Mallika Panchal

Ontario, Canada

adbvhs@r.postjobfree.com

647-***-****

Career Summary

Highly detail-oriented, organized and results-driven developmental editor with 5+ years of experience of having worked with some of the highly reputed publishing houses of India with the focus on developing market-driven learning solutions for both print and digital media

Highlights of Qualifications

Strong attention to detail with proven skills in proofreading, editing, reviewing and content development for both print and digital products

In-depth subject knowledge with the ability to create market-driven core content, learning resources and ancillaries

Training the author in understanding the needs of market, monitoring content in development and providing feedback on content quality, style and other related resources

Proficient in creating production schedules, tracking deadlines and ensuring timely delivery of products throughout development to production within allocated budget

Maintaining strong working relationships with internal (editorial, production, sales and marketing) and external stakeholders (authors, subject matter experts, freelancers, cover designers, typesetters)

Strong communication skills and experience of working across teams—authors, subject matter experts, vendors, digital developers/animators and production

Ability to prioritize and balance high volume projects in fast-paced environment

Hands-on experience of developing content for digital media to be used in Apps, CDs (part of published book) from pre-planning to go-live on various platforms

Proficient in using MS Office Suite – MS Word including Track Changes, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat

Testing of digital products from user point of view across different platforms including online learning

Collaborate with editorial and production teams to develop creative, market-led, accurate content

Professional Experience

Senior Editor (Mar 2018 – Dec 2019) S Chand Publishing, New Delhi, India

Coordinating the editorial activity and monitoring workflow among in-house editorial, production and outsourced vendors to ensure on-time turnaround

Reviewing and editing manuscripts and other materials submitted for publication

Creating illustrations briefs and storyboards for print and digital media

Hiring and training freelancers and coordinating freelance editorial assignments

Documenting contracts, NOC agreements and invoices for outsourced vendors and freelancers, processing invoices

Maintaining tracking logs in MS Excel

Tracking the project cost and maintaining allocated budget

Negotiating with vendors, freelancers to work within the allocated budget

Supporting the Managing Editor wherever required

Editor – Digital Publishing (May 2017 – Mar 2018) Ratna Sagar Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India

Reviewing, evaluating and editing science and maths digital content for DVDs and Apps (Parts of published books); worked on one of the top selling science books for schools in India

Checking for accuracy, gradation and level appropriateness of the content

Editing the content for grammar, spelling and syntax as per the in-house style and guidelines

Shooting science experiment videos, preparing scripts for educational videos

Recording and editing voice over, working with animators, illustrators and developers

Maintaining quality and consistency of the digital products across different electronic media

Associate Development Editor (May 2013 – May 2017) Cambridge University Press India

Evaluating manuscripts and other materials submitted for publication by authors

Performing comprehensive development of the content, editing and proofreading

Creating instructional materials for illustrators and designers

Working closely with the marketing, production and sales departments to incur the best possible value for the product

Created content and edited science books for NIE, Maldives and worked directly with its staff for publishing their science school books for grades 1-3

Awarded ‘Rising star’ award for contribution to the team in financial year 2015-2016

Editorial-Project Intern Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (July 2011 to April 2012)

Worked on science books for senior secondary level (proofreading, copyediting, PowerPoint presentations, preparation of content for science books class 11 and 12 for Physics and Chemistry)

Professional Experience

2009-2011 Masters of Science Haridwar, India

HNB Garhwal University

2005-2008 Bachelors of Science Bangalore, India

Bangalore University

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