John Fuller Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Ma

Greater Boston Area

Manages the content delivery team for Calculus, Precalculus, Statistics, Math, Developmental Math, and Engineering.Leads 8-to-10-member team responsible for overseeing content creation and finishing for print and digital products. Team functions include all traditional production tasks (such as copyediting and composition), accuracy verification, scheduling, and budgeting.Collaborates with other in-house teams--Learning Design, SMEs, Digital Delivery, Permissions, Manufacturing—to ensure overall success of learning products.

Greater Boston Area

Collaborated with product team, design team, digital team, and other internal stakeholders to plan and produce publications--4-color Higher Ed Math and Engineering books and their digital analogs (MindTap Readers); planned and produced ancillaries and support materials. Managed production of projects: Created schedules; hired and oversaw the work of full-service vendors; closely monitored copyediting, composition, art creation, proofreading, indexing, and permissions; reviewed XML prior to publication and logged errors for correction.Coordinated with authors and content developers. Created and monitored budgets; teamed with in-house graphic designers to create covers and marketing materials; oversaw quality assurance testing; and worked closely with print manufacturing team and digital team.

Greater Boston Area

Five-month assignment in HMH Children's Book Division (Books for Young Readers), covering the work of a managing editor who was on maternity leave. Projects included four-color board books for very young children, heavily illustrated works for elementary school students, and novels for teenagers. Was primary liaison between Editorial, Copyediting, Design, and Manufacturing teams for rotating list of approximately 60 concurrent publications.Tracked flow of project materials throughout development and production, anticipating and resolving conflicts and providing continuous updates to project stakeholders.Oversaw various quality-control steps, proofread project materials, and ensured compliance with company standards.

Boston, Ma

Directed the Pearson Technology Group’s Boston-based production team. Key accomplishments:• Managed editorial development, production, scheduling, budgeting of 60-80 fast-track professional, trade, and academic products (books, eBooks, videos, and courses) per year; produced ancillaries, marketing materials, and 100+ reprints annually• Was primary, go-to production resource for Editorial, Development, Design, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Inventory departments• Recruited, trained, and mentored team of in-house production staff; hired, trained, and managed external full-service vendors • Developed customized production workflows to accommodate authoring in XML, LaTeX, and FrameMaker; trained team to use Pearson’s content management tools• Drove plant-cost reduction and annually established division’s standard production rates• Collaborated with authors and editors to determine project needs and plan workflows; built teams and assigned resources needed for effective publication• Established divisional quality guidelines; monitored all products for compliance• Recruited and maintained a robust pool of freelance copy editors, designers, compositors, illustrators, proofreaders, indexers, and specialists• Represented team at division-wide meetings; presented on various topics, including Pearson’s digital initiatives

Boston, Ma

Managed the Pearson Technology Group’s Boston-based production team. Key accomplishments:• Oversaw production of approximately 80 fast-track professional, trade, and academic products (books, eBooks, videos, and courses) per year, as well as ancillaries, marketing materials, and more than 100 reprints annually• Served as primary production resource for Editorial, Development, Design, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Inventory departments• Recruited, trained, and mentored team of in-house production staff; hired, trained, and managed external full-service vendors • Developed customized production workflows to accommodate authoring in XML, LaTeX, and FrameMaker; trained team to use Pearson’s content management tools• Established division’s standard production rates and ensured adherence to corporate cost-reduction mandates• Worked closely with authors and editors during pre-production to determine project needs and plan workflow; allocated the appropriate resources needed for effective publication• Established quality guidelines and monitored all products for compliance• Recruited and maintained an effective pool of freelance copy editors, designers, compositors, illustrators, proofreaders, and indexers

Greater Boston Area

Managed the Addison-Wesley Professional Production Department. Key accomplishments:• Oversaw production of approximately 120 computer science and professional-development books per year• Served as primary production resource/consultant to the Professional Division (Editorial, Marketing, Cover Design, Manufacturing, Inventory); worked closely with acquisitions editors and authors to develop manuscripts and plan production• Managed two production managers, eight production editors, and one manufacturing buyer• Managed operating budget and plant; established plant-spending parameters for the division• Set quality guidelines; created and implemented team’s production procedures • Recruited and managed freelance developmental editors, copy editors, designers, compositors, proofreaders, indexers, and other suppliers

Greater Boston Area

• Oversaw production of approximately 50 fast-track computer science books per year• Managed three production editors• Contracted and supervised freelance copy editors, designers, compositors, proofreaders, indexers, pre-press vendors, and DVD manufacturers• Developed cover copy and checked proofs and mechanicals• Created budgets and schedules for all projects• Additional responsibilities included pre-production planning, writing divisional author guidelines and copyediting guidelines, rewriting and copyediting project components (e.g., cover copy), finding and evaluating vendors and freelancers, recruiting staff, and analyzing and refining departmental production methods

Newton, Ma

Executed production (copyediting, illustration, composition,proofreading, indexing, illustration, design, manufacturing) and project management of engineering, professional, and medical books.

Hopewell, Nj,

Managed editorial workflow, design, production, manufacturing, and operations for small but prestigious publisher of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and cookbooks.

Reading, Ma

Reading, Ma

Ba, English

Certificate/Foundations Of Leadership Program, Leadership And Management Course, Certificate Awarded

The Foundations of Leadership program is an intensive business management course offered by Rensselaer under specific license.