Kayla Church – Editor

In this role, I helped grow the company from a publishing calendar with five books per year, to a publishing calendar of twenty-four books per year. I helped establish and solidify the company's brand, culture, and staff. Day to day, my responsibilities were: • Manage the publishing calendar and all stages of the publishing process (12-18 months), including: acquisition, contract negotiations, budget creation, editing, marketing, and design. • Manage a team of editors. • Acquire and develop new publishing leads, titles, and proposals. • Oversee all stages of manuscript production, from copyedit to the approval of the final print proofs. • Work closely with authors to enhance their work’s readability, conciseness and style. • Acquire all trade and reader reviews of published Amberjack books. • Collaborate with design and production departments on style, schedule, format, and aesthetics. • Work in Adobe InDesign to create print and ebook layouts for titles. • Consult with marketing department on ideas for promotion and provide marketing with preliminary materials. • Help establish marketing and public relations activities and budget for each title. • Write catalog and title information copy, and other copy for marketing collateral as needed. • Write, edit, and publish online digital publications. • Plan and attend conferences and events as a representative of the company.