Project Manager Management

Katy German **********@*****.***

Pacifica, CA ***44 www.linkedin.com/in/katygerman

650-***-**** pegmapress.wordpress.com

Statement

Book and peroidical professional specializing in production and editorial

management. Graphic artist with experience in the fine arts, commercial art

and design, art direction, and nonprofit organization.

Skills

Production and art direction: Directive implementation, team leadership

across departments, trafficking, resource management, project budgeting,

scheduling, vendor evaluation and negotiation, freelancer management.

Editorial: Text development, manuscript preparation, proofreading, copy

editing, story assignment, author relations.

Design and production: Book and magazine page layout, typography, and

illustration; mid-level photography, image scanning and correction; comp

creation; preflight, proof approval, and presschecking.

Business administration: Departmental budgeting and purchasing, employee

evaluation and skill development, attendance/timecard keeping, hiring and

separation processes.

Software Expert: Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, Word

High level: Dreamweaver, Excel, FileMaker Pro, Flash, PowerPoint,

Visio

Recently Completed Projects

Marieb/Hoehn Anatomy & Physiology 4e textbook and supplement package

(includes instructor guide, student workbook, test bank, companion website,

transparency acetates, and instructor resource DVD)

Stanfield Principles of Human Physiology 5e textbook

Silverthorn Human Physiology 5e textbook

Martini/Bartholomew Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology 4e textbook

Martini/Nath Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology 8e textbook

Martini/Timmons/Tallitsch Human Anatomy 6e textbook

Martini's Atlas of the Human Body 8e

Work Experience

October 2006 - present: Project Editor for Benjamin Cummings. Provide

editorial development and project management services for college textbook

publisher. Initiate and manage review process, write questionnaires,

analyze and summarize reviews, make development recommendations based on

market feedback and editorial judgment. Develop and implement revision

plan, liaise with production and marketing to ensure goal alignment, and

oversee author implementation of plan. Review submitted manuscript for

conformance to revision plan and editorial correctness. Manage print and

media supplements, including testing. Provide editorial oversight during

production process and development of marketing materials.

February 2002 - October 2006: Content Project Manager for Thomson Learning.

Provided production management services for college textbook publisher.

Developed and managed budgets, production pathways, and schedules. Managed

full-service production services, designers, copy editors, indexers, and

image researchers. Acted as central point of information for project team,

including editorial, marketing, manufacturing, and media team members, and

authors. Managed production path (and separate art path when appropriate)

to ensure adherence of all team members to plan, estimated potential

trouble spots and provided solutions during production process.

Participated in initial development and rollout of XML-based workflow

project.

January 2000 - February 2002: Senior Production Editor for CMP Media.

Provided editorial and production services for technology-related magazine

publisher. Designed and laid out magazine cover, and main and supporting

features; laid out columns and regular features for 18x/year

business/technology magazine and two 4x/year programming magazines.

Performed sundry tasks: copyediting, proofreading, image correction,

preflighting. Supervised one full-time employee.

January 1998 - March 1999: Production Systems Manager for IDG Books

Worldwide. Provided desktop support and special project management services

for technology trade publisher. Administered Macintosh production group of

40+ book production systems for production department. Developed plan and

acted as team manager during implementation of automated page-layout system

(using AppleScript). Managed budgets and purchasing. Supervised one full-

time employee.

March 1996 - December 1997: Production Project Coordinator for IDG Books

Worldwide. Provided production management services for technology trade

publisher. Managed budgets, production pathways, and schedules for avg. 40

books/year. Hired and managed freelance copy editors, indexers, and image

researchers. Acted as central point of information for project team,

including editorial and marketing team members. Managed production path to

ensure adherence to plan, estimated potential trouble spots and provided

solutions during production process.

November 1993 - March 1996: Art Director for Bold Type, Inc. Provided art

services to weekly newsmagazine publisher. Designed and laid out 64-112-

page weekly tabloid magazine, including front page, main and supporting

features, and display advertising. Proposed and implemented transition from

traditional to desktop workflow. Managed one full-time and one part-time

employee.

Freelance Experience

July 2005: Stories for Airports, by judy b. Design and production of author-

published collection of short stories.

2001 - 2002: Freelance Production Artist, Viz Communications. Production of

monthly promotional newsletter for international publisher.

2000 - 2004: Freelance Production Artist, Knitter's Review, Inc. Manage

various production projects for knitting-related firm, including annual

wall calendar, greeting and holiday cards, online art creation, and print

advertising.

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