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New York, New York, United States

Promoted from Assistant Director, September 2024. Manage the Portfolio, Sentinel, Thesis, and Optimism Press imprints, including assigning titles to production editors and creating production schedules for each project. Achievements include:• Developing resources and how-tos for editorial about the production process in order to improve turnaround times and ensure book quality.• Working with the managing editorial, editorial, production, and upper management teams to troubleshoot crash book schedules and non-standard book needs.• Overseeing the department’s first intern position and creating an onboarding program for future interns.• Serving in an advisory group for the migration of our file management system to a new platform; providing feedback to upper management on the proposed file hierarchy based on usability testing.• Working on a committee to overhaul our freelancer recruitment and testing process in order to support the company’s DEI initiatives, expand our talent pool, and improve work quality.Additional responsibilities include providing production editing on fiction and nonfiction titles, overseeing copyediting, proofreading, ebook content, and overall quality while keeping projects on schedule. Notable titles include Kamala Harris’s The Truths We Hold; Kate Sekules’s Mend!; Emily Oster’s The Family Firm; Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism; John Hodgman’s Vacationland; Marie Forleo’s Everything Is Figureoutable; and Abbi Jacobson’s Carry This Book.

Promoted from Senior Production Editor, January 2021. Manage the Portfolio, Sentinel, Thesis, and Optimism Press imprints for our department, including assigning titles to production editors and creating production schedules for each project. Additionally, provide production editing on fiction and nonfiction titles, overseeing copyediting, proofreading, ebook content, and overall quality while keeping projects on schedule.

New York, New York, United States

Manage and oversee the Portfolio, Sentinel, and Optimism Press imprints for our department beginning December 2017.Production editor for the Viking, Pamela Dorman, Penguin Press, Riverhead, Portfolio, Sentinel, Optimism Press, and Penguin books imprints, overseeing copyediting, proofreading, and overall text quality for 15+ hardcover and trade titles annually. Assessed each book's needs (fact-checking, indexes, inserts, online components, ebook conversion needs, author style preferences, etc.) and quality controlled each stage of production, from initial manuscript through print blues and ebook conversion. Assigned work to a roster of 100+ freelancers and provided support and feedback. Coordinated text production schedule with multiple departments and freelancers. Enforced deadlines and problem-solved for late and drop-in projects.

Brooklyn, Ny

Freelance editorial business. Providing quality, deadline-driven services for nonfiction and fiction print, online, and ebook projects. Client list includes Penguin Random House (Viking, Penguin Books, Riverhead, Berkley, TarcherPerigee, Putnam, Plume); Simon & Schuster (Atria, Gallery); Hachette Book Group (Grand Central, Forever, Yen Press); Catapult; Slice Magazine; The University of Alabama Press; and Ignite! Learning. Notable book projects include Elizabeth Knox's The Absolute Book; Sanjena Sathia's Gold Diggers; Chanel Miller's Know My Name; Mari Andrews's My Inner Sky; Courtney Maum's Before and After the Book Deal; James Clear's Atomic Habits; Melissa Maker's Clean My Space; and Keri Smith’s Wreck This Journal series.

New York, Ny

Managed 35+ fiction and nonfiction hardcover and trade titles annually, including cookbooks, illustrated books, literary fiction, and pop culture and celebrity projects. Assessed each book’s needs and quality controlled each stage of production from initial manuscript through ebook conversion, often working directly with authors. Coordinated text production schedules with production, editorial, and freelancers. Enforced deadlines and provided troubleshooting for late and drop-in projects. Achievements included:• Working with the associate managing editor for process and technology implementation to update and build out all process documentation and forms, as well as explore ways to streamline workflow.• Creating a resource to track the specialties of 100+ freelancers in order to make assigning jobs quicker and to improve quality by matching the right freelancer to the right project.• Managing the freelance contracting process, including generating annual contracts, routing multiple rounds of paperwork, and keeping all databases updated.• Serving on the Pulse advisory committee, providing ground-level feedback to upper management. • Working on notable books across various genres, including The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer; Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg; If the Raindrops United by Judah Friedlander; You Can, You Will by Joel Osteen; and The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino

New York, Ny

Managed over 85 hardcover, trade, and mass-market fiction and nonfiction front-list titles annually, including ebook conversion of backlist titles and other special projects. Achievements included:, • Creating a style guide that addressed common grammar issues and laid out the preferences and standards for my imprint.• Reviewing tests for freelance applicants and creating a database of freelance talent to better track the quality of work, provide feedback, and eliminate scheduling conflicts.• Hiring, training, and managing an assistant production editor position. • Creating a procedure guide for the assistant position that was used to train subsequent hires.• Working on books by notable authors such as New York Times bestsellers Charlaine Harris, William Gibson, Maya Banks, MaryJanice Davidson, Nalini Singh; Hugo Award-nominees Charles Stross and Alastair Reynolds; Lilian Jackson Braun; Susan Wittig Albert; and Mark "The Inky Fool" Forsyth.

New York, Ny

Served as co-copy manager from Nov 2010 to Aug 2011 during the copy manager’s leave of absence. Provided project management and editing for the print and online retail catalogs. Achievements included:• Spearheading the creation of a product copy library that clarified the brand’s assets, language, and trademarks, strengthening standards and allowing writers to work more efficiently. • Partnering with multiple departments to improve efficiency by developing a system to prevent rewriting existing copy; shepherding a move for copy from InDesign to Word to reduce copy errors; updating the style guide; and creating a clearer process for merchants to convey product information to writers.• Managing 5 on-site freelancers by scheduling workload, distributing materials, and troubleshooting.• Copyediting and proofreading over 60 print catalogs a year under tight, back-to-back deadlines; editing copy for message alignment, design and copy standards, and accuracy.

New York, New York, United States

Promoted from Assistant Production Editor, May 2005. Managed over 85 hardcover, trade, and mass-market fiction and nonfiction front-list titles annually, including ebook conversion of backlist titles and other special projects.

New York, New York, United States

University website. Achievements included organizing the site structure, including working with various divisions to discover and meet the needs of a diverse audience (prospective and current students, alumni, community members, outside visitors); researching and writing exclusive content for the site, as well as features for print publications; compiling, editing, and sending out daily e-newsletter, as well as editing and updating the calendar, news, and announcements daily.

New York, New York, United States

Monthly consumer magazine published by Ziff-Davis Media focused on internet culture. Responsibilities included editing the “Click! Shopping” page, including working with freelance writers to generate ideas, assign topics, and anticipate story issues; researching and writing regular stories for the front-of-book “Click!” section, as well as short articles, reviews, and sidebars for features and other departments; researching feature stories, conducting interviews, and fact-checking feature articles.