jill balzano

* Created and managed comprehensive project plans for numerous print, digital and video projects, including all levels of product development * Enforced timelines and deadlines for projects * Led weekly product status meetings with content and business teams * Handled communications with outside vendors and resources, as well as in-house * Helped track spending and budgets for projects

* Maintained and managed files and schedules for numerous projects; partook in bi-weekly schedule meetings * Helped process invoices, created memos and filed archives * Handled communication and relationships with outside vendors and printers * Helped manage e-books

* Managed book projects from the start of production through publication * Enforced deadlines for projects with Editorial and freelancers * Handled communications with outside vendors * Reviewed images, covers, and page proofs for each project * Distributed files to vendors for printing and publication

* Create and manage project schedules for numerous books from contract signing through production and publication * Create and maintain author relationships * Hire freelance copy editors and oversee all freelance schedules * Distribute files to vendors for printing and asset creation * Work closely with the Editorial and PR teams for each book * Maintain project sites for books and monitor book data and information * Submit and process author advances and vendor invoices