Dina Davis Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Evaluated manuscript submissions for acquisition and either made contract offers or sent rejection letters. Managed list of ten authors: preparing contracts and deal memos, leading books through publishing process from.
• Acquired two new-to-company authors, leading books through publishing process with an eye toward building authors’ brands.
• Read and analyzed manuscript and proposal submissions and drafted reader’s reports indicating whether the work was a good fit, ensuring only well-written and suitable manuscripts were bought for the Love Inspired list.
• Performed content and line edits for contracted manuscripts, producing the best book for publication.
• Proofread cover and front and back matter typesets and routed to editors for final approval, confirming typos and inaccuracies were addressed.
• Created art fact sheets to help art team generate covers, edited or rewrote freelanced back cover copy for ten books each month, brainstormed titles, and wrote coming next month blurbs for every Love Inspired Suspense.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided support to Managing Editor in production process of both front list and back list titles. Acted as main point of contact for Christmas Greetings program, working with illustrators, marketing, and production to.
• Managed reprint process, communicating with compositor, designer, and printer, verifying any corrections were made and the best product was printed.
• Pitched book continuity ideas to fiction team, compiled story collections for nonfiction books, and managed Christmas Greetings program, aiding in development of products that met the high standards of the readers.
• Assisted in book production process from finished manuscript to bound book, keeping projects on schedule by communicating with freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and cold readers.
• Revamped Daily Guideposts Facebook page, developing ways to improve traffic and more than doubling the following in a year.
• Evaluated manuscripts for possible publication, taking into consideration the author’s voice, grammar, and the story’s message, determining if manuscript was a good fit for Guideposts.

New York, NY

• Provided clerical support to Senior Editor, Managing Editor, and Editorial Director: maintaining files, scheduling business travel, filing expense reports, processing payments for authors, assigning ISBNs to books.
• Generated tip sheets and wrote copy for catalogs, providing sales department with best information for selling books.
• Tracked book budgets in Excel, keeping managing editor apprised of any issues that occurred.
• Drafted contracts for authors and sent to literary agents for feedback, answering any questions or addressing concerns from authors and agents.
• Obtained permissions from other publishers and handled incoming permissions requests, guaranteeing zero legal issues.

New York, NY

• Researched stories and pitched ideas in editorial meetings. Created side bars for articles. Provided administrative and editorial support to the magazine staff, particularly the Copy Chief.
• Created a detailed database, making story archives easily searchable.
• Fact checked and proofread articles for the Copy Chief, confirming material was accurate before publication.
• Researched and wrote articles for the Family Room and Pass It On sections of the magazine and for radio spots, making sure the message and style aligned with the Guideposts ideals.
• Pitched article ideas to editorial team, taking into consideration which of the three publications each story would best fit.

New York, NY

• Supervise Vote Entry Operators as they enter election data
• Verify vote counts during final calls from the stringers
• Assist operators when problems arise with vote numbers

• Use AP Vote Tracker and Workbench computer programs to collect vote counts
• Use State internet sites and phone calls to verify vote counts in primaries

• Research and write articles for eHow.com
• Submit articles on a strict deadline.

• Conduct man-on-the-street interviews
• Research sidebars for the newspaper
• Write articles for the newspaper and online publication
• Create sidebars for articles
• Call experts for stories and fact-check articles

• Write blogs for the website
• Perform research and fact checking for magazine articles
• Test appliances with great attention to detail

• Helped run an after school program for students in Kindergarten through sixth grades
• Tutored Special Education students in the summer school program

• Started this fundraising group at Clairton High School
• Raised money to help the Friends of Danang charity build a bridge for children to get to school in Vietnam

Bachelors Of Arts, Journalism And Sociology, 3.717

Activities and Societies: Studied abroad in Florence, Italy from August 2008 until May 2009Graduated Cum Laude Founders Honor Scholar.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Newspaper, Yearbook, Band, Student Council