Dennis Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Atlanta, Georgia

• I supervised the launch of the Whitman Vault Books division in 2007, publishing 20 to 28 history books - with removable replicas of memorabilia - per year on dozens of NCAA football and basketball programs, two NFL.
• Negotiated contracts with freelance authors to write 10,000- to 25,000-word manuscripts;
• Assigned freelancers’ chapters to contract editors;
• Set deadlines for authors, editors and designers to ensure final product met release date;
• Made final proofreading pass on editors’ completed text edits, focusing on clarity and that The Associated Press Stylebook was followed;
• Facilitated smooth communications between editorial and design teams;

Marietta, Georgia

• Managed four monthly magazines with 125,000 paid subscribers, part of a 30-title group with 525,000 readers in 48 states, and generated content for 30 websites.
• Collaborated with dozens of freelance writers to develop story content, images and graphics;
• Edited 18 1,500- to 2,500-word manuscripts per month, and wrote titles, subtitles and cover copy;
• Proofed final text and design before sending to the printer.

Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

• Supervised six-day-a-week, 40,000-circulation newspaper sports department.
• Directed four-person staff responsible for covering daily local, state and national sports;
• Edited staff and Associated Press wire stories, wrote columns and designed the sports section;
• Managed staff hours to meet the publisher’s budgetary goals.