- Project manage twelve journals annually from the manuscript stage through production by outsourcing the copy editing and typesetting for the editors.- Onboard new editing teams by reviewing the best practices for receiving and providing materials, plus marking up proofs.- Schedule and bid out the projects to external vendors, heavy client correspondence with the editors, place the print orders, approve printer proofs and review invoices when project is complete.- Create new… Show more - Project manage twelve journals annually from the manuscript stage through production by outsourcing the copy editing and typesetting for the editors.- Onboard new editing teams by reviewing the best practices for receiving and providing materials, plus marking up proofs.- Schedule and bid out the projects to external vendors, heavy client correspondence with the editors, place the print orders, approve printer proofs and review invoices when project is complete.- Create new paperback cover layouts from the book jacket artwork, make corrections to interior pages and troubleshoot/recreate older files as needed and upload book and journal final files to print or POD vendors and assorted digital platforms. Show less

- New project intake, client correspondence, scheduled, trafficked, bid out, issued purchase orders, tracked inventory, searched for new vendors and maintained relationships/quality control with current vendors for the Marketing Communications Department projects for an annual budget of $2 million. Projects managed: web pages, blogs, social media campaigns, magazines, direct mailings, brochures and promotional items.- Managed costs, generated purchase orders and reviewed vendor invoices to… Show more - New project intake, client correspondence, scheduled, trafficked, bid out, issued purchase orders, tracked inventory, searched for new vendors and maintained relationships/quality control with current vendors for the Marketing Communications Department projects for an annual budget of $2 million. Projects managed: web pages, blogs, social media campaigns, magazines, direct mailings, brochures and promotional items.- Managed costs, generated purchase orders and reviewed vendor invoices to keep within clients’ annual budgets. Oversaw proof and color approvals, generated/edited and archived artwork files as needed.- Searched for, set up and provided the training for the project management and proofing software Hive so that projects can be scheduled, proofed and tracked in one program. Provided the same project management several years earlier for the transition from FileMaker Pro to the software Clients & Profits so that projects could be estimated, ordered, scheduled and trafficked digitally. Show less

- Quoted and sourced out print projects to existing vendors as well as searched for new vendors for two Print Brokers at busy start-up company with average annual sales of $800K. Additional responsibilities included order entry, creating purchase orders and scheduling. Print projects managed: business collateral, direct and variable data mailings, brochures, product catalogs, annual reports, promotional items, warehousing and fulfillment. - Created a savings of up to 30% per project by… Show more - Quoted and sourced out print projects to existing vendors as well as searched for new vendors for two Print Brokers at busy start-up company with average annual sales of $800K. Additional responsibilities included order entry, creating purchase orders and scheduling. Print projects managed: business collateral, direct and variable data mailings, brochures, product catalogs, annual reports, promotional items, warehousing and fulfillment. - Created a savings of up to 30% per project by securing multiple quotes from three or more vendors.- Offered project management and artwork layouts/edits as an added incentive to clients who did not have in-house designers with my previous typesetting and graphic design experience. Show less

- Quoted and sourced out average of $500K in print, media and promotional item projects per year for marketing agency. Print projects included: business collateral, direct/variable data mailings, brochures and annual reports.- Reviewed artwork files before being sent to production to ensure the specifications matched what had been originally quoted to prevent any printer alteration charges.- Scheduling, project trafficking and client correspondence.

- Reviewed quote requests and specifications, new project intake and oversaw the sheetfed print jobs work flow for three Sales Representatives. Also ordered materials and outside services.- Attended press checks to ensure that the projects ran with pleasing color and without any flaws.