Angela Warner

Experience

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  The Humana Press

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Production Editor

  Coordinating schedules among various stages of the production process for medical texts and journals. Contracting freelance proofreaders and copy editors, coordinating communication with the authors and sending out edited manuscript for their approval, proofreading the work of freelancers and authors to resolve all queries. Copy fitting in Adobe Creative Suite and sending final galley pages forward for printing.

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  McGraw Hill

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2022

  Perform the project management responsibilities for execution of print and digital educational content for K-12 Humanities product line at a multi-million dollar company. Execute according to the project plan establishing by the Plan PM, monitor project according to established milestones, and facilitate stakeholder collaboration to achieve objectives. Assess risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, document risks and decisions, update project documentation, monitor budget, and establish and implement best practices. Manage a team of production coordinators, review performance, establish career goals, and work to foster growth on the team. Show less Provide leadership in implementing the department strategy by working as a member operations cross-functional and governance team and communicating key goals and strategies back to the reprints, archiving, and NIMAS teams. Oversee more than 6,000 inventory orders amounting to 46 million units of inventory annually and manage the production schedule for corrections to products needed for translations, digital, and other non-inventory-based demands internally.Prioritize projects based on analysis of sales needs, internal demands, and inventory backorders.Execute the vision of product lines by implementing corrections and working with cross-functional teams to maintain schedules to meet internal and external deadlines. Interview, onboard, and train new full-time and project status employees. Align new employees with appropriate senior members of the team for training and mentoring.Monitor, track, and report the progress toward agreed-upon outcomes using clearly-defined processes, procedures, and protocols for successful implementation.Represent the company as a subject-matter expert internally and externally, including with vendors, cross-functional directors, VPs, and SVPs to troubleshoot and solution ways to reduce risk and meet customer demands.High-level communication skills working with all levels of the organization.Strong interpersonal skills, including a network of relationships and a track record of excellent internal stakeholder management across cross-functional teams; seen as a trusted advisor to team leadership.Ability to translate complex initiatives into more immediate targets and goals across teams.Proven ability to set priorities, manage deadlines, and make data-driven decisions.Sound judgment in assessing risks and making decisions that balance a variety of factors while always maintaining the integrity of the core values of the company and brand.5+ years of management experience in leading a team. Show less Supervisory•Supervised a staff of 6 Reprint Coordinators. Provided training in procedures across all disciplines. •Monitored workloads to establish appropriate priorities. Conducted interviews to hire new employees.•Prepared employee evaluations and monitored performance. Encouraged participation and training opportunities to foster professional growth.•Oversaw staff meetings and implemented trainings to ensure all staff had the tools to do their jobs. •Created plans to resolve issues that impeded staff from uploading corrections in a timely manner.Process Improvements•Developed and tested new tools (including SharePoint tracking) used by all teams to distribute accurate correction information for 20,000+ annual reprint products. •Participated on a team to establish best practices and procedures for implementing corrections. •Worked with Project Manager to test tracking tools and identify bugs in the system.•Generated reports to managers to document progress in corrections process and identify appropriate steps to streamline the process. Cross-Functional Communication•Attended meetings with other managers and directors to establish communication chains and troubleshoot issues. •Maintained positive working relationships with Content Licensing, Academic Design, Marketing, Creative, Manufacturing, Production, and Inventory for both print and digital components.Project Management•Maintained daily documentation of correction information gathered from Academic Design and Content Licensing.•Managed the reprint corrections process for all K-12 Math components—up to 100 titles concurrently—using the established guidelines. •Coordinated with vendors to contract work, run production, and maintain deadlines and budgetary requirements.•Proofread pages, run weekly tracking reports, track corrections, and work with Academic Design to eliminate unnecessary and costly changes. Processed invoices and reconcile discrepancies. Show less Collaborated on a team of corrections coordinators to ensure corrections were made to K-8 Math and High School Social Studies textbooks before classroom implementation. Assisted other coordinators when their workloads became overwhelming. Attended meetings with other departments as a representative of the corrections team. Maintained reprint reports and lists for tracking the items that required corrections. Tracked schedules, managed budgets, generated purchase orders, and worked with other team members to process corrections in a timely manner. Managed outside vendors and internal resources to achieve success. Proofread corrections as necessary and maintained tracking system to record corrections and communicate with internal buyers and external printers.Served as subject matter expert in the field of reprint operations. Show less Collaborated on a team of corrections coordinators to ensure corrections were made to K-8 Math textbooks before classroom implementation. Attended meetings with other departments as a representative of the corrections team. Maintained reprint reports and lists for tracking the items that required corrections. Tracked schedules, managed budgets, generated purchase orders, and worked with other team members to process corrections in a timely manner. Managed outside vendors and internal resources to achieve success. Proofread corrections as necessary and maintained tracking system to record corrections and communicate with internal buyers and external printers. Show less

  • Project Manager - Production

    Oct 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Production & Delivery Manager

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2020

  • Reprint Supervisor

    Dec 2015 - Feb 2019

  • Lead Reprint Coordinator

    Jul 2013 - Dec 2015

  • Senior Reprint Coordinator

    Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Reprint Coordinator

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2010

  • Assistant Reprint Production Editor

    Jul 2004 - Jul 2007
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  Beyond Words Publishing

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Freelance Proofreader
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  Wiley

  Aug 2022 - now

  Senior Manager of Content Transformation

  Manage a team of production managers over a portfolio of 100 academic journals, with an output of more than 2000 articles annually. Drive company and departmental initiatives forward, ensure consistency and efficiency across portfolio, and serve as escalation point for interdepartmental contacts as well as editorial contacts at societies.