JOANNA GOJLIK
Journals Production Manager
Summary
Managing Production Editor for flagship IEEE journals/magazines such as Proceedings of the IEEE and Computer and other transactions and journals. Editor with experience in technical/scientific text copyediting and journal managing. Able to manage multiple tasks at once; highly organized, goal oriented, and motivated; able to meet deadlines and work under pressure. Strong professional with a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Liberal Studies with orientation in International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Journalism and Professional Writing.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Journals Production Manager
IEEE
10.2019 - Current
- Managing a portfolio of journals and magazines (about 45,000 pages per year) through the editorial/production process, by effectively using a combination of external and internal editorial resources to ensure cost-effective processing of content
- Timely production of journals content by working with authors, volunteers, vendors, and staff to ensure that all steps in the production process are completed on schedule and at a high level of quality
- Advising EICs about IEEE policies, processes, and product management concerns
- Communicating with volunteer EICs, editorial offices, and/or Guest Editors about receipt of materials or special instructions (e.g., articles, issues)
- Overseeing the training and monitoring of external editorial resources employed by vendor partners on publications from manuscript acceptance to publication online and/or print, including editorial and production work
- Ensuring complete delivery of final publication materials from the external editorial resources (e.g., XML meta-data, print PDF, IEEE Xplore PDF, etc.) and multimedia files (handled in house)
- Supervisorial responsibility for monitoring the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of work performed by external editorial resources
- Assisting Managing Editors in training and development of external editorial resources, including, but not limited to education of IEEE house editorial style and editorial quality checks at both article and issue levels
- Assisting authors with every aspect of the production process, including use of IEEE’s Digital Tools.
Journals Coordinator
IEEE
12.2013 - 10.2019
- Managing a portfolio of journals through the editorial/production process, by effectively using a combination of external and internal editorial resources to ensure cost-effective processing of content
- Timely production of journals content by working with authors, volunteers, vendors, and staff to ensure that all steps in the production process are completed on schedule and at a high level of quality
- Ensuring quality of all material by reviewing content edited by external editorial resources for accuracy and consistency, using quality checks and feedback at various stages of production
- Monitoring skill level of and providing efficient education and knowledge to external editorial resources
- Advising EICs about IEEE policies, processes, and product management concerns
- Overseeing the training and monitoring of external editorial resources employed by vendor partners on publications from manuscript acceptance to publication online and/or print, including editorial and production work
- Assisting authors with every aspect of the production process, including use of IEEE’s Digital Tools
- Communicating with volunteer EICs, editorial offices, and/or Guest Editors about receipt of materials or special instructions (e.g., articles, issues).
Senior Editor
IEEE
10.2010 - 12.2013
- Editing technical text including artwork
- Managing received manuscripts, assigning them for upcoming issues, keeping in contact with the authors and the Editor-in-Chief
- Managing each aspect of the production schedule for a portfolio of assigned publications
- Providing editorial/administrative support for other editors
- Helping the Managing Editor with organizing all publications
- Supervising unassigned publications.
Associate Editor
IEEE
09.2007 - 10.2010
- Editing technical text including artwork
- Managing received manuscripts, assigning them for upcoming issues, keeping in contact with the authors and the Editor-in-Chief
- Managing each aspect of the production schedule for a portfolio of assigned publications
- Processing color artwork
- Providing editorial/administrative support for other editors
- Helping the Managing Editor with organizing all publications
- Supervising unassigned publications.
Assistant Editor
IEEE
12.2005 - 09.2007
- Editing technical text including artwork
- Managing received manuscripts, assigning them for upcoming issues, keeping in contact with the authors and the Editor-in-Chief
- Processing color artwork.
Editorial Assistant
IEEE
06.2004 - 12.2005
- Tracking manuscripts received from the authors, sending them for conversion, organizing the paperwork for each manuscript
- Keeping in contact with the authors regarding the format of received manuscripts, processing color graphics, scheduling papers
- Providing in-house clerical support for editorial stuff including author contact for corrections, color artwork processing, manuscript preparation for entrance into the manuscript tracking database, sending galley proofs to authors, assigning DOIs (digital object identifiers) to each manuscript, creating the table of contents, entering authors’ alterations, rescheduling the papers
- Performing mid-level editing.
Education
MA - Liberal Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NCProfessional Certificate - Editing
New York University
BA - Journalism and Professional Writing
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJAA - Liberal Arts
Raritan Valley Community College
North Branch, NJSkills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Front Page)
Microsoft Works
some HTML
Quark XPress
Photoshop
Unix
Epic
Adobe
Manuscript editing
Editing and proofreading
Digital publishing
Websites
Activities
- Dean's List. Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003.
- President's List. Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003.
- National Dean's List, 2001 and 2002.
- Art Exhibition. Black and White photographs featured twice at the Raritan Valley Community College Art Gallery during Student Exhibition. Spring and Fall 2000.
- Phi Thetta Kappa International Honor Society. Inducted Spring 2001.
- Golden Key Honor Society. Inducted Spring 2002.
Journalism Experience
- Public Relations Intern, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ, 01/2003, 05/2003, Writing press releases, creating a newsletter, interviewing library guests, appearances, and employees, research.
- Photo Editor, Photographer, and Writer, Unbound magazine, http://www.tcnj.edu/~unbound/, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, 01/2002, 05/2003, Editing photographs, researching images, requesting permission to use images from various sources, shooting photographs for upcoming issues, managing photo team, writing feature articles.
- Reporter and Writer, The Signal newspaper, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, 09/2001, 01/2002, Reporting and writing news stories from the college's campus, interviewing professors, students and others involved in college's life, writing movie reviews in a weekly column.
- Reporter, The Record newspaper, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ, 01/2001, 05/2001, Reporting and writing news stories from college's campus.
Timeline
Journals Production Manager
IEEE
10.2019 - Current
Journals Coordinator
IEEE
12.2013 - 10.2019
Senior Editor
IEEE
10.2010 - 12.2013
Associate Editor
IEEE
09.2007 - 10.2010
Assistant Editor
IEEE
12.2005 - 09.2007
Editorial Assistant
IEEE
06.2004 - 12.2005
MA - Liberal Studies
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Professional Certificate - Editing
New York University
BA - Journalism and Professional Writing
The College of New Jersey
AA - Liberal Arts
Raritan Valley Community College