Emily Kurtz

*** **** **** ******, *-C New York, NY 10028 212-***-**** acv10x@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Experienced editor, writer, researcher, and literary critic. Over fifteen years of experience in educational publishing with easy segue to university or scholarly press, public policy, or educational nonprofit. Much expertise in project management, vendor selection, best practices, current pedagogies. Specialties: vendor negotiation, liaison with design and production, standards alignment; selecting literature for anthologies, team building, recruiting professors for authorship and title pages. Looking to make a career change to meaningful non-profit communications, program management, or education sectors.

Education:

Ph.D., English and American Literature, New York University, May 1996. Full fellowship student. Victorianist.

Work Experience:

2014-present. Senior Academic Designer (contract), McGraw-Hill Education. Completed grade- level editing duties for “Wonders” core ELA program for California adoption. Print and digital. Also handled all aspects of reprint. Currently developing revision for Texas adoption. 2013-2014. Executive Editor, Secondary Language Arts, WH Sadlier, Inc. Collaborated directly with Research and Development to plan and produce new CCSS ELA product for elementary and middle school students. Included PE, TE, Assessment, and digital components. Acted as key editorial liaison for development house, in-house design/production. Well-versed in CCSS and Exemplar Text requirements. Supervised Senior Editor and Editor. Actively involved with prototyping, implementing changes, and leading project launch with vendor. 2007-2013. Supervising/Development Editor, Secondary Language Arts, WH Sadlier, Inc. Responsible for all stages of development, production, and editing to create two-color supplemental Language Arts texts for middle and high school markets. Accustomed to drawing up project proposals, writing vendor contracts and writers’ guidelines, acting as point-person/ coordinator for development and design vendors, in-house designers, junior editors, and academic consultants and writers. Well-versed in state standards, market trends, and the latest pedagogical issues. Successfully completed development and production of three new middle school vocabulary titles for ELL and special education students. While at this position also managed all editorial aspects of three new middle school grammar (for writing) titles, as well as a revision of writing workshop series for the 6-12 market. All projects featured ancillary and online components. Also completed a major revision of a best-selling vocabulary series for advanced students, grades 6-12, including all ancillaries and online components. Research and development duties included writing and producing prototypes, focus testing, analyzing market and academic trends, and presenting findings at advisory board meetings. Successfully recruited, cultivated, and contracted three renowned professors as title page consultants and authors.

1999-2007. Senior Editor, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. Responsible for all editorial tasks from manuscript to four-color bound book, Reading/Literature and Language Arts educational texts. Required writing and rewriting, as well as line and copy editing. Conception and development of new materials, market and academic research, and familiarity with/accommodation of state adoption requirements. [ Re]instated Wordsworth, Tennyson, Carroll to the national Reading program for 2003. Regular interface with design and production; supervised project editors and editorial assistants; acted as liaison with Trafficking and QC. 1997-99. Freelance Editor/Copy Editor/Proofreader, educational texts, all subject areas. Editorial Quality Control contact at Function Thru Form and the Bill Smith Studio--independent development houses specializing in K-12 school books. Thorough knowledge of trafficking and production processes from manuscript to four-color bound book. Experienced Production Coordinator. Supervised electronic QC staff and production assistants in the timely and precise release of proof and electronic files; oversaw two junior proofreaders on independent projects.

(Also worked at Pubworks and Silver Editions.)

1994-96. Instructor, freshman composition at the Expository Writing Center at New York University. Taught two classes twice weekly. Responsible for planning, implementing, teaching, advising, grading. Attended weekly workshops and a practicum on the teaching of writing. 1992-96. Full-time doctoral candidate. Freelance Editor/Proofreader of scholarly manuscripts for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates in diverse fields of study, including history, psychology, economic and political theory, and cultural studies.

1989-91. Assistant Editor, Instructor Magazine, Scholastic. Oversaw eight articles for a monthly magazine on elementary education. Edited, wrote, proofread, and assigned articles. In particular, organized and edited academic research column. Implemented fine arts education piece. Coordinated psychology/child development column; engaged in editorial dialectic with professors and physicians: accustomed to psychoanalytical and theoretical jargon. Edited book reviews. Compiled letters to the editor, as well as information on academic workshops and conferences.

1987-88. Assistant Director of Development, The Princeton Review. Performed editorial and administrative duties for a standardized test preparation service. Wrote, edited, and proofread all new student materials, as well as corresponding teacher-training manuals. Co-wrote teacher manual for the I Have a Dream Foundation. Oversaw, scheduled, and supervised five part-time workers and delegated workloads.

Additional Skills/ Computer:

Macintosh, PC: InCopy CS6/K4, Microsoft Word, Filemaker Pro, Clients & Profits. Proficient in French; private tutor, all humanities disciplines.