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Skills

  • Error Reduction Strategies
  • Budget management for acquisitions
  • Staff leadership and supervision
  • Relationship development
  • Content review process optimization
  • Author and agent relationship management
  • Process online platforms knowledge
  • Team management
  • Method equipment
  • Collaborative design alignment

Work Experiences

  • Answered 2 calls per several months to help customers with their questions and concerns.
  • Adjusted acquisition strategy.
  • Chaired weekly meetings with the editorial board.
  • Collaborated with authors and agents to negotiate acquisition deals, resulting in a $17 reduction in contract costs in 2016.
  • Achieved a 35% increase in publication relevance.
  • Achieved a $4 reduction in contract costs.
  • Each staff member's assignments and deadlines were delegated and tracked by me.
  • Accelerated the content evaluation process.
  • Analyzed online reader reviews.
  • Analyzed market trends and competitor landscapes.

Summaries

  • Chaired effective meetings with cross-functional teams.
  • Recognized for motivating management team members to achieve their goals and fostering innovative work environments.
  • Background in marketing collaboration.
  • Acquired award-winning publications.
  • Acquired works aligned with market trends.
  • Acquisitions Editor with 12 years of successful project management and process improvement experience.
  • Costs were consistently reduced while profits were increased.
  • Acquired 13 new titles with underrepresented voices in system.
  • Balanced creative vision with commercial acumen.
  • Collaborative Acquisitions Editor known for chairing effective meetings with cross-functional teams, leading to enhanced communication and a smoother editorial process.

Accomplishments

  • Orchestrated the acquisition of Salesforce content that supported a strategic pivot to digital-first offerings, outperforming physical sales by 33%.
  • Collaborated with the marketing team to optimize positioning of newly acquired titles, increasing pre-launch buzz by driving a 19% increase in audience engagement.
  • Helped restructure the acquisitions team, improving operational efficiency by 28% and enabling quicker turnaround in signing new deals.
  • Oversaw multiple manuscript acquisition processes simultaneously, maintaining a 21% higher acceptance rate for top-performing titles.
  • Piloted a cross-departmental digital strategy meeting series that boosted collaboration between acquisitions, marketing, and production teams, accelerating release times by 16%.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Led efforts to evaluate cross-industry publishing trends, developing targeted acquisition strategies that led to a 68% increase in audience engagement.
  • Planned and executed multi-year content development strategy for the acquisition department, resulting in a 66% increase in high-caliber manuscripts.
  • Authored data-driven reports on publication outcomes, leading to strategic adjustments in the acquisition process and improving overall project success rates by 18%.
  • Drove growth in the digital publishing department by securing exclusive e-book deals, contributing to a 22% rise in downloads within the first 7 months of release.

Affiliations

  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Romance Writers of America (RWA)
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • International Association of Professional Writers & Editors (IAPWE)
  • Rotary International
  • Inclusive Publishing Initiative (IPI)
  • American Library Association (ALA)
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Lions Club
  • Society of Human Resource Management

Certifications

  • Publishing Rights Licensing Certification, Beacon Labs
  • CompTIA Network+
  • Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) Advanced Editorial Training
  • Book Editing Certification, Poynter Institute
  • Instructor-Led Book Editing Certificate, 2021, Denver
  • Professional SEO Content Writing Certification, Vantage
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Editing and Publishing Certificate, New York University (NYU)
  • ServSafe
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) - Northwind

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