Richard Bretan Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

I presently serve on the Board of Directors of this non-profit organization which is dedicated to building bridges between the entire book publishing world and the public with an emphasis on the importance of reading and promoting literacy. I previously served as Secretary (2022-2024) and co-chair and volunteer on several committees.

Greater New York City Area

• Manage team of freelance project managers in development and revision of academic content; create and monitor product schedules and estimates; ensure all projects meet requested specifications; liaison with client.
• Interview, on-board, and provide continuous training and supervision to freelance project managers
• Drive initiative to double number of qualified subject-matter experts and train in… Show more Manage team of freelance project managers in development and revision of academic content; create and monitor product.
• Drive initiative to double number of qualified subject-matter experts and train in assessment writing, accuracy review, and proprietary learning systems
• Partner with client to seek qualified instructors and source work in new field of Data Analytics and integrate into current Accounting products Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Clients: Lumina Datamatics, Westchester Publishing Services, LRN, Aptara, John Wiley & Sons, International Culinary Center
• Assignments: Project management, production of print and digital product, client and vendor relations, SME engagement, content analysis, book layout

Greater New York City Area

I managed complex digital product builds, including audio, video, eText, and online course product), content revisions with subject matter experts; aid staff in assessing product issues and initiating corrective action, direct vendor engagement, and document procedures and train in same.

Greater New York City Area

In this role, I managed ethical code of conduct and proprietary eLearning course project builds. This included but was not limited to managing in-house production resources, building and maintaining project plans, performing risk assessment analysis, and hosting partner/team status updates.

Hoboken, New Jersey

• In this position I managed a distributed team of media project managers responsible for all functional areas of project management production, from storyboarding through ongoing maintenance, for multiple complex.
• quantifiable assessments
• audio and video resources
• interactive assets
• dynamic e-books
• 3rd party platform integrationsUnder my supervision, we met or… Show more In this position I managed a distributed team of media project managers responsible for all functional areas of project management production.

Hoboken, New Jersey

In this dynamic role, I met and strategized with D&I leadership as well as my fellow advocates to champion a message of diversity and inclusion throughout Pearson’s North American offices. I conducted staff trainings across several Pearson facilities in the Greater New York area to raise awareness and promote employee engagement of D&I topics. Our goal was.

Hoboken, New Jersey

Reporting to the Director of Media, Pearson North America, I supervised the digital production department, overseeing budgets, schedules, and quality assurance for e-learning course builds, student and instructor websites, audio and video content, and physical media. Serving as liaison for content managers, centralized services groups, and vendors, I.

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

In this position, reporting to the Director of Production for the Business Publishing division, I managed the annual production of over 500 multimedia projects, including student companion websites, instructor and student CDs, videos, DVDs, online courses, acetates, and specialized websites and software. I supervised the media production department, hiring.

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

• Directed the annual production of over 350 ancillary projects, including text, video, Companion Websites, acetates, and instructor/student software.
• Aligned department and streamlined procedures to reduce production costs and manufacturing schedules
• Met with, evaluated, and approved department's use of prepress and manufacturing vendors
• Formatted specialized print supplements in Microsoft Word and Quark Xpress for manufacture