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Worth Publishers
Developmental Editor: Hired and supervised reviewers of "Listen" (3rd brief ed.) by Joseph Kerman; other duties included hiring music manuscript copyists; supervising music recording selections; hiring authors of student and instructor manuals and test bank.
Supplements Editor: Hired and supervised freelance writers and editors of supplements packages (including sound recordings) for college-level textbooks in music, U.S. history, and psychology: student and instructor manuals and test banks. Coordinated with parent-text editors to ensure consistency and quality from manuscripts to bound books.
Before 1990:
Cambridge University Press: Project Editor, "Interchange" series of textbooks and supplements in business English for ESL-speakers; supervised complex layouts of instructors' and student manuals, recordings, and illustrations from manuscripts to bound books.
Random House–McGraw-Hill: Project Editor: Supervised copy editing and production from manuscript to bound books; coordinated with design and production departments. Projects included college-level textbooks in TV news gathering, film, humanities, and social sciences.
Earlier positions:
Macmillan School Division: Chief Project Editor for middle-school (grades 7 and 8) music textbooks and instructor manuals; heavy editing of text, illustrations (photos and rendered art) and musical examples (written and recorded); and checking all proof stages. Also worked to clear permissions for non-public-domain music.
Macmillan Children's Trade Books: Copy editor of children's books from picture books to YA novels. Either copy edited or hired and supervised freelance copy editors. Also edited illustrations, both photos and rendered art and checked all proof stages.
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Mar, 2020