Edie Evans Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Senior Academic Designer for Small Group Decodable products for New Literacy, a basal foundational skills program for K-5 currently under development.

Yes….I DO know Educational Publishing content like the back of my hand. 😉

Tucson, AZ

Editorial Lead for Foundations A-Z Foundational Skills, an Ed Reports Green-Lighted program that spans K-5 and correlates with a new science and research-based scope and sequence, based on the Science of Reading. Conceptualizes, edits and contributing writer for the entire student-facing Foundational Skills decodable book and passage library for FAZ..

Independent Contractor

• Project Manager, (Contract) Six Red Marbles (2012) Maintained project schedules and report status for K-5 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Georgia Math Textbook Revision
• Created schedules and priorities for internal vendor team
• Set up tracking systems for editorial project requirements
• Set up organizational systems for delivery of materials and files to team members
• Worked closely with internal and client teams to keep components moving forward and problem-solve issues
• Established processes for all workflow steps of project

• Managed the timely and cost-effective correction, development, and production of state-specific required adoption reprints (student, teacher, and multiple ancillary materials) for basal Social Studies and Reading.
• Integrated input from consultants, field, marketing, design and production for maximum program competitiveness and sound pedagogy
• Captured and implemented editorial and overall project workflow
• Created robust digital supplementary support material for teachers and students per market and field requests
• Instituted tracking and errata spreadsheets to capture reprint data for editorial, budget and inventory purposes

• Managed the creation, development, and production of basal textbook program components (Pupil Editions, Teacher Editions and ancillary materials) for multiple disciplines (G K-6): Reading, ELL, Social Studies, Math.
• Hired, developed, and trained personnel
• Designed and implemented editorial workflow and schedules
• Created writer's guidelines and effected prototype changes based on focus testing, author, and reviewers’ input
• Planned, coordinated, managed and created all front- and back-of-book support resources including black line masters, maps, rubrics and other evaluation tools, and state correlations
• Determined hardware and software needs for editorial department, coordinated training and tech support

• Conceptualized, wrote and edited internet-based research lessons for Language Arts textbooks: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes (G 8-11)
• Lesson plans for Reading/Language Arts Test Prep Workbooks (G 6-12)

• Managed, produced, edited, and designed a wide variety of printed materials from manuscript to bound book including magazines, pamphlets, print ads, books and catalogs for: E.M. Guild, Inc. Careers & Colleges
• McGraw-Hill Professional Book Publishing: Java Algorithms, Lotus Notes Certification, and Lotus Notes & Domino Architecture
• Ogilvey and Mather: magazine, newspaper, and direct-mail corporate advertising
• Hachette-Filipacchi: George
• Meredith Publishing: Golf For Women
• MacDonald Publishing: Working Woman

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