I retired from my day job the end of 2017. To strengthen my skills in photography, Photoshop, and video production I attended Des Moines Area Community College in 2018. I continue to create print and digital content for consrvation organizations. Learn more me at marlenkemmemt.com

•Managed, maintained, and grew WOOD’s print and online products (listed below) •Oversaw the editing and production scheduling for WOOD magazine, all our internet sites, and our special interest (newsstand) publications •Created , managed, and was solely responsible for WOOD’s two web sites, averaging over 2.5 million page views and 250,000 visitors per month•Assisted the editor-in-chief in the daily management of WOOD magazineDuring my tenure at Meredith, as the head of online and print product development within the WOOD franchise, I was responsible for:WOOD Online. Created under my direction in 1996, WOOD Online has become one of the internet’s most-visited woodworking Web sites, averaging over 2.5 million page views and 250,000 visitors per month. http://www.woodmagazine.com/WOOD Store. The online source for WOOD magazine paper plans, downloadable plans, tool reviews, back issues, and books. I created this e-commerce platform in 2001 and current sales are in the excess of $500,000/year. http://www.woodmagazine.com/storeWOOD Plans. Created in 1985 our woodworking plan line has grown to over 100 quality paper plans. In the last ten years, I have managed the addition of 1,200 pay/view downloadable PFD plans and articles to this profit center.Project Editor. Over the past 27 years, I was the editor of over two-dozen books and 60+ newsstand specials in addition to my regular editing and writing responsibilities for WOOD magazine. See several of these publications at: http://woodstore.woodmall.com/woodbooks1.htmlE-newsletter Editor. Over the past 8 years, I oversaw the content and on-time delivery of the WOOD Online weekly e-newsletter to over 80,000 subscribers.Weekly e-mailed promotions. I scheduled and oversaw the creation of a weekly e-promotion created with the sole intent of driving online revenue. Recent projections were that these low-cost promotions would raise revenue of over $50,000 in the next 12 months.

Created the repair analysis for the cruise missile system in Europe. Wrote manuals on the assembly and disassembly of the cruise missile, the ground-launch communication center, and the missile launcher.