and development of web operations including e-commerce.Project management for iOS app development. v1.0 launched Dec 2011 with over 100K downloads. v2.0 in development and due in August 2012.