Haley Paskalides – Editor

+ Editorial tasks for new specialties including recruiting, hiring authors, focus groups to review content and style, and quality control activities
+ Communicate with external authors and editors as needed to ensure timely completion of tasks
+ Manage user feedback process, which includes review of user comments and delegating tasks to external authors and editors
+ Direct content through TrueLearn workflow processes including creating and reviewing art with outside vendors
+ Assist with copyedit and final review of content before publication
+ Help expand the TrueLearn editorial network by identifying exemplary authors and editors
+ Prepare monthly online newsletters to inform and motivate editorial teams
+ Assist in identifying content initiatives that will improve product
+ Provide administrative support concerning payroll and contracts

Calling Bullsh!t is a weekly podcast that explores ‘purpose-washing’ or the gap between what companies say and do. I was hired as Junior Producer as we were ramping up to release Season 1 and then promoted to Associate Producer and Researcher for Season 2.
● Pitched a list of companies to the team based on deep research into their background, actions, and recent news using a research brief to decide collectively if we’d like to pursue the story.
● Put together a curated list of potential guests for our upfront interview and the roundtable (3 guests per episode). Conducted pre-interviews with all potential guests and then decided who we’d like to move forward with.
● Wrote all copy for the website, social posts, and public-facing episode summaries. Created social assets and audiograms and published all episodes.
● Conducted vox pops, pulled archival tape, and cut down interviews in Descript.

+ Independently manage over 15 titles daily including phone calls with doctors and authors to discuss strategy and key meeting dates
+ Work with authors to choose an aesthetically pleasing cover design, inlay colors, and coordinate back cover copy
+ Juggle many tasks a day including inviting contributors, initial evaluation of manuscripts, and final review of copyedited Word files and typeset proofs
+ Manage production including hiring outside contractors (artists/copy editors/proofreaders) and tracking budget

+ Edit manuscript, figures, and tables to ensure consistency with company style using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Bridge
+ Manage relationships with guest editors, authors, and residents
+ Obtain copyrights through Copyright Clearance Center and manufacturer's
+ Perform administrative tasks such as making scans of contributor agreements, saving and organizing all parts of a manuscript before production, and following up with authors