Kim Watkins

• Manage communication between editors, writers, copy, art, photo, imaging, sales, marketing and legal
• Traffic high volume workflow, shipping over 200 files per week to US and international vendors
• Maintain project timetables and meet printer deadlines for all final deliverables
• Assign articles to writers and edit text to adhere to each publication’s brand, voice and style
• Rewrite text deemed problematic by legal and confirm legality of every page
• Coordinate image retouching with internal and external vendors and review color proofs
• Review resumes, conduct interviews and hire support staff and dept freelancers
• Prioritize and track projects, create and distribute daily status updates to team
• Uphold design and style guides and frequently optimize routing processes
• Anticipate issues within the workflow and resolve with creative problem-solving

• Uploaded all digital assets through content management systems utilizing best SEO practices
• Transmitted composed pages to press vendor, checking image resolutions, specs, bleeds and trims
• Coordinated production schedules and editorial calendars, and reviewed ad/edit adjacencies
• Organized, archived, re-sized and color corrected hi-res images and graphics for web

• Produced, wrote, shot and edited narrative and documentary shorts
• Organized casting calls, hired and supervised video crews, booked locations and planned shot lists
• Logged and transcoded footage, executed color correction, audio syncing and file conversions
• Operated cameras, video switchers, audio, lighting and dolly rigging for interviews, live events and b-roll

• Trained, mentored and oversaw freelancers, following budgets, project timelines and processing invoices
• Streamlined workflows and standard operating procedures in collaboration with tech dept
• Trafficked mechanicals, created templates and maintained archives and libraries
• Communicated with printers for all pre-press edit and color corrections with on-site press checks
• Designed materials, catalogs and direct mail items for marketing presentations and media packets
• Color corrected digital files for web, social media and e-commerce apps