Rachel Manwill Email & Phone Number

Frederick, Md, Us

Oversaw the development of a more efficient and effective document review process, including a full gap and risk analysis. Improvements were recognized as a "Strong Point" by external ISO auditor during 18788:2015 and 9001:2015 recertification audits.Spearheaded the rewrite of departmental procedures to eliminate duplicated efforts, implement continuous process improvements, and expand the document types under the department's purview. Doubled the project's number of controlled documents (to 900+) and decreased the number of documents (from >75% to ±2%) to expire before required revision schedule.Directed, designed, and created most content for a new project-specific intranet site, SOAR, including communication and guidance for the project’s launch through marketing emails and a video guide (completed using self-taught screen capture and video editing software). Collaborated with IT developers and various stakeholders to ensure the project met and exceeded the expectations of Project Manager and Director of QHSE. Achievement recognized on C-suite level. Developed an Archiving and Record Retention program from scratch. In collaboration with stakeholders, conducted an after action review of archiving gaps and oversaw process improvements after emergency project withdrawal resulted in the loss of records and data.Built reputation for being the first and last set of eyes on the vast majority of written communication (especially for external audiences, like the US government or contract clients) for Project Management in the past three years, as well as across project departments and directors.

Balad Air Base, Iraq

Wrote, edited, and managed all quality management system documents, including policies, plans, SOPs, context of organization documents, and the mission management plan. Assisted Quality Manager with evaluating and compiling KPIs and performance metrics for all project divisions, in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 18788 standards.

Balad Air Base, Iraq

Assisted the Project Support Manager with creation and oversight of an on-site team of government compliance and subcontracts professionals. Contributed to process, procedure, and policy creation and improvement across project, as well as developing training requirements and implementation for 2,500+ personnel.

Balad Air Base, Iraq

Provided full administrative support to Project Management Office staff, primarily the Project Manager. Assisted Project Manager in maintaining project metrics and with project administration deliverables (e.g., meeting minutes, budget tracking, schedule updates, etc.). Updated necessary internal tracking and repository systems to ensure that project and program status and documentation was maintained with complete accuracy. Served as primary author and/or editor for a significant portion of documents and other written correspondence from the PMO to external stakeholders, as well as a large volume of internal communication sent on behalf of the PMO.

Founding contributor. Authored hundreds of book-focused blog posts, including the weekly Book Fetish feature, which averages 3000+ unique views, and other reviews, book lists, and feature essays, utilizing SEO best practices. Creator and author of Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge, an annual challenge consisting of 24 tasks intended to push participants to diversify their reading, which has garnered more than 1.1 million unique views since its 2015 debut. Contributed to the ongoing development of supplemental Read Harder content with Book Riot management.

Remote/Reston, Va

Performed extensive editing and proofreading of confidential documents, reports, immigration applications, and emails written by due diligence and research analysts throughout the US, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Russia, and the UK for international clients.

Greater New York City Area

I oversaw the 90-year-old Book of the Month's editorial rebranding and relaunch of a subscription box in a premium package. I was responsible for the selection and acquisition of five exceptional books per month, and coordinated and edited content for all selections. Additionally, I recruited and served as ongoing point person for 10+ judges, including respected literary personalities, authors and reviewers like Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), Elisabeth Egan (Glamour Magazine), Kim Hubbard (People Magazine), Patrik Henry Bass (Essence), Christopher Cox (Harper's), and Stephen Marche (Esquire). Responsibilities:• Created and manage complete work flow of book selection process and content calendar. • Work directly with CEO to select a short list of 20-25 books to submit for judge consideration.• Leverage personal contacts with authors, journalists, and other publishing professionals to promote the new service.• Oversee the acquisitions process from beginning, in concert with publishers, to end, insuring that books are in stock and ready to ship in the warehouse.• Develop and nurture relationships with both major and minor publishing houses (and their imprints), like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Grove Atlantic, W.W. Norton, and Workman. • Write and edit all monthly editorial content on BookoftheMonth.com. • Design and administer the Power Reader moderator program, in the Discussions section. As the product manager for the ReaderProgram, I enlist and manage a community of nearly 80 bloggers, freelance writers, academic professionals, and content creators. I serve as the hub for the program, ensuring that our internal editorial, marketing and online merchandising departments are working efficiently and productively with our external readers. I also worked with a developer to create a proprietary CMS dashboard for editors and readers to assign and submit projects in a timely manner.

Greater New York City Area

Within the Distribution Products team, I managed over 500 products, in 40+ languages and in 170 countries. Working with both international PR Newswire offices and third party vendors across the world, I created news distribution channels for text and multimedia assets, using a combination of email, fax, and direct-to-newsroom newswire feeds. Revenue for these products in 2014 totaled $24 million.

Proofread, edited, formatted, and distributed press releases from public interest clients to media and online points. Led the national Editorial staff of 300+ in distribution counseling sales in 13 of the 14 quarters of employment, earning the Distribution Counseling Award in 2008 and 2009. Maintained an error rate of less than 0.5 errors per 1000 releases, earning the U.S. Operations Excellence Award in 2008. Represented DC Editorial on steering committees for Online Member Center operations, product development, and User Acceptability Testing for proprietary U.S. Editorial System [platform editors use to process and distribute wire content]. Developed new hire training materials for product knowledge and distribution counseling success; course became standard use throughout PRN editorial.

Directed and supervised merchandising, product ordering, stock and sales figures, with an emphasis on driving sales in the entire children's department. Supervised several staff members in maintaining and stocking the department. Mentored and trained part-time booksellers on cash management. Provided backup to management staff. All duties focused on customer service. Ran community-based book club.

Supervised and directed all aspects of literary magazine production, including design, layout and printing. Managed annual budget of $6000. Worked with authors in revision process. Sat on student-produced media governing board to review issues of ethics and content, as well as budgetary needs across all media outlets. Significantly increased print run, issue length and readership; On Editorial Board: Reviewed poetry, prose, short fiction, photos and art submitted by Hamilton students

Performed editorial research, wrote articles, answered reader mail, transcribed interviews, assisted at photo shoots, communicated with businesses to feature products, and performed office duties.Up and Coming Magazine; Wrote bi-monthly articles featuring events

Mps, Publishing

Graduate Certificate, Children'S Literature

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology

Senior thesis: "Pretty Boys: Deconstructing Definitions of Masculine Identity in Popular Media" Hamilton Levitt Scholar, Awarded.