Manager Marketing

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ALICE RAHAEUSER

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Innovative, diligent, and adaptive professional with good eye for verbal and visual detail;

experience in copy editing, proofreading, book and magazine production, writing, and editing

CAREER SUMMARY: Background in book publishing, magazine publishing, and marketing,

including 3+ years in book production management, 1+ year in marketing, 1 year in magazine

publishing and copy editing and proofreading

KEY SKILLS

• Excellent command of grammar and • Adept with copy editor’s marks and

mechanics symbols

• Efficient editing and proofreading skills • Effective with Macintosh and PC

• Proficient with Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, • Able to operate office automation

Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FileMaker Pro, machines

Quark and Microsoft Office, including • Strong attention to detail

Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel • Able to apply Chicago Manual of Style,

AP Stylebook

WORK EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE AUGUST 2012 – PRESENT

RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOK GROUP

NEW YORK, NY

Manages production of 1-color frontlist titles, to include 70+ titles annually

Works closely with editorial, managing editorial and design teams to issue and monitor print

production schedules and advise on manufacturing specifications, such as coating and decorative

effects, and pricing

Maintains working relationship with print vendors such as Berryville Graphics, Bind-Rite

Graphics and Offset Paperback Manufacturers, to meet deadlines and obtain best quality of

products with lowest possible price

Pre-flighted all files to ensures all files are correct and complete, and meet printer specifications

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR APRIL 2010 – AUGUST 2012

NEUWIRTH & ASSOCIATES JUNE 2005-APRIL 2006

NEW YORK, NY

Account manager for book production/design house; coordinated with publishers and printers to calculate

unit costs, transmit, check, and approve materials, worked on 1-color, 2-color and 4-color titles

Managed production accounts for Tor Books, The Experiment, Pegasus Books and Cursor Books,

to include 250+ new titles and 200+ reprint titles annually

Maintain relations with both domestic and overseas printers such as RR Donnelley, Quad Graphics,

Malloy/Edwards Brothers, and others, ensuring that publishers receive best pricing by negotiating

based on printer’s performance; ultimately able to receive up to 25% printing discounts

Typeset pages and input corrections in InDesign; convert files into print-ready Pdfs to release to

printer, check corrections input by designers; worked closely with customers and printers when

color correcting artwork

MARKETING ASSISTANT AUGUST 2009 – APRIL 2010

US ARMY DIRECTORATE OF FAMILY, MORALE, WELFARE &

RECREATION

FORT GORDON, GA

Graphic designer/Copy Editor/Writer

Copy edited and fact-checked FYI magazine for style, grammar and factual information

Developed procedures to traffic pages for approval; greatly reduced management overhead and

allowed magazine to be released to printer on schedule with greatly reduced errors

Assisted managing editor with book make-up, designed article layouts, pitched and wrote articles

on sports, health and fitness, and local events

Researched and designed marketing materials for clients

MARKETING SPECIALIST JULY 2008 – NOVEMBER 2008

US ARMY DIRECTORATE OF FAMILY, MORALE, WELFARE &

RECREATION

USAG HEIDELBERG, DEU

Account manager for 15+ facilities, including restaurants, gyms, and sports & recreations centers

Worked closely with facility managers to develop print and electronic marketing materials

Wrote copy based on information gathered from facility managers

Researched and compiled information from focus groups

FAMILY READINESS SUPPORT ASSISTANT JUNE 2007 – JULY 2008

208TH FINANCE BATTALION

USAG MANNHEIM, DEU

Provided administrative support for the 208th Finance Family Readiness Group (FRG)

Established and maintained website and quarterly newsletter

Assisted in planning events by reserving space, notifying members and creating meeting agendas

Developed Standard Operating Procedures for running FRG

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Copy Editing Certificate Ongoing

MEDIABISTRO COPY EDITING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Relevant Coursework – Grammar, Punctuation & Meaning, Advanced Grammar, Intro

to Copy Editing, Intermediate Copy Editing, Copy Editing: Advanced

Certificate in Publishing Ongoing

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Relevant Coursework – Magazine Copy Editing, Research and Fact-Checking

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing

June 2004

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

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