Mark Rzeszutek

Experience

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  National Geographic Learning

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2021

  Senior Content Project Manager

  Managed end-to-end Production for ELT textbooks and ancillary products including audio and digital components.Learned and use company software IPS for the publishing process including data entry, budget and schedule tracking. Trained interns and new colleagues on the software.Self-taught Adobe InDesign and Illustrator to handle the rebranding of our product line when the company changed brands.Helped pilot a Print on Demand program with became standard practice and enabled production costs to match order revenue.Managed reprint corrections to backlist. Selected and managed production vendors and freelance copyeditors, photo researchers, and illustrators.Hired, trained, and supervised department interns.Reviewed requests to grant permission for partial product use by teachers. Show less

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  Cengage Group

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2024

  Associate Product Manager, Public & Consortia at Gale, a part of Cengage Group

  Managed three subscription-model software products for the Public market. Managed business relationship with the partner firms.Brainstormed and implemented improvements to products.Interviewed users for product feedback.Supported sales reps by giving demonstrations of product on sales meetings.Supported users by answering questions and solving issues.Presented product updates to sales reps.Monitored the field and competitor products. Learned and used MS SharePoint, Atlassian JIRA, Tableau, and Loopio. Show less

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  Motor City Comic Con

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Staff

  Member of the 'Squad' (staff) for at-convention work. Assistant and runner for the 'Artist Alley': artists selling their work. Answered general questions from convention attendees - the when and where of events, panels, autograph sessions, and more.