Executive Assistant
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[Summary] [Work Experience] [Education] [Skills]ROBERT H. KIRKPATRICK
410 Degraw Street, #2
Brooklyn, New York 11231
******@*****.***
SUMMARY
Expert in project management and coordination of diverse tasks and people. Proven ability to assimilate new technology. Five years experience in commercial publishing. Track record of superior performance under strenuous conditions.
WORK EXPERIENCE
LogicalAd, Inc. (f/k/a KidsWish, Inc.),
New York, New York
Nov. 1999Present
Site Producer for KidsWish.com, LogicalAd.com, and MindRelay.com
All HTML production, including concept-to-implementation on LogicalAd.com and MindRelay.com sites, all front-end revisions to KidsWish.com, and design and implementation of marketing HTML emails
Coordinated and implemented front-end changes, including graphics, text, and process
Designed logo and stylesheet for MindRelay.com and LogicalAd.com
Supervised copywriting and -editing, implemented copy
Optimized graphics from freelance illustrator
Coordinated visual redesign and post-redesign alterations of KidsWish.com
Responsible for data gathering on, photography of, and insertion of wholly new 500-SKU product set into site on tight deadline
QA, including for database-driven promotions and bulk emailings to internal and external mailing lists
Created advertising banners for MindRelay.com and LogicalAd.com; edited ad banners from freelance designer
Hired and supervised managing editor, trained her in HTML, CSS1, and basic Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.,
New York, New York
Dec. 1996Oct. 1999
Assistant ProductionEditorOct. 1997Oct. 1999
Coordinated, under minimal supervision, production of 75 titles annually, from manuscript to bound book
Responsible for production editorial aspect of launch of new imprint of paperback reissues
Contract with and review work of freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers
Updated and revised critical path for book production
Managing Editorial AssistantDec. 1996Oct. 1997
Supported Executive Managing Editor, Managing Editor, and Managing Editorial Department
Generated and distributed weekly production report; converted report to electronic distribution
Managed freelancer invoices and maintained database of freelancer work history
Maintained departmental files of Contract Requests, Payment Requests, CIP data, and ISBN fulfillment
Newbridge Communications, Inc.,
New York, New York
Dec. 1994Dec. 1996
Editorial AssociateDec. 1995Dec. 1996
Negotiated purchase of book club rights, book purchase quantities, and contract issues with publishers
Supervised marketing communications design and performance of freelance copyeditors and designers
Responsible for performance and disposition of 1100-title backlist
Editorial AssistantDec. 1994Dec. 1995
Supported Executive Club Director of The Executive Program and Architects & Designers Book Service
Organized, wrote, and supervised production of 18 backlist sales brochures, 2 warehouse sale catalogs, and 2 complete catalogs annually
Assisted MIS department in maintaining software and hardware for 37 people in 3 departments
Managed book clubs without assistant for five consecutive months: two while Executive Club Director was on leave and three after Executive Club Director resigned
EDUCATION
BA History 1993, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Coursework in film studies, literature, art history, and French, 1992; Universite de Paris IV, Universite de Paris X, Via Paris; Paris, France
Completed Copyediting and Proofreading Fundamentals, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Fall 1998
Completed Intermediate JavaScript, DIAL/The New School, Spring 2000
SKILLS
HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS; conceptual understanding of XML; Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady and Illustrator, Macromedia Fireworks and Flash; basic WML, HDML, ASP; Quark XPress; Allaire HomeSite, Microsoft Visual InterDev; handcoder, standards supporter
[Summary] [Work Experience] [Education] [Skills]
c [designer TK] 2000 oh1, but take what you like: It's free.
Designed with standards. Live it. Love it. Dump NS 4.x
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