Gregory C. Brandenburgh
Union City,CA
Summary
Goals:
Publishing professional with international experience looking for new opportunities in education.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
Work History
Various Marketing Positions
Harper & Row
San Francisco, CA
06.1983 - 06.1989
Vice President/Associate Publisher
Hampton Roads, Red Wheel Weiser
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Responsibilities included the acquisition of ten to fifteen new titles a year, foreign and domestic subsidiary rights, and export sales.
Director of Sales & Marketing
Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Newburyport, MA
01.2007 - 01.2016
- Acquired 10 new titles annually.
- Managed and motivated international sales teams.
- Managed foreign rights, book club, and co-edition business.
Marketing and Editorial Consultant
Self-employed
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Clients have included Oxmoor House, Cowley Publications, Rizzoli USA, Harper San Francisco, and several authors.
Vice President
Thorsons/Element
Boston, MA
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Marketing & Sales
- Directed a North American based proprietary publishing program that generated over $1 million dollars in annual revenue
- Existing content was used to create new product
- Success included The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom (75,000 copies to Barnes & Noble)
- Created and implemented a U.S
- Based publishing program
- Acquired over 25 titles
- Successes included The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells (a One Spirit main selection) and Why I am a Moslem.
Publisher
Fair Winds Press/Packaged Goods
Gloucester, MA
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Directed the packaging division of Rockport Publishers
- Conceived and created product for trade publishers, including Simon & Schuster, Barnes & Noble, Thames & Hudson, and Chronicle Books
- Titles created and sold included: Celebrity Skin, The Nature of the Chinese Character, and Caring for Your Older Dog
- Publisher for a start-up body/mind/spirit publishing program
- First year sales exceeded $1 million dollars in revenue
- Titles published included Feel Good Naked (first serial rights sold to O Magazine), Falun Gong (the official text of the Chinese health movement), and Our Lady of Guadalupe Kit.
North
Element Books
Boston, MA
01.1999 - 01.2000
- American Publisher
- Directed a staff of 15
- Responsible for a budget of $5 million in sales.
Director of Subsidiary Rights
Tuttle Publishing
Boston, MA
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Responsible for selling all subsidiary rights for a list that included over 100 frontlist titles per year and a backlist of over 600 active titles
- Successes included sale of paperback rights of Buddhism Plain & Simple to Broadway Books ($100,000 advance) and co-edition sales of Asian Style (60,000 copies in 5 languages)
Vice President
Harper Collins
San Francisco, CA
01.1993 - 01.1997
- International Publishing
- Established and maintained an import/export publishing program generating annual sales in excess of $3.5 million
- Managed both domestic and foreign rights
- Managed a department of 5 employees.
West Coast Sales Representative
Harper & Row Publishers
01.1981 - 06.1993
Education
TESOL Certificate - Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA05.2022
Master of Arts - English And American Literature
University of Kent
Canterbury, England06.1979
Bachelor of Arts - English
Gordon College
Wenham, MA06.1977
Skills
- Communication
- Leadership
- International Vision
- Creativity
Timeline
Vice President/Associate Publisher
Hampton Roads, Red Wheel Weiser
01.2016 - 01.2021
Director of Sales & Marketing
Hampton Roads Publishing Company
01.2007 - 01.2016
Marketing and Editorial Consultant
Self-employed
01.2004 - 01.2006
Vice President
Thorsons/Element
01.2002 - 01.2004
Publisher
Fair Winds Press/Packaged Goods
01.2000 - 01.2002
North
Element Books
01.1999 - 01.2000
Director of Subsidiary Rights
Tuttle Publishing
01.1998 - 01.1999
Vice President
Harper Collins
01.1993 - 01.1997
Various Marketing Positions
Harper & Row
06.1983 - 06.1989
West Coast Sales Representative
Harper & Row Publishers
01.1981 - 06.1993
TESOL Certificate - Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Arts - English And American Literature
University of Kent
Bachelor of Arts - English
Gordon College
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