Lois Polese
Fernandina Beach,FL
Summary
Offering solid foundation in organizational management and passion for learning and developing within dynamic environment. Delivers rapidly adaptable problem-solving skills and strategic mindset critical to operational success. Ready to use and develop project management and process optimization skills in Managing Editor, Publication Ethics role.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
5th Grade Teacher
Faith Christian Academy
08.2019 - Current
- Create lesson plans for 5 courses weekly to correlate with state curriculum standards and devise educational programs to meet educational objectives.
- Increases overall class participation by creating an inclusive environment that values all students' opinions and ideas.
- Deliver engaging lessons to 20+ easily-bored 11-year-olds that incorporate visual aids, group activities, and hands-on experiences.
Office Manager, Volunteer
Christwalk Church
10.2016 - 08.2019
- Developed comprehensive policy manuals outlining procedures and guidelines, contributing to a well-organized workplace culture for a new pastor.
- Maintained positive relationships by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Handled sensitive information with discretion, maintaining confidentiality of company documents and personnel records.
Operations Director
Wiley
12.2013 - 11.2014
- Liaised with colleagues in Finance, Shared Services, and Corporate Operations to enable decision-making and effective business management.
- Instilled culture of continuous performance improvement to ensure new products and services fit operations capabilities and vice versa.
- Identified and reported progress against key performance metrics for commercial products in newly formed innovations team.
Journal Content Management Director
Wiley-Blackwell
05.2007 - 12.2013
- Delivered overall service levels to clients consistent with business-specific commercial criteria (cost, timeliness, and quality).
- Managed staff of Senior Managers around the globe (+50 team members) to produce $250M online and print product with actual costs of $57M.
- Recognized author need for improved speed to publication and initiated, researched, developed, and implemented 15-day web production workflow (improvement of 75%). Won Wiley's Pacesetter Award.
- Launched Wiley's first Open Access titles as content management lead.
- Partnered with colleagues and vendors to scale production work by outsourcing appropriate responsibilities for cost savings of +$4M.
- Directed the global journal content management process.
Senior Managing Editor
John Wiley & Sons
07.2003 - 05.2007
- Established printing and distribution of journals from Singapore; resulting in higher color quality of images and 35% savings.
- Supervised and developed 11-person staff of Editors, Managing Editors, and Assistants for 32 online and print titles that garnered $25M in revenues with budget of $3M.
- Developed annual publication schedules and cost budgets.
Assistant Manager
Elsevier Science Inc
05.1998 - 07.2003
- Initiated exploratory team to create and establish total digital workflow. Convinced and trained demanding society clients to send quality electronic files. Resulted in quick adoption of peer review system, fewer production problems, and faster publication time.
- Isolated and implemented measures in workflow, design, and printing that resulted in $3M cost savings.
- Trained entire staff on new content management system.
- Confirmed procedures and input from Art, Editorial, Advertising, and Manufacturing Departments met QA standards for electronic and print products.
- Supervised production of 20 in-house society journals with revenues of $30M.
- Directed cost-effective electronic and print publication of 150 STM journals and clinics.
Senior Production Editor
Elsevier Science Inc.
10.1993 - 05.1998
- Lead production of prestigious medical journal with important society affiliation and heavy advertising revenue.
- Provided direction and quality control: copyedited articles, designed pages, wrote type specifications.
Editorial Assistant
Kraus International Publications
10.1992 - 10.1993
- Hired and instructed freelance writers and artists.
- Guided team meetings, conducted lectures and workshops as colleague-elected Resource Team Leader in Total Quality Management program.
Education
Master of Arts - Comparative Literature
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY01-1997
Bachelor of Arts - English Major, Education Minor
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY01-1992
Certification - Medical Records And Health Information Technician
Southeastern College
Jacksonville, FL01-2016
Skills
- Procedure development/optimization
- Effective communication
- Relationship building
- Deliverables oversight
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Adaptability and flexibility
Timeline
5th Grade Teacher
Faith Christian Academy
08.2019 - Current
Office Manager, Volunteer
Christwalk Church
10.2016 - 08.2019
Operations Director
Wiley
12.2013 - 11.2014
Journal Content Management Director
Wiley-Blackwell
05.2007 - 12.2013
Senior Managing Editor
John Wiley & Sons
07.2003 - 05.2007
Assistant Manager
Elsevier Science Inc
05.1998 - 07.2003
Senior Production Editor
Elsevier Science Inc.
10.1993 - 05.1998
Editorial Assistant
Kraus International Publications
10.1992 - 10.1993
Master of Arts - Comparative Literature
St. John's University
Bachelor of Arts - English Major, Education Minor
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Certification - Medical Records And Health Information Technician
Southeastern College
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