Production editor of professional marketing newsletters for dentists, doctors, lawyers, and accountants.

Freelance production management of medical/health books from manuscript to bound books.

Planned and managed production of titles in the Professional/Trade division from receipt of manuscript to release to printer. Developed production plans. Selected and purchased appropriate vendor services. Instructed vendors regarding scheduling, editing, design, illustration, composition, production management, and preparation of final files. Coordinated with and informed manager, publisher, editor, marketing staff, and manufacturing coordinator regarding scheduling and planning. Provided pre-production consultation to authors/editors. Responsible for the transmission and quality checking of e-books for all titles.

Supervised all aspects of production of law book supplements and journals. Responsibilities included copyediting, coding electronic files and resolving coding errors, proofreading, and final transmission of electronic files or camera copy. Worked in Adept Editor and Soft SGML coding systems for in-house composition of supplements and journals

Supervised all aspects of production of law book supplements and journals. Oversaw freelancers in copyediting and proofreading. Negotiated costs and schedules with outside compositors. Received training in the Xyvision desktop system for in-house composition of several supplements

General Reference Production. Managed production of 15-20 test preparation and general reference titles per year. Supervised all aspects of book production from manuscript to bound book. Wrote specs and developed design with editors. Assigned and checked freelancers in copyediting, proofreading, and art layout. Coordinated production of cover mechanicals for all division titles. Maintained correspondence with overseas producer of foreign language titles. Was responsible for the in-house desktop production of J. K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 1996

. Production department. Oversaw typesetting of books and journals for various publishers through all phases of production. Supervised proofreaders, computer keyboard operators, and make-up artists in all facets of production

of several journals. Responsibilities included copyediting, proofreading, organizing materials for layout, paste-up, writing type specs, designing covers for special issues, checking bluelines, trafficking, and corresponding with authors, editors, freelancers, and suppliers. Also responsible for maintaining an updated inventory of available journals for back orders and fulfilling customer service requests