John Dooling Email & Phone Number

Sayreville, Nj, Us

Development HouseDirector of Project ManagementDirected K-12 projects for all disciplines. Set/monitored progress of projects, coordinated internal and external staffing, determined schedules, developed budgets and guidelines. Administered contracts.Successfully managed client relationships with major textbook publishers by anticipating potential problem areas and establishing early-alert procedures to ensure client satisfaction and continuing business.Nurtured and cultivated full-service reputation for development house to attract clients to volume discount structure.Offered suggestions to clients on ways to improve the management of projects at pre-launch meetings, resulting in ultimate award of projects.Streamlined competitive editorial pricing structure to establish consistency and uniformity in development house bids for projects to engender client approval.Mentored and trained in-house editorial staff to both work as a cohesive team and to manage appropriate projects independently.

Managed Silver Burdett Ginn Religion Division, pre-K to 8 publishing plan, including textbook, bilingual, and supplementary materials. Produced and maintained three complete textbook programs and over 200 ancillary titles on an annual budget of $3.5M. Staff of up to 10.Saved over $1M on implementation of publishing plan for most profitable department within company (achieved through plant cost reduction and high level of productivity). Developed unique program features and benefits, especially trade-book calibre art and audio listening CDs for stories, resulting in high customer satisfaction levels in market research surveys.Significantly increased sales and market penetration for early childhood program, ages 3-4, by repackaging and reconfiguring program on small investment outlay.Planned, organized, and developed new bilingual program for the Hispanic marketplace, with unique Language and Culture feature, to extremely strong sales results. Created and designed award-winning product line website.

Directed Silver Burdett / Macmillan Press including all editorial, financial, and marketing functions for library books in Supplemental Group. Published 125 nonfiction children's and young adult books per year on a $500K budget. Created over 100 award-winning titles, especially notable books in social studies and science. Produced top product line while reducing operating costs 20% through efficient use of small staff.Developed and packaged leveled, trade book libraries for multiple curriculum areas, resulting in increased sales for all product lines.

Managed staff of 20 in K-12 Reading / Language Arts department, including literature, language arts, and spelling. Produced and developed five textbook programs and over 500 ancillary titles with an annual $8M plant budget.Produced K-8 "World of Language," single most successful language arts program in company history, due to easy-to-use Teacher Editions, manageable writing process, and attention to individual needs.Led the development of best-selling K-8 "World of Reading" strands, with special emphasis on linking reading with all cross-curriculum disciplines.Developed and coordinated grades 9-12 literature and grammar-composition series, which served as central focus of company's secondary-level marketing plan.Created and developed award-winning series of videos spotlighting notable children's literature authors illustrating how they write.Pioneered use of a mini-Thesaurus as reference material in language arts textbooks, resulting in one of the most popular textbook features ever introduced.Produced series of literary classics with study and teacher guides, significantly increasing sales of supplementary materials.

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