Maren Vernon

• Publishing Operations Training and Support, Manager
• Random House Children’s Books, Special Projects Managing Editor
• Random House Children’s Books, Senior Managing Editor
• Random House Publishing Group, Associate Managing Editor/Production Editor

Duties Included:

• Managing editorial activities on 35 or more projects per season to ensure high standards of quality control and completion within the production schedule; which also included running biweekly status meetings and communicating with and overseeing around 40 people from various departments at a given time
• Creating reports, forms, and instruction sheets to improve workflow and easily communicate information
• Training and support for application systems
• Setting up, maintaining, and ensuring accuracy of data information in various databases
• Proofreading manuscripts and proofs
• Hiring and supervising freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers

Special Project: Served as project manager for the FileMaker database used by approximately 170 users for title schedule tracking; developed the database working closely with the FileMaker Administrator, created training materials and administered training, and performed maintenance and further development of the system

• Orientation P.L.U.S. Team Student Coordinator

Duties Included:

• Selected and supervised the 20–member team of peer advisors who assisted with student orientation
• Mentored the peer advisors, coordinated and implemented activities for P.L.U.S. team programs and training activities, arranged meetings and speakers, supervised coordination of assignments, as well as other duties assigned by faculty coordinators throughout the year