Holland Baker - Editor

Production editor for Graphix, Branches and Acorn imprints. Scholastic Graphix publishes creator-driven graphic novels appropriate for children and teens. Scholastic Branches publishes books specifically designed for newly independent readers who are ready to make the leap from leveled readers, but not quite prepared for a traditional chapter book. Scholastic Acorn, an offshoot of Branches, publishes books aimed at children ages four to seven who are just beginning to read.

My duties include: working with editors and designers of Graphix, Branches and Acorn titles to ensure all projects are completed efficiently and on time; assigning work to freelance proofreaders; updating and monitoring the internal production management system to track each project's progress; overseeing the proofreading and copy editing of each title throughout the production process; working with the manufacturing team to ensure all book schedules are running on time

Topix Media Lab is a mass-market consumer magazine publishing company that produces single-topic magazines as well as books. My duties included: creating production schedules for all book and magazine projects; managing the production for all book and magazine projects; acting as a liaison between Topix and Macmillan, the company's book distributor; working with clients with approvals and deadlines; preparing files for book and magazine projects; editing all copy multiple times throughout the production process for grammar, style, flow and consistency; proofing finalized pages in InDesign; PDFing final pages for client approval.

Topix Media Lab is a mass-market consumer magazine publishing company that produces single-topic magazines as well as books. My duties included: editing all copy multiple times throughout the production process for grammar, style, flow and consistency; fact checking all copy for accuracy; routing pages; proofing finalized pages in InDesign; PDF final pages for client approval and shipping pages to the printer.