Computer Skills |
Windows: Expert in InDesign CS, PageMaker 6.5, QuarkXPress,
Acrobat, Photoshop; proficient in Illustrator and most Microsoft
Office applications. Experience with HTML and LaTeX coding by hand.
Macintosh: PageMaker 6.5, QuarkXPress 5.0,
Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word;
some programming experience in Logo and Pascal.
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Publishing Experience |
Freelance book production, Design by Erica Schultz, Somerville,
Massachusetts.
March 2007 - present
Senior Production Editor,
A K Peters, Ltd.,
Wellesley, Massachusetts.
September 2005 - March 2007
Supervised two-person production department of small academic publisher.
Managed in-house composition and print production of approximately 25 titles per year.
Design responsibilities included book text, some covers, print ads and catalogs.
Composition in InDesign CS (PC) and LaTeX.
Coordinated estimating, scheduling, and manufacturing of new titles and
reprints. Produced e-book versions of new and backlist titles for outside vendors.
Maintained electronic archives of all published materials.
Electronic Publishing Coordinator,
The MIT Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
January 1999 - September 2005
Served as in-house book compositor, responsible for typesetting approximately 25
new titles per year in Quark and PageMaker (Mac). Handled trafficking of
author-supplied electronic files, troubleshot questions from
authors and Press staff regarding electronic files, and maintained
archives of final files for all books produced electronically.
Production Coordinator,
Brookline Books/Lumen Editions, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 1994 - December 1998
Responsible for production of approximately 15 books per year. Managed
incoming author materials including disks, hard copy, and graphics;
copy edited manuscripts; designed and typeset book interiors; produced
final camera-ready text repros; compiled specs and requested bids from
printers; served as printer liaison and inspected final proofs.
Designed, wrote copy, produced, and ordered film output for book covers
in two to four colors, and marketing materials (display ads, flyers,
and catalogs) in one to two colors.
Production Assistant, student publications,
Brandeis University.
Nov. 1991 - May 1993
Content selection, layout, and proofreading for
Kether, a campus literary magazine;
Double Visions, a science fiction magazine;
and Hirhurim, a Jewish magazine.
Assisted the op-ed section of the Brandeis independent student newspaper
with typesetting, layout, and extensive proofreading.
Edited the 1991 Course Evaluation Guide:
hired two assistants and created a booklet summarizing student
evaluations (statistical and written) of all Brandeis undergraduate
courses for 1990-91.
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Trade Experience |
Special Order Manager/Trade Book Buyer, Barnes & Noble #703,
Brandeis University.
Aug. 1991 - May 1995
Responsible for purchasing decisions, receiving, merchandising, and
returns for over 300 square feet of inventory in 22 subject categories.
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Education/Honors |
2006: Juror,
New England Book Show, Bookbuilders of Boston.
1997: Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Coursework in graphic design (
University College).
1993:
Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts.
B.A. summa cum laude with high departmental honors in English
and American Literature.
National Merit Scholarship and Justice Louis D. Brandeis Scholarship.
Phi Beta Kappa. Dean's List. Cumulative GPA: 3.845.
1988: National Council of Teachers of English
Achievement
Award in Writing.
Fluent in French; knowledge of German, Italian, and classical and
modern Hebrew.
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