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Plymouth, Michigan, United States

• Oversee Pre-Production department, which includes Illustration team, Production Editor Team, Permissions, and Editorial Assistant team. Responsible for training, coaching, and development of the team, as well as.
• Manage internal and external resources to meet company needs. Includes collaboration with internal Account Managers, Content Production Associates, and Digital Tools Associates, as well as external independent.
• Utilize systems such as JIRA, Trello, and Box to manage projects and schedules, analyze data, and communicate with internal and external resources.

Plymouth, Michigan

• Oversee a portfolio of 75 authors and more than 110 print and digital projects across higher education-level STEM and Humanities disciplines. Responsible for retention, execution, pricing, project health, and.
• Manage internal and external resources to execute custom publishing plans. Includes collaboration and interaction with Design, Illustration, Customer Service, Finance, Digital, and Production departments, as well as.
• Utilize systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Navision to manage projects, analyze data, and communicate with Sales team.

Plymouth, Michigan

Oversee high-performing team of Managing Editors. Responsible for training, coaching, and development of the team; overseeing project execution, including project assignments and hand-offs; and promoting author relationships. Update and monitor status reports and communicate about progress towards goals. Conduct portfolio reviews and identify areas to.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

• Delivered quality products to customers in a fast-paced, budget-conscious environment. Led a high-performing team of twelve staff members who handled multimillion-dollar product lines.
• Consistently met or exceeded aggressive publication goals while providing ongoing leadership in the areas of process improvement and content enhancement.
• Implemented massive change effort to completely re-vamp team work processes, which reduced costs by $700,000 annually and improved productivity by freeing up five staff members for additional challenges.
• Challenged by Vice President to reduce costs and accelerate delivery schedules: analyzed data and team processes to articulate and clarify consequences of business decisions on data and products. Presented effect on.
• Reduced costs by 10% annually by working exclusively with cost-efficient permissions vendors and eliminating unnecessary content in products, as determined by customers.
• Led several teams over the course of my career, ranging in size from eight to 21 people. Successfully coached more than ten employees to promotion.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

• Project managed and edited the Gale Directory of Databases.
• Successfully met all budget and quality requirements and publication deadlines, ensuring $500,000 in annual revenue
• Improved P&L by being the first editor to utilize outsourcing solutions, such as hiring freelance editorial staff, and implementing new processes that reduced in-house staff hours.
• Displayed strong editorial skills, including copyediting, proofing, writing to style guidelines, and all other required tasks. Recognized by management as a subject matter expert with an exceptional eye for errors who.