Management Sales
Resume:
Rusiana Makasi Mitau
Rosedale MD 21237
abkyn7@r.postjobfree.com
Educational Background
University: Grand Canyon University 2009 -2010
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Pre - Nursing
University: Moi University 1996 - 2000
Bachelor's Degree in Information Sciences
High school: Muthale Girls' Secondary School
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 1991 - 1994 Grade A- (minus)
Professional Development/Training and Certification
2008 Adobe InDesign - by Academy of Graphic Technologies
2008 Performance Management - by Strategic Leadership Centre
2005 Strategic planning and management - by the Kenya School of
Professional Studies
2005 Finance for non-finance managers - by Know How International (Khi)
2005 Managing for results - by the Kenya School of Professional Studies
2005 Professional skills for publishers - by the Kenya Publishers
Association
2003 Design and production - by the Kenya Publishers Association
2002 Editorial Management - by the Kenya Publishers Association
2005 Cooperative Supervisory Committee Management - Kenya Union of Savings
& Credit Co-operative Limited
2004 New life Training for Evangelism and Discipleship - Life Ministry
Kenya
2000 Certificate of Participation - by National Book Development Council
(b) Personal profile / Personal Attributes
I am/have
. a Bachelors degree in Information Sciences and other short courses for
professional training and experience in publishing.
. a determined and organized professional with a passion for
orderliness, timeliness and accuracy.
. excellent organizational, analytical, problem solving and advisory
skills, which always help me, get things done even in the hardest of
times.
. good interest and patience to follow through in a communication
process to ensure completion.
. methodical and logical in approach in handling information
communication process.
. a self- driven, results - oriented team player with self - initiative
carrying out all relevant activities with minimal or no supervision
while achieving excellent results.
. excellent ability to work under adversely busy schedules targeting and
achieving very tight deadlines.
. a special quest for quality in all I do as I handle work very
positively, competently and consistently.
. very flexible and able to adapt quickly in multi-tasking activities.
. socially interactive and able to adjust to people of diverse
background and culture.
. quick and very responsive to work which has helped in initiating
dynamic change at Longhorn and contributing positively in its
remarkable growth in the industry.
. Computer Skills: Ms Word, Access,Power Point, PageMaker, Illustrator,
Photoshop, InDesign, Excel
(c) Experience/specialisms
. Project management skills: Planned and managed several successful
projects in all the phases without fail, reliably and excellently
achieving successful and economic results. This entails planning-
strategizing, budgeting, organizing, coordinating controlling and
directing and reporting on the activities of the projects in all the
areas making all the necessary decisions.
. Editing, proofreading and design. This involved reading the
manuscripts for curriculum conformity, content level appropriateness,
correctness, accuracy and depth of coverage, language correctness,
appropriateness, grammar, sentence structuring and level of
communication.
. Publishing schedule management - This involved planning and
coordinating the activities involved at every stage of manuscript
development in order to meet deadlines.
. Recruiting content suppliers recruitment, training and nurturing -
This involved identifying and commissioning suitable authors,
identifying and negotiating with suppliers of art work and design work
as well as interviewing editorial staff. It also involved identifying
unexploited abilities in the various players and motivating and
encouraging them by guiding them through the process and giving them
the opportunity to develop the skill.
. Strategic thinker - strategic planning for all the projects under my
care. Recruited the players, shared the vision, targets and goal by
educating them through the process.
. Participated in 3 phases of strategic planning for Longhorn Publishers
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in 2002, 2005 and 2008. I have fully
participated in the implementation of the Strategic Plan realizing
excellent result and growth within the period.
. Excellent financial management and accountability - I planned and
managed the financial votes for the projects that I handled in and out
of the country. This involved recruiting the various content
suppliers, negotiating and paying for their services. It also involved
organizing and running writing workshops for authors, identifying and
negotiating with hotels for good rates to host our groups in workshops
to ensure good returns on investment.
. Leadership and problem solving skills - providing guidelines to all
that participate in the project in whichever way as authors, suppliers
or people working under my supervision, arbitration especially in
cases of disputes among co-authors or defaulting suppliers.
. Coordinating Departmental Budgeting and Project Planning - being the
deputy of the Publishing Manager, was in charge of coordinating the
editorial staff towards planning, budgeting and making publishing
schedules for new projects. This involved chairing consultative
meetings to come up with the projects to be proposed, rates to be paid
to suppliers, staff requirement, timelines to be targeted and the
overall financial obligation to be forwarded to the Management
Committee.
. Supervising the Science Editorial and the production staff and
liaising with suppliers of contents - overseeing day to day activities
of the staff in the department to ensure that resources were well
utilized and productivity was high.
. Recruitment, staff and performance management - interviewed authors
and other suppliers before engaging them in the projects. Was also
involved in the recruitment of staff in the department and the
departmental induction since 2004.
. Information management and communication to the various players.
. Training and guiding skills as exhibited in assisting authors,
artistes, typesetters and designers to attain the required targets.
. Publishing and sales and marketing - was involved in the company sales
and marketing planning meetings.
. Knowledgeable in core MS Office products, specifically Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Publisher, PageMaker, InDesign and illustrator.
. Information classification and dissemination of information:
Processing, classifying and disseminating information to various
customers regarding relevant and respective project areas.
. Customer service and management: Answering customer queries and
guiding through creating customer accounts.
. Project management with ability and experience in handling multiple
projects.
. Negotiation and new customer accounts creation.
. Publicity, sales promotion and marketing
Work Experience
Jan. 2009- July 2009 Longhorn Kenya Limited
P. O. Box 180**-***** Nairobi Kenya
Senior Editor Science
Duties and Responsibilities
. Identifying and commissioning authors for various publishing
projects.
. Inducting and nurturing authors to develop manuscripts for desired
products.
. Negotiating author contracts.
. Planning and managing the publishing schedules.
. Tracking new opportunities and writing publishing proposals for new
products.
. Editing, proofreading and cover development for title or series
identity.
. Budgeting and budget management to control costs.
. Outsourcing required services as at when needed such as artwork/
illustrations typesetting and design.
. Maintaining an accurate inventory count and update monthly reports
in the Science Department including progress reporting on on-going
projects.
. Working with readers for better manuscripts evaluation reports.
. Tracking authors'/suppliers' concerns and timely responses to
submitted or commissioned manuscripts.
. Ensure timely updates on existing products to ensure constant supply
to the market
. Preparing new book information and other marketing details for sales
and marketing.
. Administrative work assisting the Publishing Manager.
October 2001 - December 2008 Longhorn Kenya Limited
P. O. Box 180**-***** Nairobi Kenya
Science Editor
Duties and Responsibilities
. Editing, proofreading and cover development for product/series
identity.
. Identifying and commissioning authors for various publishing
projects.
. Inducting and nurturing authors to develop manuscripts for desired
products
. Planning and managing the publishing schedules
. Writing publishing proposals for new products
. Budgeting and budget management to control costs
. Outsourcing required services as at when needed such as artwork/
illustrations typesetting and design
. Working with readers for better manuscripts evaluation reports
. Tracking authors'/suppliers' concerns and timely responses to
submitted or commissioned manuscripts.
. Ensure timely updates on existing products to ensure constant supply
to the market
. Preparing new book information and other marketing details for sales
and marketing.
October 2000 - September 2001: Longhorn Kenya Limited
P. O. Box 180**-***** Nairobi Kenya
Editorial Assistant Science
Duties and Responsibilities
. Editing,
. Proofreading
. Cover development for product/series identity.
. Participating in moderation workshops with authors while harmonizing
the work.
Products Developed
In the period I was at Longhorn Publishers, 2001-2009, I managed to
develop the following products:
. 2001 - 2002 Science Pupil's Books and Teacher's Guides for Standard 1-7
for the Primary schools in Uganda.
. 2002 - 2005 Science Pupil's Books and Teacher's Guides for Standard 1- 8
for the Primary schools in Kenya.
. 2004 - 2006 3 titles Revision Science books for the Kenya Certificate of
Primary Education examinations.
. 2002 -2004 Chemistry Textbooks for Form 1- 4 for Pupils and Teacher's
Guide for secondary schools in Kenya.
. 2002 - 2004 Biology Textbooks for Form 1- 4 for Pupils and Teacher's
Guide for secondary schools in Kenya.
. 2005 -2006 Chemistry Revision Book for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education examination in Kenya.
. 2005 - 2006 Biology Revision Books for schools in Kenya Certificate of
Secondary Education examination.
. 2007 Biology Textbooks Form 1- 2 for Pupils and Teacher's Guides for
secondary schools in Tanzania.
. 2006-2008 Science Textbooks and their Teachers Guides for Standard 1- 4
for Primary schools in Tanzania.
. Science workbooks for Standard 1-8 for primary schools in Kenya.
. 2009 General Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) Textbooks for Form
1- 4 for Pupils and Teacher's Guides for secondary schools in Kenya.
. 2009 Chemistry Textbooks for Form 1- 4 for Pupils and Teacher's Guide for
secondary schools in Uganda.
. 2009 Chemistry Textbooks for Form 1- 4 for Pupils and Teacher's Guide for
secondary schools in Uganda.
Leadership and community involvement
. 2001 - 2009 - Member Kenya Publishers Association.
. 2005-2006 Discipleship trainer - Participated in discipleship training
covering the Life Ministry Curriculum in 2005 and 2006.
. 2002 -2009 - Active member of the Hospital Mission - an evangelistic
department in the Redeemed Gospel Church - CVT involved in visiting the
sick in hospitals and ministering to (sharing, encouraging, giving
handouts and praying with) them. It also involved starting new
congregations (church planting) and supporting by way of reaching out to
bring new members and training them in discipleship.
. 2000 - Participated in the National Book week - The Margaret Thatcher
Library - Moi University.
. 1997 -2000: Bible Study groups leader - Moi University Christian Union
. 1993- 1994: Was the High School Head Girl (Senior Prefect) in Muthale
Girls' Secondary School.
. 1991-1992: Was a School Prefect in charge of the Science Laboratories -
Muthale Girls' Secondary School.
. 1991 - 1994: Was the Christian Union Leader (Chairperson) Muthale Girls'
Secondary School.
Referees
Joan Jerop Cheboswony
Curriculum Developer
Grand Canyon University
Author Longhorn Publishers
3300 W Camelback Road Phoenix AZ 85017
Tel. (480) 648- 6200, 602-***-****
e-mail abkyn7@r.postjobfree.com
Pascal Mwape
International Enrollment Counselor
Center for International Education
Grand Canyon University
3300 W Camelback Road Phoenix AZ 85017
Tel 1-602-***-****/ 866-***-****
e-mail abkyn7@r.postjobfree.com
Simon Sossion
Managing Director Target Publications Limited
Kipro Centre 4th Floor,Sports Road,Westlands
P.O Box 13433-0800, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-020-4441345
Cell: +254-***-******
Fax: +254-020-4441622
abkyn7@r.postjobfree.com
www.targetpublications.co.ke
Janet Njoroge
Managing Director Longhorn Publishers
P.O Box 18033 -00500 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-***-******/80/81 EXT 227
Cell +254*********
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