U. Gayathri

No: **, Second street,

Vigneshwarar Nagar,

Madipakkam, Chennai – 600091

adpquz@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 994*******

Objective

Project Management/Production Editor position, seeking a creative, dynamic and challenging work environment, in which I could contribute the best in me towards innovation and growth of the organization.

Educational Qualification

Post graduated as a Master of Philosophy in Bio informatics from Vels University, Chennai. Year of Passing: April 2012 with 72%.

Summary of Skills and Experience

Organized and goal-oriented, with an experience of 12+ years contributing towards Production Editorial/Project management, Customer relationship and quality control.

Analytical problem-solver, able to anticipate issues, resolve concerns and improve efficiency.

Skilled in building rapport with clients and team members. Delegate effectively and motivate team members to achieve on-time project completion.

Computer skills include: MS Word, MS Excel (Advance level), Word Processing, Microsoft Outlook, Power point and internet research.

Dedicated in inspiring clients and making happy customers and maintaining operational efficiencies.

Enjoys discovering methods designed to improve workflow and generate additional revenue.

Professional Experience

August 2020 – Till Now – Cameo Corporate Services

Assistant Manager

Create and manage employee schedules, accommodating individual requests and requirements.

Conducted weekly meetings to communicate issues and weekly goals, answering and resolving employee questions or concerns.

Communicating with the client on weekly basis and discuss about the priorities and the quality issues.

Performing the root cause for the quality issues and taking preventive steps to arrest the issues.

Handling the vendors/freelancers if any new jobs came in.

Preparing RFP for the new clients and sending for approval.

Training new joiners for quality assurance team and maintain the quality in the deliverables.

Preparing the error analysis report and circulating to the team to arrest the number of the error.

Raising the invoice for the clients as well as the vendors/freelancers.

Clients Handling: Frontiers Journals, IPI Books, Genbooks, Father & Sons.

Nov 2018 – Nov 2019 – codeMantra

Project Manager

Excellent written and oral communication skills allow me to effectively connect with authors and coworkers both through email and in person.

Have good experience in handling Peer-review process.

Handling complimentary copies for the reviewers.

Work on the schedule and complete the project as per the deadline.

Can able to good relationship between the client and with the production.

Ensure that the project complete with high quality and within budget.

Clients Handling: JBL, Talyor & Francis, Pearson (ITP).

Feb 2017- Nov 2018 – Lumina Datamatics

Project Manager

Have good experience in handling Full service projects if different clients.

Defining the schedule and complete the project as per the deadline.

Ensuring that the project is with high quality.

Can able to good relationship between the client and with the production.

Clients Handling: Macmillan, AAPG, Bentley Institute of Publishing and McGraw Hill (Accessible PPTS).

March 2016-Feb 2017– Cenveo Publisher Services

Project Manager

Responsible for liaising with authors, publishers and other supporting teams from receipt of manuscript to ensuring final delivery dates are met

Understand the scope of the project requirements

Defining a workflow and ensure projects are on track

Ensuring projects are completed on time, within the agreed budget and service levels

Willing to pitch in during a crisis, help with any interim administrative or managerial tasks

Generate reports and respond to customer feedback within the stipulated time

Ensure quality standards are met

Clients Handling: Sage, ABC-Clio, Talyor & Francis, UTP, ASTMs

January 2011- July 2015 - Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd

Project Coordinator (Publishing editor/TS+ Manager)

Build and maintain positive relationship between authors and book editors

Providing guidelines to the authors to prepare the manuscript and get it from the authors/editors as per the manuscript delivery date

Getting the ISBN for the book as per the rules of the client

Solving all the queries in prior before handover to the production

Liaising with in-house editors, designers, artists and typesetters to ensure that quality standards and schedules are met

Manage the cover process from production to publication

Handle queries from project managers, colleagues and authors and decide the best possible solution for the problem

Handling the post publication process such as payment (royalty & remuneration) for the authors and editors

Managing the post publication correction process if there is a need

Preparing the book flyers for the conference titles and providing it to the authors for marketing purpose.

Client Handled: Springer-Verlag

Production Editor (Production Editor/Total Service)

Experience in the Project Management for the Book Projects

Experience in communication with the Clients (Publishers) in the Project Management involving Castoff process, Tentative schedules, Quality Assurance, and Job tracking involved in the Book Project

Experience in Project Presentations and Work Demonstration to the Client involved in the Book Project

Experience in handling Clinical medicine titles successfully, communicating with the chief editors, authors, publishing editor and Desk editor. Tracking each and every chapter carefully and to have a keen look about the chapters which are going to publish in online.

Act as the Communicator between Springer and the Full Service Vendor (FSV) for Total Service (TS) production.

Have the responsibility to communicate with the project co-ordinator (Desk Editor) - Springer for the Book Production. We can correspond directly with the Authors in the case of queries, schedules and coordinating compliance issues with the Springer Publisher.

Client Handled: Springer-Verlag

Executive - Quality Control

• Experience in the Quality Assurance team (Book Projects)

• Experience in Castoff process for the books

• Experience in Checking Covers and Adverts

• Checking Print files and Revises (author corrections).

Co-Curricular and Extra Curricular Activities

• Flexible and quick adaptability towards technology.

• Good team player.

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Personal

Date of birth: Dec 15, 1981

Marital status: Married

Hobbies: Music, Cooking, Reading books

Languages Known: Tamil, English

Declaration:

I hereby declare that all the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Chennai

U.Gayathri

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