Director Design

Joanna Matthews

**** ******** ***** • Silver Spring, MD 20904 • 301-***-**** • ***********@*******.***

PROFESSSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Director, DB Consulting Group, Inc., a minority-owned government consulting firm. (2006-current)

Technical expert for editorial policy and style.

Set editorial policy on style and format of publications for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiative,

Neighborhood Networks.

Re-write articles for use by non-technical audiences, also known as “plain English.”

Review documents for structure and clarity.

Oversee artistic and print production for HUD publications.

Independent Consultant (2005-2006)

Authored analytical reports for client’s society leadership on journal performance for publication director

of a major scholarly publication.

Collaborated with client marketing firm to increase subscriptions.

Developed Requests for Proposals, analyzing responses to the RFPs, negotiating contacts.

Annually reviewed contracts for adherence to contract specifications.

Review policies and processes to recommend more efficient production methods.

Authored executive summary for client leadership regarding developments in the scholarly publishing

community.

Publications Director, The American Society of Nephrology (2004-2005)

Directed the smooth transition from commercial to self publication for the society’s two journals.

Reviewed proposals and negotiated contracts from printing, advertising, manuscript submission and

fulfillment vendors in preparation for transition to self-publishing of two journals.

Reviewed contracts on an annual basis to ensure adherence to contract specifications.

Authored and directed the specifications for the launch of a new clinical journal.

Reviewed and edited submitted documents for clarity, and adherence to style and format.

Managed the re-design of one journal to coincide with transition to self-publishing.

Supervised all aspects of journal production, maintaining professional relationship with vendors.

Authored and reviewed budgets and monitored expenses for the association’s publications.

Increased ad revenues by 150% in first three months of self-publishing.

Managing Editor, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (1999-2003) for

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Managed online submission, peer review and tracking system, including design of the online website.

Authored Request for Proposals for and negotiated contracts with print vendor, service provider and

advertising companies.

Checked documents for proscribed structure; verified references and wrote summaries of articles for use

in peer review process.

Headed search committee for transition to new Editor-in-Chief.

Increased advertising revenues by 300% through negotiations with new advertising company.

Prepared and monitored $1 million annual budget.

Launched The Journal of Vision, an online only journal serving a specialized section of the membership.

Supervised four staff responsible for monitoring of manuscripts from submission through publication.

Prepared financial and production reports for the Publications Committee and the Board of Trustees.

EDUCATION

B.S. University of Maryland, Journalism

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