Mimi Melek Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Develop and edit college-level digital content for online courses, including interactives and assessments, paying attention to voice, accuracy, liveliness, and student engagement.
• Interpret and communicate subject matter expert reviews to content managers, implementing suggestions to improve narrative flow, simplify complex topics, and create interactives.
• Create and maintain style sheets to guide content team in content creation and to ensure diversity and inclusion.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team using agile project management tools and processes.

Greater New York City Area

• Developed content for large scale titles slated to bring in 1st year revenue of $2 million+ from initial concept to publication to realize authors’ vision; planned and developed unique text and digital pedagogical.
• Project managed high-revenue titles: managed marquee talent to deliver compelling content for diverse and digital markets; coordinated cross-functional teams of authors, freelance contributors, subject matter experts.
• Managed the development of the #1 franchise in abnormal psychology market accounting for over $2 million in annual revenue.
• Created and implemented processes and standards for text and digital product development, the reviewing of print and digital products, identifying and gathering information about market trends, and assessing potential.
• Successfully launched digital products that contributed to a 36.9% increase in digital sales for market-leading abnormal psychology franchise and an 158.9% increase in courseware sales for a young introductory.
• Created and implemented guidelines for publishing partners, authors, and contributors for including diverse perspectives and narratives in educational texts and media.

Greater New York City Area

• Ran editorial consulting business that provided services for major publishers for high-revenue titles on all aspects of project development.
• Provided extensive developmental editing to address big picture issues such as author vision and themes, developing a pedagogical framework, planning a supplements package, and creating a successful market identity.
• Edited text and art for print and digital products, paying attention to voice, accuracy, liveliness, and student engagement; integration of authors’ themes and vision; a focus on current issues; addressing changes in.
• Conceptualized, created, named, and edited pedagogical features to support authors’ vision.
• Conducted market research to determine editorial direction, customer satisfaction, and analyze competition; interpreted and communicated market feedback.
• Auditioned and evaluated new authors, contributors, and other partners for print and electronic products.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Acquired and developed $1.5M frontlist; managed $2M backlist of academic and professional books in hospitality management and tourism.
• Passed to press product to generate revenue of $1M.
• Evaluated and managed English translations of French cookbooks.
• Built and launched internet home page and hospitality resource center.
• Managed assistant editor, development editor, freelance editors, translators, error-checkers, and photo researchers.

Greater New York City Area

• Planned, scheduled, and launched the development of large scale first edition titles and key revisions.
• Conducted market research through campus travel, conferences, focus groups, surveys, and reviews.
• Evaluated and edited text and visual content to assist authors in shaping their texts.
• Collaborated with production, marketing, and sales partners to ensure timely publication of distinctive and competitive products.
• Set and managed review, freelance, and T&E budgets.
• Supervised editorial assistant and freelance professional writers, development editors, art checkers, photo researchers, copyeditors, proofreaders, fact checkers, and interns.

Greater New York City Area

• Developed college texts/ancillary packages for marketing and business communication courses.
• Commissioned detailed text reviews and guided authors through synopses of reviews, surveys, market research, and editorial analysis.
• Evaluated and hired ancillary authors, copyeditors, and proofreaders.
• Acted as liaison between Senior Editor in Boston office and main office in New York.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Assisted executive and acquisitions editors in content development for college texts for marketing, business communication, management, organizational psychology, business law, and statistics courses.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Assisted editor of literary studies, classics, poetry, and film books for trade, academic, and college markets; managed the list for a year in the absence of an editor.
• Reviewed submissions; arranged for scholarly reviews; prepared project proposals and budgets.
• Assisted authors in manuscript preparation; managed turnover of manuscripts to production.

Bachelor'S Degree, French Language

High School, Istanbul, Turkey