Experience

August 2009-present                       PEARSON EDUCATION
Editorial Assistant:

• Project manage revision of higher education textbook
• Support Director of Editorial Services & 14 Editorial Project Managers in their roles by prepping manuscripts, editing supplements, and completing schedule maintenance of Business Publishing supplements
• Facilitate the integration of social media tools into our products and marketing strategy by providing input and creating, managing, and building contained social networks
• Interpret student and instructor responses to manuscripts and revisions, as well as market data, into information on market needs and demands
• Interpret student and instructor responses to manuscripts and revisions into information on market needs and demands
• Determine the effectiveness of text features through study of market data
• Service representatives’ needs and concerns in a casually professional manner
• Support editor by performing regular administrative duties, conducting research, and interpreting data from several databases, reviewers, and reports

May 2009-August 2009                   PEARSON EDUCATION
Editorial Intern:

• Digested market analysis and used personal observations to product worksheets that analyzed key in-house and competitive texts.
• Eliminated redundant data from professor review database by deleting and reconstructing contacts
• Populated and managed in-house library of competitors’ texts
• Obtained permissions for images intended for use in upcoming texts by reaching out to film studios and image houses
• Address representatives’ needs and concerns in a casually professional manner

March 2009 – present                      ACTIVE VOICE
Web designer, Senior Editor

• Design and code http://actvoice.com, the company blog, and http://charlesbivona.com, an aggregate site and blog
• Create graphics and icons that establish a brand and create a consistent image that easily translates across projects
• Implement usability practices and marketing elements into web design and SEO copyediting
• Digest web and social media analytics, information sources, and market reports/trends that inform the daily business decisions and success of the company
• Manage negotiations, contracts, and quarterly IRS filings

April 2008-May 2009                        OBSERVER NEWSPAPER
Copyeditor/Staff Writer:

• Copyedited in AP style under extremely tight deadlines; delivered 250- to 1250-word articles under weekly deadline
• Represented the news and life-and-leisure sections as copyeditor and staff writer at local political and social events
• Conducted grammar and style lessons for non-journalism majors pursuing journalistic endeavors

April 2008-Sept 2008                       RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK
Event Coordinator/Co-founder of the Rutgers-Newark Latino Arts Festival:

• Represented the core of the Latino Arts Festival’s coordinating committee
• Negotiated sponsorship incentives with individual companies
• Researched and implemented alternative and cost-effective media outlets
• Co-wrote with faculty advisor the organization’s press releases

Summer 2007                                        THE WIGHT FOUNDATION
Instructor:

• Instructed sixty inner-city students in 9th grade level mathematics
• Counseled students and their parents in educational and personal issues
• Designed lesson plans and exams, aiding in the design of creative approaches to learning for students with learning disabilities

Dec 2005-June 2007                          TO AND FRO PRODUCTIONS
Production Office Coordinator:

• Created an organizational infrastructure to fit growing demands with limited human resources
• Increased efficiency by establishing company-wide communication standards
• Assisted public relations executive in the coordination and hosting fundraising events
• Screened script submissions as part of my traditional office duties
• Cross-scheduled a forty-member core cast plus crew and extras to facilitate creation of a film schedule