Project Manager
Resume:
GINGER
E.
PARCELL
Estate
Lane
Lake
Forest,
IL
60045
acqn1r@r.postjobfree.com
WORK
EXPERIENCE: Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt,
Evanston,
Illinois.
May
2000
to
Present. Senior
Production
Manager,
Content
Development
Group,
October
2013
to
Present
• Utilized
Agile
Project
Management
techniques
to
assist
in
the
development
of
an application
that
would
dynamically
deliver
the
HMH
K- 12
Math
content
to
iOS
and Chromebook
devices.
• Participated
in
workshops
and
meetings
from
conceptual
stages
through
application submission
and
subsequent
version
releases.
• Helped
support
the
UX
team
by
contributing
to
workshops,
recording
meeting
notes,
and giving
feedback
from
a
user
experience/content
perspective.
• Planned,
coordinated
and
facilitated
high- level
meetings
including
representatives
from Product
Ownership,
Content
Development,
Content
Engineering,
Design,
Product Marketing,
and
third
party
vendors.
• Facilitated
Editorial
reviews
of
technical
bug
reports
(in
JIRA)
for
our
online
assessment program,
The
Personal
Math
Trainer
(PMT). Senior
Project
Manager,
Project
Management
Office
(PMO),
July
2008
to
October
2013
• Managed
a
team
of
three
Project
Coordinators
in
project
management
efforts
geared toward
the
continuous
improvement
of
products
in
the
market
for
a
year
or
more.
• Engaged
representatives
from
PMO,
GSC,
Design,
Editorial,
and
Image
Services/Text Permissions.
• Lead
all
stakeholders
through
multiple
projects
simultaneously,
ultimately
achieving delivery
of
accurate
and
clean
files
to
the
printer.
• Interacted
with
outside
vendors,
managing
and
guiding
them
to
the
end
goal
within scope,
schedule,
and
budget.
• Advised
on
and
created
new
ideas
for
process
improvement
within
the
PMO
and
its internal
and
external
partnerships.
Project
Manager,
Project
Management
Office,
July
2008
to
July
2011
• Managed
all
reprint
corrections
(corrigenda)
for
legacy
titles
in
Math,
Science,
Social
Studies, Language
Arts,
and
World
Languages.
Released
files
to
printers
under
tight
schedules.
• Oversaw
workflow
across
multiple
functional
groups
(Editorial,
PMO,
GSC,
and
Composition Groups).
• Investigated
printer
inquiries
involving
file
issues
and
page
problems.
• Maintained
more
than
300
product
records
on
a
project
dashboard. Production
Coordinator,
Production,
October
2002
to
July
2008
• Coordinated
the
design,
production
and
manufacturing
of
digital
product
packaging.
• Facilitated
work
between
Design,
Production,
Manufacturing,
Marketing,
and
Digital Learning
departments
for
both
and
digital
projects.
• Provided
final
review
of,
released,
and
gave
final
proof
approval
of
digital
packaging
files with
outside
replication
vendors.
• Coordinated
and
completed
all
reprint
corrections
(across
all
disciplines)
via
page replacement
for
the
easyPlanner
CD- ROM,
an
electronic
version
of
the
teacher
edition and
supporting
ancillaries.
Associate
Producer,
Digital
Learning,
September
2001
to
September
2002
• Collaborated
with
Social
Studies
Digital
Learning
team
to
select
maps
and
graphics
for
animation in
the
online
editions
of
Celebrating
Texas
and
World
Cultures
and
Geography.
• Proofread
editions
of
Social
Studies
textbooks
to
prepare
for
online
use.
• Coordinated
efforts
across
Editorial,
Digital
Learning,
and
the
Internet
Group
to
help
redesign the
McDougal
Littell
website,
ClassZone.com.
• Attended
and
edited
audio
recordings
of
Social
Studies
textbooks. Inside
Sales
Associate,
Inside
Sales,
May
2000
to
August
2001
• Maintained
daily
phone
contact
with
customers
through
inbound
and
outbound
calls.
• Partnered
strategically
with
four
sales
representatives
to
sample
and
sell
textbooks.
• Created
and
designed
invitations,
letters,
and
large
mailings
for
sales
campaigns
in
three
states.
• Traveled
to
Louisiana
for
the
Language
Network
sales
“caravan,”
in
January
2001.
• Attended
two
regional
sales
meetings
and
one
national
sales
meeting. Metropolitan
Family
Services,
Chicago,
Illinois.
May
1998
to
May
2000. Volunteers
and
Service
Learning
Department
Assistant Communications
Intern
Northwestern
University
Press,
Evanston,
Illinois,
June
1996
to
August
1996 Editorial
Intern
COMPUTER
SKILLS: Microsoft
Office,
Microsoft
Sharepoint,
Adobe
Creative
Suite,
Visio EDUCATION: Masters
of
Business
Administration Lake
Forest
Graduate
School
of
Management June
2014
(General
Management
Analytics) Bachelor
of
Arts,
English
Literature DePaul
University June
1998
(Minor
in
History)
CERTIFICATION: PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATION
(PMP),
JULY
2011 MEMBER
ID:
2016704
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