Keith Ulrich Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As VP, Editorial Lead at MERGE, I lead our Editorial team as we work with creative staff, scientific associates, copywriters, and program and account management teams to deliver the highest quality work. My day-to-day isn't limited to resource, budget, content management, and trafficking shenanigans - I'm eagerly jumping feet first into the Editorial pool when needed. My incredible team advances our best practices and challenges the status quo in the spirit of continuous improvement. We are as nerd-tastically enthusiastic about grammar and words as this sentence is preposterous. To put it mildly, I believe editing plays a critical role in producing award-winning work, and I'm thrilled to champion the value of our talented team members and their contributions to exceptional work across the MERGE portfolio. Let's hear it for words.

Chicago, Il

Edit marketing and scientific materials for communications agency serving healthcare and pharmaceutical industries

Chicago, Il

Edit marketing and scientific materials for healthcare communications agency serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries

Edit marketing and scientific materials for communications agency serving healthcare, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and other industries

Chicago, Il

Manage and mentor team staff within the Editorial department, 4 direct employees and several freelance; provide quality control on all Agency publications; define, identify, and refine in-house routing and policy processes; coordinate workflow of materials among Editorial, Creative, and Account teams.

Chicago, Il

Manage and mentor team staff within the Editorial department; provide quality control on all Agency publications; define, identify, and refine in-house routing and policy processes; coordinate workflow of materials among Editorial, Creative, and Account teams; manage agency-wide process for obtaining permissions to cite, use, and reproduce copyrighted materials; review, proofread, edit, annotate, and fact-check materials as needed

Solicited and edited manuscripts; worked with authors and freelance vendors to develop content; guided authors through in-house publishing processDeveloped and implemented short- and long-term marketing campaigns for publishing list Created and maintained budgets for all published titlesCopyedited/proofed all in-house publications, including Web site contentDeveloped and enforced editorial calendar; coordinated release of publications with production, marketing, and sales departmentsHired and managed freelancers/consultantsRepresented company at professional conferences

Chief liaison for authors, education consultants, vendors, and content reviewers to ensure that titles conformed to state government-established guidelines for K-6 textbooks Edited and wrote test questions for middle-school English and science textbooks

Edited K-8 nonfiction library titles Collaborated with authors to develop thematic focus and negotiate revisions of their manuscriptsCoordinated the trafficking and inspection of manuscripts and proofs across departmentsDeveloped and maintained multiple series schedules, title budgets, and sales forecastsRecruited and hired content reviewers, freelance copyeditors, and illustrators

Regional publisher overseeing the annual management of over 120+ local history booksManaged a team of 4 editors and 2 graphic designers Solicited manuscripts and acquired series authors; negotiated author contractsCoordinated flow of over 120 books annually between editorial, production, sales, and marketing teams Aided marketing, sales, and publicity by writing cover copy, forewords, press releases, and promotional materials Represented company at professional conferences

Graduate Certificate Museum Studies

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism

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