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Boston, MA, US

Westborough, Massachusetts (Boston Area)

Ad Hoc Rocket provides full-spectrum content development and product management services to clients in the education industry. Specialties include large-scale curriculum development, content development and management, strategy consulting, market and business development, content marketing, editorial services, project management, and writing. Projects I've.

Greater Boston Area

• Functional oversight of content strategy, development, and management for TeacherVision.com, an education ecommerce site with 100,000+ pages, 30,000+ yearly subscribers, 22,000 content assets and ~2 million MAU..
• Plan, create and execute comprehensive multi-funnel content strategy focused on acquisition and retention of subscribers while promoting brand voice and achieving ecommerce and acquisition KPIs;
• Perform and track daily site and content updates using Drupal CMS, Adobe content and image production tools, Atlassian/JIRA ticketing tools, and HTML/CSS editors and IDEs;
• Keyword research, write and edit SEO-optimized promotional, marketing, and blog content using data from Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMRush, and Clearscope;
• Work daily with offshore development team and UX lead to scope, spec, design and deliver new features, functionality and product;
• Source, develop, and curate content assets from a variety of subject matter experts in K-12 education;

Palo Alto, CA/Cambridge, MA

As Chief Content Officer for start-up textbook publisher Eleven Learning, I was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the publishing program, including:--Developing a publication plan and process for a full-line print and e-book offering for the K12 and higher education markets;--Researching and developing strategies for maximizing adoption.

Responsible for acquisition, development, and some production of SAP PRESS Financials titles for professional market.--Acquired 33 book titles. Published 15 titles in 2008 and 14 in 2009;--Performed editorial and production work for each title, including developmental edit, file prep for production, proof review, index creation, and project.

Newton, MA

Managed the sales operations for the mystudentbody.com online student health and substance-abuse prevention products in the U.S. higher education market. The processes I developed and implemented are still in use at the company today.--Built and deployed business development and sales strategy from the ground up, including full Salesforce.com.

Sudbury, MA

Responsible for acquiring and developing textbooks for Computer Science, Information Systems and Mathematics publishing program.--Acquired 23 major titles in Math and Computer Science, significantly increasing the breadth and depth of product mix;--Aggressively acquired and launched titles for the Illuminated Series brand to better position underperforming.

Boston, MA

Managed the Networking and PC Repair publishing program. Responsible for product acquisition, development, marketing, and financial performance. Managed a team of 6, including acquisitions editors, product managers, and editorial assistants, as well as dozens of authors and freelancers.--Grew revenues through introduction of new products, sales and.

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Bourgeois Hall, 1990-1992 Theatre Critic, Lowell Connector

Certificate, Alcohol Counselor Education Program

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