Jeff Holcomb Email & Phone Number

Remote

- Drive the authoring, development, and production of digital-first content in higher education publishing- Create and enforce digital development standards- Develop and implement automated authoring tools- Carve out new workflows for project management of digital-first content- Ensure adherence to standards of quality, workflow, and schedule

Remote

- Steered the transformation from traditional print publishing to digital-first- Advocated for training of authors, development editors, and project managers- Led hands-on user training in digital authoring and production tools- Clarified roles and responsibilities around digital development and delineated tasks where ownership was not clear

Boston, Ma

- Owned production of the Business Publishing list in Higher Education- Directed an internal team of 20 content producers, including 3 managing producers supervising their own teams of direct reports- Produced an annual front list of up to 50 print and digital textbooks and their associated supplements- Achieved $275M in annual gross sales with $12.5M in fiscal plant spend- Rebuilt in-house team after restructuring led to a 75% reduction in staff- Transitioned internal project management to an external vendor solution- Consolidated vendor pool down to just 2 core vendors, leveraging increased volume to decrease scale pricing- Supervised a global project management team based in India

Boston, Ma

- Led the project management of entire Business Publishing list, encompassing the Economics, Finance, Accounting, and Marketing disciplines- Supervised an in-house team of 17 direct reports- Developed emerging workflows for digital-first eBooks driven by interactive media content- Coordinated all domestic, global, and derivative versions- Converted front and back list to industry-standard uPDF and ePub3 formats

Boston, Ma

- Merged the Computer Science discipline between the Addison-Wesley and Prentice Hall imprints and their respective teams- Instituted Pearson Custom Library's integrated workflow during production to provide modularized content simultaneous with print in-stocks

Boston, Ma

- Managed production of the Addison-Wesley Computer Science discipline- Instituted a paperless workflow from copyediting in Microsoft Word to markup of page proofs in Adobe Acrobat- Implemented a front-end XML workflow on schedules shorter than 3 months

Boston, Ma

- Supervised the entire production process--from manuscript to bound book--of up to 12 Math, Statistics, and Computer Science titles per year- Enforced 2- to 8-month production schedules- Art-directed interior designs for 1/, 2/, and 4/color books- Hired full-service vendors, as well as freelance project managers, cover and interior designers, copyeditors, compositors, proofreaders, and indexers- Worked directly with authors- Oversaw page composition in Adobe InDesign, FrameMaker, QuarkXPress, and LATEX through to preflight of final printer-ready PDFs- Created and monitored individual plant budgets from $10,000 to $250,000

Cambridge, Ma

- Managed the production of trade computer science books- Project-managed up to 3 titles at a time with schedules from 2-1/2 to 16 weeks- Copyedited and proofread manuscripts up to 1,200 pages in length- Collated edits between authors, editors, freelancers, and in-house staff- Led release-to-production launch meetings- Assisted in interviewing, hiring, and training new employees

Cambridge, Ma

- Sent reprinted titles to print on a weekly basis, working closely with the Manufacturing department and external printing vendors- Performed page composition in Adobe FrameMaker, XML, and SGML- Compiled errata from authors, editors, and readers - Performed quality control, source checks, and manuscript reviews