Laura Barrett Email & Phone Number

Leads production team for Sage's Learning Resources products

South Carolina, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Designs learning content for both corporate and field teams at Go
• Manages L&D team's intake and project management system
• Owns learning management system, including metrics reporting and curriculum maintenance
• Supports employee engagement through volunteer role as Marketing Specialist for Connect@Amazon Puget Sound

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Partnered with stakeholders across Amazon Go to draft, edit, and publish communications to field partners
• Served as change manager for marketing initiatives and redefined marketing communications strategy to reduce effort for both central and field teams
• Automated metrics collection and reporting

Seattle

• Managed production of highest revenue books for Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer and 47North imprints, including for blockbuster authors Patricia Cornwell and Dean Koontz
• Defined process for measuring editorial quality of freelancers and reporting quality metrics
• Designed and led training path for new hires
• Improved inclusivity of production schedule planning

Thousand Oaks, CA

• Managed two direct reports
• Managed SAGE's most complex and high-revenue titles through the production process, including preparing manuscript for copyediting, preparing copyedited manuscript for typesetting, reviewing proofs for errors.
• Supervised hiring and performance of freelance staff, including copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers
• Implemented and managed new process for preparing ancillary content (test banks, discussions questions, PowerPoints)
• Introduced new strategy for managing employee workloads within the department
• Managed production of SAGE'S custom textbook products (print and electronic); halved time in production for highest-revenue custom products

Thousand Oaks, CA

• Managed books throughout the production process, including preparing manuscript for copyediting, preparing copyedited manuscript for typesetting, reviewing proofs for errors, incorporating author/proofreader edits.
• Supervised hiring and performance of freelance staff, including copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers
• Produced SAGE’s most complex and high-revenue textbooks while maintaining high level of efficiency and quality
• Led author care initiative, organized Production 101 training for other departments
• Promoted from Production Editor to Project Editor to Senior Project Editor in less than three years

Herndon, Virginia

• Managed online content projects for ProQuest, Highwire (Stanford), H.W. Wilson
• Managed preparation of both book and journal manuscripts for publication: acted as liaison between author, publisher, editorial staff, typesetters, and art department; reviewed author/publisher edits and incorporated.
• Managed up to 30 journal and book projects at a time for publishers such as ABC-Clio, Springer, and Berg
• Received excellent performance reviews