Independent Consultant Editor

LISA M. O’HEARN

Director of Publications, Art Direction/Marketing

**** ******** ******* 202-***-****

Silver Spring, MD 20903 *************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Experienced leader offering publications, digital art, and marketing management experience, which has been refined over 20 years in association/society/boutique publishing programs and as an independent consultant. Possesses strong publishing, cover art/interior design, communication, and mentoring skills that inspire commitment and teamwork to achieve quantifiable, collective, positive results.

Core Competencies

Publications Management

Digital Art Design/Management

People Management/Team-First Orientation

Process Reengineering/Workflow Design

Marketing/Communications Management

Vendor Management

Consulting

Budgetary Design/Management

EXPERIENCE

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP: The Author’s Suite LLC (2013–PRESENT)

Owner/Operator: Freelance Writing/Editorial/Consulting

Clients include Academic Books, American Psychological Association (Books and Journals), American Medical Association (Journals), Blackwell, IEEE, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (Journals), Taylor & Francis, Wolters Kluwer, Worth Publishers

AMERICAN ASSN. ON INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (2011–2013)

Director: Publications, Membership, and Marketing

Led program responsible for print and digital publications and communications, membership attainment/retention, marketing, and event/conference planning

Highlights

Increased book production (print and digital) by 400% in the first year, from inherited baseline. Successfully maintained this level of production over year 2 and increased it by 10% in year 3.

Designed and implemented best-practice workflow, which quantifiably increased both journal subscriptions and association membership. Year 2 revenue projections were exceeded by 30%, such that the publishing program brought in more annual revenue than ever before in association history.

Successfully directed the development of workflow, editorial, and production processes to launch the association’s first online only peer-reviewed journal.

Developed, designed, and wrote all outward-facing communications and marketing strategies related to association publications. Oversaw the design of online bookstore. Developed content and managed e-commerce process, which increased book sales by 75%.

Designed, invited field experts, organized, and headed Book Advisory Committee.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS PRESS (2007–2011)

Managing Editor (2008–2011)

Led two for-profit units (Editorial and Circulation) within the NASW Press: Developed strategies, designed policies, and deployed resources to achieve the objectives of Editorial/Circulation, the Press in general, and the Association as a whole.

Highlights

Applied highly developed creative and problem-solving skills to all aspects of the position.

Redesigned workflows and reworked vendor contracts for maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Increased book production by 450% within year 1.

Developed Editorial and Circulation units’ budgets; successfully increased revenue and decreased expenditures for journals by 20%.

Increased book revenue by 75%.

Senior Staff Editor (2007–2008)

Managed the production of four peer-reviewed journals and book production, as assigned, from raw manuscript to finished product.

Highlights

Successfully redesigned production processes to most expediently and efficiently produce tangibles.

Reduced production costs by 25%.

Developed and wrote process manuals and supported the implementation of streamlined processes.

Chosen to deliver a presentation to the Chief Executive Officer on the unit’s positive turnaround.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) (2002–2007)

Senior Editor, Journals

Managed the editing and production of journal issues throughout the publication process, from raw manuscript to published issue.

Highlights

Proposed, developed, and implemented the APA Journals Division Mentoring Program.

Interpreted APA editorial style as established in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, determined its application, and made suggestions for revisions to the manual.

Served as content expert for Educational Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

Served as manuscript editor and content expert for the Educational Publishing Foundation (an APA imprint) journal History of Psychology.

Served as “Style Expert,” answering APA style questions from students, teachers, association members, and the general public.

Served as a nominated member on various APA association-wide committees and boards.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

MA, Language in English and the Teaching of Writing

Magna cum Laude

Hilbert College

BA, English Language and Literature

BS, Psychology

Summa cum Laude

CERTIFCATIONS ACQUIRED

University of Delaware, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Leadership and Policy Institute (July 2013)

PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED

O’Hearn, L. M. (2012). Nuts & Bolts: Writing Outstanding Journal Articles. Washington, DC: AAIDD.

AWARDS

Independent Publisher’s Book Award (2013) for nonfiction (content, interior, and exterior design). Good Blood, Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks, by J. David Smith and Michael L. Wehmeyer, Copyright 2012 AAIDD.

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

Conference/Convention Speaker on Writing for Publication (2011–2013)

Presented publishing and communications services/experiences at professional conferences regarding scholarly/academic publishing to aspiring authors, academics, and professionals.

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