Mark D'Antoni Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

• As owner and production director of eBook DesignWorks, Mark D'Antoni works with authors, businesses, entrepreneurs, and publishers to develop top-quality print books and ebooks. A unique and talented publishing.
• re-flowable MOBI
• fixed-page PDF
• … Show more As owner and production director of eBook DesignWorks, Mark D'Antoni works with authors, businesses, entrepreneurs, and publishers to develop top-quality print books and ebooks. A unique and talented.
• re-flowable and fixed-layout EPUB
• KF8eBook DesignWorks can point to extensive experience in all genres:

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Managed operational groups related to creative, product development, media website, technology, customer service and executive oversight. Implemented projects to revitalize core business processes; analyzed marketplace.
• Implemented technology to manage creative & product development and monitor schedules, budgets, performance and quality control resulting in cost… Show more Managed operational groups related to creative, product.
• Implemented technology to manage creative & product development and monitor schedules, budgets, performance and quality control resulting in cost savings and improved internal and external customer service.
• Restructured the print production department in order to streamline customer service, ad processing, pagination, proofing, version control and asset management for a reduction in staffing costs of $143,000.
• Initiated an agile project plan to overhaul www.straight.com including developing new web design, evaluating site architecture based on Drupal content management system, improve usability for entertainment listings.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Revitalized the operations of the BC Division’s digital-production department. Successfully lead the planning and implementation of enterprise-wide, digital-CRM system on a regional and national scale. Demonstrated.
• Business Analyst and Project Lead for rollout of national CRM based on AVUS-21, widely used in the classified ad market for photo management, ad management… Show more Revitalized the operations of the BC Division’s.
• Business Analyst and Project Lead for rollout of national CRM based on AVUS-21, widely used in the classified ad market for photo management, ad management, asset management and customer service (Project Budget: $1.3.
• Project Manager for web-based customer service applications to manage customer inventory and consumer interface with eventual deployment across Western Canada (Project Budget: $9 million). Defined scope, identified.
• Project Manager for deployment of third-party image capture devices to collect photos and meta data of customer inventory to be used for customer self-serve managing and marketing product through online and print.
• Managed 53 graphic designers, typesetters, proof readers, paginators, photographers and data entry coordinators ($2.3 million annually) Show less

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed the creative department for this direct-market retailer with annual sales of $40 million delivered through large e-commerce product website and 56-page print CATALOG with an annual press run of 15 million..
• Oversaw and directed the activities of 8 graphic/web designers, 2 in-house photographers, and several freelance photographers &… Show more Managed the creative department for this direct-market retailer with annual.
• Oversaw and directed the activities of 8 graphic/web designers, 2 in-house photographers, and several freelance photographers & illustrators who were responsible for new product development, catalog design & layout.
• Led the conversion to digital photography and realized annual production-cost saving of $85,000 annually.
• Directed creative design, branding awareness and a focus on the user experience to increase customer response on product websites by 18% and marketing initiatives by 11%. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Minimized operating costs and maximized efficiencies in the digital production of trade magazines and associated tradeshow publications. Initiated, created and implemented a change-management plan to help staff and.
• Converted production of all publications to a direct-to-plate printing process in… Show more Minimized operating costs and maximized efficiencies in the digital production of trade magazines and associated tradeshow.
• Converted production of all publications to a direct-to-plate printing process in close cooperation with RRDonnelley, one of the largest commercial printers in the world. Completed this project within 12 months and.
• Initiated a change management plan for the transition to fully digitized ad submissions for publication; educated customers on the benefits of using PDF files and realized an annual cost saving of $142,000.
• Established new integrated-digital workflow between internal production and editorial departments which resulted in the reduction of 120 man-hours per week. Show less

Masters Certificate, Project Management

Nine-module course framework founded upon The Project Management Institute's (PMI®) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Education record

Sauder School of Business "Coaching and Mentoring" April 2005 "Leading High Performance Teams" November 2005

Ba, Ma, Graphic Design & Communication

Successfully published a written thesis with associate exhibition. Studied with Harvey Harris who studied with the painter, Thomas Hart.