Laura A. Email & Phone Number

New York (Ny)

Bilingual Academic Designer in charge of designing and producing digital and print components for McGraw-Hill Reading program in Spanish.Role's responsibilities: - Responsible for development and all production stages of Leveled Readers books in Spanish- Create digital learning activities for ConnectEd site, and ingest assets into CMS - Supervise and manage a team of vendors, and freelancers (authors, editors, translators, illustrators)- Work with Production Manager to ensure that project schedules and goals are met- Work with Design Manager to select illustrators for each Leveled Reader fiction story- Provide feedback to 100+ illustrators along the sketch to final work process- Assist in the planning and development of instructional materials- Develop and edit manuscript in Spanish for content, accuracy, reading level, grammar, and style- Align reading materials with Common Core State Standards- Work with Permissions Manager to assist obtaining author's rights for publication- Work with Adobe InCopy, Microsoft Office suite, 1STEP

Provided services as translator and editor (English/Spanish) for several publishing companies, including:McGraw-Hill Companies (New York, NY); Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, MA); Baseline Development Group (Boston, MA); Laserwords Publishing Services (New York, NY); GGS Publishing (New York, NY); Riverside Publishing (Itasca, IL); Course Crafters, Inc. (Boston Area); Six Red Marbles (Cambridge, MA)I have contributed with the development of the following educational products and programs (partial list):McGraw-Hill Spanish Math ©2004; McGraw-Hill Spanish Science ©2005; McGraw-Hill Spanish Social Studies ©2006; Audio Spanish QA for McGraw-Hill Social Studies Books, 1-6 ©2006; McGraw-Hill Reading ©2007; McGraw-Hill California Social Studies Spanish ©2007; McGraw-Hill National Spanish Reading ©2008; Houghton Mifflin Spanish Larson Math, K-6 ©2010; Harcourt Saxon Math ©2008; McGraw-Hill Lectura, Time for Kids, K-12 ©2008; HMCo CD-ROM Science Test Generators ©2007; HMCo Leveled Spanish Assessments ©2007

Boston (Ma)

Principal Bilingual Media Editor in charge of developing a variety of bilingual instructional products for children.Role's responsibilities: - Development of HMCo website in Spanish, using HTML- Ongoing maintainance of HMCo website- Research for the HMCo online bilingual resources library for children- Voice Talent Recording Coach- Quality Assurance for Audio Recordings, Web-based activities, Games, and Video productsI have contributed with the development of the following educational products and programs:Great Start Software ©1996; MathKeys ©1996; MathSteps ©2001; MathCentral: Organizers ©2002; Houghton Mifflin Invitaciones Internet ©1996/1997; We The People Videodisc ©1996; Rescue Geo 1 CD-ROM ©1996/1997; Nosotros, el pueblo ©1997; Spanish Link Library Internet ©1998; Houghton Mifflin Centro de matemáticas ©1999; Houghton Mifflin Estudios Sociales ©1999; Bilingual Site / Recursos Bilingües ©2000; Spanish Technology Projects ©2002; Houghton Mifflin Lectura ©2002; Kids Place: Autores e ilustradores ©2002; Kids Place: Language ©2002; Discovery Works: Social Studies ©2001