Lisa Schwartz

Experience

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  Walt Disney World

  Jan 2003 - Jun 2003

  Walt Disney World College Internship Program - Merchantainment

  -Served in a high volume area providing visitors with excellent guest‐service-Operated point‐of‐sale system

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  Binghamton University

  Aug 2004 - May 2006

  Resident Assistant

  -Developed creative educational and social programs-Scheduled and advertised programs to student community-Served as liaison between students and school administration-Acted as mediator between students with disagreements

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  Penguin Group USA

  Feb 2007 - May 2007

  Production Assistant to Vice President of Juvenile Production

  -Created and updated reports for title maintenance, budgets, and attendance for entire department-Liaison between production and other departments in Penguin including finance, operations, design, editorial, etc.-Handled the paperwork and communication for purchasing files from outside vendors for our subsidiary rights department

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  Penguin Random House

  May 2007 - now

  Assistant Director, Production

  Increasing levels of responsibility May 2007 through present-Creates and monitors full book production schedules, obtains competitive vendor pricing, and generates estimates to determine profitability-Production department superuser and trainer for SAP and File Maker Pro-Maintains in depth status reports to carefully monitor the progress of hundreds of titles-Creates and executes purchase orders-Handles production crisis management and print production quality issues-Mentors and trains direct report and other junior staff members -Collaborates regularly with designers, editors, managing editors, publishers, and operations and finance departments to resolve schedule, cost, and design issues-Performs pre-flight evaluations for all files released by design-Keeps track of budget and plant costs-Codes, tracks, and authorizes payment of invoices-Works closely with existing overseas and domestic vendors-Identifies potential new vendors and applicable new technologies-Travels occasionally for press okays to monitor and offer suggestions for the highest printing and color quality Show less