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New York, New York, United States

Provide strategic leadership of the licensing and acquisitions department to ensure activities support business objectives and drive continued revenue growth. Build and lead a team of acquisitions specialists to provide mentorship and create a culture of high performance. Manage departmental budgets for a suite of multi-million dollar digital products, creating workflow efficiencies to control costs and manage spend over the short and long term. Define and manage content release schedules for products across K-12, higher education, and public library markets. Lead the development of new licensing terms and deal structures. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive overall product strategy, as well as supporting sales efforts to ensure customer satisfaction and growth.

New York, New York, United States

Plan and execute content and product strategies for a portfolio of digital streaming products for higher education and public library markets. Drive continued growth of multi-million dollar product lines through market analysis, customer research, and in-depth analyses of content performance and trends. Lead a cross-functional team across content and product. Continue to build new partnerships and manage existing relationships to maintain a consistent pipeline of high-quality content, and to collaborate with sales and marketing teams to optimize initiatives toward shared goals.

New York, United States

Drive strategic repositioning and launch of a portfolio of digital publishing products through in-depth market analyses to leverage opportunities for higher growth over the long term. Collaborate across content, marketing, and sales teams to execute on multi-year growth plans. Build new partnerships and manage existing relationships through negotiating licensing deals and contracts, as well as managing renewals. Continue performing acquisitions manager responsibilities to support team goals.

Greater New York City Area

Acquired, licensed, developed, and managed video streaming products for the higher education market. Built and maintained relationships with new and existing publishing partners, including negotiating licensing contracts for new video content to accelerate strategic growth in international markets. Played an active role in developing and improving subscription products to increase discoverability and customer engagement.

Greater New York City Area

Planned and implemented strategies to drive long-term growth of the business and management textbook, reference, and professional publishing programs in North and South America, including managing an international team of entry- and mid-level staff, and leading integration processes involved with the acquisition of other publishers by the business.

Greater New York City Area

Established a new textbook publishing program in business and management in North America. Prepared and presented prospective books and financial projections to the publishing committee, negotiated contracts, and traveled regularly to conferences and campuses to represent the company and develop networks. Consistently exceeded rising acquisition targets and grew list revenue by more than 10% each year.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Took a more active role in assisting the commissioning editor with the acquisition of new titles, through increased academic visiting, conference attendance, and market and subject research.

Oxford, United Kingdom

On the business and management list, commissioned and chased proposal reviews; issued and processed contracts; chased authors for timely deliveries; prepared manuscripts for production; maintained databases; and communicated with authors and other departments. Attended conferences, visited academic institutions, and conducted market and subject research.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Managed, maintained and updated a suite of services offered alongside the search engine, as well as developed and launched two new services. Drove advertising campaigns, edited web pages, conducted demographic surveys, and was the company liaison for service-related issues. Completed a certification in HTML coding.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Reviewed and categorized new websites in the search engine’s database, edited website content, and responded to customer queries regarding website indexing, and related issues. Gained familiarity with SEO. Promoted to product manager after 3 months.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Gained experience in all aspects of print journalism, including researching, interviewing, writing, and editing with the ability to meet tight deadlines. Wrote several articles that were short-listed on the AP wire, and featured in newspapers around the world, including the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post.

Master Of Science (Msc), Research In Psychology

Activities and Societies: Wolfson College Bar Committee Chair (leading a committee of 15 people to ensure the bar was stocked and staffed.

Bachelor Of Arts With Honours (Ba Hons), English Literature

Activities and Societies: Wits Writing Center (consultant helping students develop stronger writing skills)This postgraduate degree.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Literature; Psychology, Distinction (Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Wits Writing Center (consultant helping students develop stronger writing skills)English subjects included.