Gage Desser Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York

New York, New York

• Reading submissions, writing reader reports and rejection letters• Writing galley letters and managing blurbs• Award research and nomination• Translation grant research and application• Managing image and text permissions as well as metadata and administrative work

New York City

• Write reader reports including narrative summaries, comparable titles, text strengths and weaknesses, and adoption recommendations• Copyedit portions of forthcoming titles and update title information sheets • Prepare questions for author and illustrator interviews and write reading group guides

New York City

• Coordinated analytics of blogger and review sites to reflect title movement and total social media presence • Created a list of contacts along with an accompanying letter for reviewer

New York City

• Reviewed submissions and wrote correspondence, including rejection letters • Created press releases in Adobe InDesign for media outreach

New York City

• Solicited a wide range of organizations about potential review coverage • Distributed galleys and books to media outlets, independent reviewers, and awards panels including the National Book Awards

New York City

• Wrote marketing copy to promote the adoption of Norton textbooks including those that contain student learning software• Updated Norton’s digital catalog to reflect relevant textbook information• Created spreadsheets containing sales data and university information for Norton book sellers

Bronx, New York

• Acted as liaison with authors, editors, and reviewers during the academic peer review process by providing continuous updates to deadlines and responding to queries• Wrote catalog copy, edited manuscripts, wrote rejection letters, prepared documents for transmittal meetings, reviewed P & L sheets, and wrote promotional blogs• Secured art permissions from individual artists, foundations, overseas museums, and rights-holding corporations; negotiated prices to accurately reflect university press funding

Master Of Arts (Ma), English Language And Literature, General

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, General