Arathi P

Experience

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  Laserwords

  Aug 2009 - Mar 2010

  Copy Editing

  • As a copyeditor, was handling both language and technical for the publisher John Wiley & Sons. • Major focus on Content editing, Style checking and Reference editing.• Language - Editing for grammar, style and consistency in capitalization, spelling, hyphenation, use of abbreviations, correcting punctuation and parenthesis, and so on.• Technical - Capable of handling heavy math and tables. Making treatment of numbers consistent between text, tables and illustration. • Can work with Microsoft Office and Latex. • Can make quick, logical and efficient decisions. Show less

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  PreMedia Global Pvt. Ltd.

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2012

  Project Manager

  • As a Book Project Manager, I have managed the end to end production process for more than 100 ABC-CLIO books in a span of 2.5 years.• Includes preparing schedule, overseeing estimate, cast-off, filing CIP to LOC, preparing rep copy and passing it to the design and sample team, getting the sample approved by the publisher, hire and coordinate with copyeditor, manage copyeditor invoices, conduct launch meeting for the production, troubleshoot the questions which comes from the production team, oversee the quality of the product, analyze any quality issues, communicate with the author and publisher, keep the publisher informed about the rise or fall in the page count, take part in the calls with the publisher, host calls with the authors if required, follow-up with the publisher for any pending materials, post the final PDF to the printer, post the final archival file to the publisher, and send out invoices for the completed books. • Ensuring that the schedule is under control and budget doesn’t go beyond the proposed estimate.• Keeping the stakeholders informed about the status of projects and getting it approved if there is any change in schedule, materials, authors, and budget. Show less

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  Lumina Datamatics

  Nov 2012 - Oct 2021

  • Handling direct client co-ordination for clients like McGraw-Hill, Cengage, HMH, Pearson, Wiley, Triumph Learning, Macmillan, K12, WGU and WW Norton through weekly phone calls and emails.• Coordinate with the Bidding team to provide the RFP to the client. Have won various projects by bidding. • Overseeing the Production team by assigning the jobs, coordinating with inter-departments and US freelancers like content editors, copy editors, proof readers, accuracy checkers, and Art team.• Manage the invoices for proof readers and accuracy checkers.• Assign the shifts and task for the team, oversee the quality of the product, analyze any quality issues, coordinate with team members to work based on the priority and on the hierarchy of the issue• Motivating the team to achieve target.• Troubleshoot the questions which come from the production team, conduct production meetings to discuss about the issues, if any, and send MoM to the attendees.• Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets.• Communicate with the client, take part in the calls with the client, follow-up with them for any pending materials or responses, post the final files to the client, post the web files for online hosting sites like Silverchair, Time to Know, Connect, Ez Test.• Send out invoices for the completed projects.• Involved in the recruitment of new staff.• New Project request analyze and setup.• Handling Simulation based learning tools and web page development projects.• Handling Video creation/editing and 2D animation projects.• Handling XML/HTML Ingestion CMS projects.• HTML5 interactivity with Accessibility (A11y) and Accessibility testing with WAVE, AXE, ARC Toolkit and Lighthouse.• Handling Testing/QA team (XML/HTML5/Video/2D Animation) projects. Show less • Coordinating with the Development team (iOS, Android, and HTML) for the clients like McGraw-Hill, Pearson-Canada, 36-Views, Soma Rishi, Mondadori, and Intec Minds.• Closely communicate with the clients through emails and communicate the exact client requirement with the Development team.• My responsibilities are to download the materials and assign the jobs for development team. • Coordinate with inter departments like Art team.• Oversee the quality of the product, analyze any quality issues, coordinate with team members to work based on the priority and on the hierarchy of the issue, conduct production meetings to discuss about the issues or feedbacks, if any, and send MoM to the attendees and immediate Manager, communicate with the client, take part in the weekly calls with the client, follow-up with them for any pending materials or responses.• Have successfully completed and published few Apps in Apple Store and Amazon. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager

    Apr 2015 - Oct 2021

  • Project Manager

    Nov 2012 - Mar 2015
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  QBS Learning

  Oct 2021 - now

  • Account Manager

    May 2022 - now

  • Lead Project Manager

    Oct 2021 - now