Kathy Cacace Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Reporting to the Senior Director of Licensing Strategy, I am responsible for negotiating and executing licensing agreements, fostering relationships with key content providers, and driving content strategies to optimize reference product offerings. Key responsibilities:- Sourcing, evaluating, and selecting content for licensing from existing and new content partners in designated market/subject areas to support curricular needs. - Negotiating and executing new agreements to ensure a steady stream of new content into the products, and negotiate license renewals to ensure that high-value content remains available to our customers.- In consultation with the Senior Director of Licensing Strategy, planning content release schedules to ensure that the availability of new content aligns with business goals and customer needs. - Maintaining market awareness and conducting market research to identify content gaps, opportunities for stronger content alignment/positioning, and maintaining awareness of competitors’ activities.- Analyzing usage and performance trends to support licensing decisions- Preparing metadata for content processing, including descriptive information and assigning pricing, taxonomy, rights, and platforms- Acting as a product champion and provide internal demos on best practices as well as regular content updates to sales teams.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Researched, wrote, and edited articles for World News Digest, which has provided authoritative background news to the media, library, and education markets for more than 80 years. Areas of focus included civil rights, abortion, and crime within the United States, and current events, broadly construed, in Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. Key responsibilities:-Identifying appropriate topics for coverage in assigned subject areas-Compiling research from other news organizations and primary sources, such as election data, speeches, court filings, and state and federal bills. -Composing in-depth articles in a distinctive house style-Revising and editing my own articles and those of colleagues, incorporating feedback from editorial supervisors-Monitoring internal communication systems and quickly responding to requests to review copy for immediate publication-Using basic html code to create articles for publication in a content management systemIn my second year at WND, I began an initiative to diversify our content by researching and publishing historical speeches and documents for use in features highlighting AAPI Heritage Month, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, and Women's History Month.

Austin, Texas Area

Provided educational support for media studies courses across UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film, including Contemporary Horror, Feminist Media Studies, Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries, Documentary and Creative Nonfiction, Media & Society, and World Cinema History.Key responsibilities:-Perform a variety of teaching tasks in both in-person and online course formats.-Composed assessment questions and evaluated student exams, essays, and projects-Taught small-group course sections and held study sessions-Delivered guest lectures.I was awarded Outstanding Teaching Assistant in 2019.

Austin, Texas, United States

Taught UT's introductory course on American media history for four semesters in both small lecture (65 student) and large lecture (185 student) formats. I was awarded Outstanding Assistant Instructor in 2020.Key responsibilities:-Updated existing syllabus with new concepts, readings and screenings.-Researched, wrote, and delivered approximately 35 original lectures each semester-Designed learning materials, activities and assessments.-Managed a team of up to four teaching assistants.-Successfully transitioned class from in-person to online delivery during Covid-19 pandemic.Read more about my teaching philosophy in this interview I did with Moody College's Center for Advancing Teaching Excellence, available here: https://moody.utexas.edu/centers/center-advancing-teaching-excellence/graduate-student-spotlight-kathy-cacace

Greater New York City Area

- Owned a shifting set of product management and technical product management responsibilities for asuite of digital reference sites.-Rolled out new features via Agile process.-Co-created technical roadmap.-Conducted on-site user interviews and observations and analyzed resulting data for customer insights.-Suggested new products and features.

Greater New York City Area

-Owned a shifting set of product management and technical product management responsibilities for asuite of digital reference sites. -Rolled out new features via Agile process. -Co-created technical roadmap.-Conducted on-site user interviews and observations and analyzed resulting data for customer insights.-Suggested new products and features.

New York, Ny

-Project managed and curated content for Accesspharmacy.com and Accessphysiotherapy.com,educational databases housing textbooks, multimedia, and related content for allied health students.-Selected resources to digitize from McGraw-Hill print publishing programs, created new content such as video series and online-only texts, tested and troubleshot site issues with developers, and answered questions from users, librarians, and the McGraw-Hill sales team.-Working with other online editors, oversaw design of and transition to a new platform in early 2014

Greater New York City Area

-Sought out, researched, and reviewed proposals for books in clinical medicine.-Negotiated contracts with authors, editors, contributors and societies.-Composed marketing copy and managed information for book projects in Springer's database.-Traveled throughout the country to medical meetings to liaise with current and potential authors.-Prepared manuscripts for production, reviewed proofs in cooperation with editors and contributors, and helped promote titles post-publication.

Greater New York City Area

-Researched, solicited, and developed proposals for books (print and electronic) on primary care and family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and orthopedics and sports medicine-Facilitated all aspects of book projects from contract to publication, including marketing and promotion

Greater New York City Area

-Acquired books while providing editorial support to three editors and an editorial director -Worked in the areas of health, finance, crafts and hobbies, history, and humor -Sourced images, line edited and compiled manuscripts, and read unsolicited submissions

Greater New York City Area

-Prepared manuscripts for production, reviewed proofs in cooperation with editors and contributors, and helped promote titles post-publication.-Composed marketing copy and managed information for book projects in Springer's database.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Media Studies

Master'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Concentration in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Columbia Publishing Course

Bachelor Of Arts, Creative Writing