Connie McDavid

Current

President/Owner at Sunflower Publishing Services, Inc.
Freelance Artist/Illustrator at Freelance Artist/Illustrator

Past

Freelance Artist at Freelance Artist
Project Manager at Pearson Scott Foresman
Senior Production Supervisor/Coordinator at Pearson Scott Foresman

Project Manager at TSI Graphics
Prepress Coordinator at Pearson Scott Foresman
Production Coordinator at Piper Studios
Production Coordinator at Pearson Scott Foresman
Production/Image Coordinator at Ligature, Inc.

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Education

American Academy of Art

Recommended

6 people have recommended Connie

Connections

232 connections

Industry

Publishing

Connie McDavid’s Summary

Project Manager who provides project management services to publishers and to editorial development houses and helps clients avoid hiring additional employees when extra work and demanding schedules overload staff. A joint venture partnership with Michele Acosta of WT Editorial allows SPS to provide a full range of services including writing, editing, proofreading, and translating.

Connie McDavid’s Specialties:

Problem solver, excellent communication skills

Connie McDavid’s Experience

President/Owner

Sunflower Publishing Services, Inc.

(Publishing industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

• Work with writers, editors, production staff, and managers to produce educational materials including student editions, teacher editions, and ancillaries.
• Create customized functional workflows, procedures, and schedules for large and small publishing projects.
• Create pagination charts/bookmaps and TOCs for elementary, middle/junior high school, and high school ancillary and assessment projects.
• Maintain close contact with client while managing all aspects of large and small publishing projects.
• Provide project management services to publishers and editorial development houses throughout project including editorial, design, production, and prepress stages.

o Manage the project team and the educational product from start to finish.
o Plan, develop, and modify functional workflows and procedures.
o Create detailed batch schedules and update as necessary.
o Keep workflow on track to meet multiple deadlines.
Freelance Artist/Illustrator

Freelance Artist/Illustrator

(Arts and Crafts industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Creating wall murals, illustrations, hand-painted furniture for various clients.
Freelance Artist

Freelance Artist

(Arts and Crafts industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )

Freelance artist commissioned to paint art pieces and
murals for residential and commercial clients.
Project Manager

Pearson Scott Foresman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

September 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Editorial Project Manager (full-time)
• Managed staff of three editorial project coordinators.
• Worked closely with editorial directors, managers, and outside production and design developer groups.
• Created and maintained editorial schedules and workflows.
• Hired staff and outside developers.
• Solved problems as they arose.
Senior Production Supervisor/Coordinator

Pearson Scott Foresman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

• Supervised production coordinators.
• Worked on products in major disciplines.
• Organized and supervised launch meetings.
• Organized and ran status meetings.
• Coordinated a variety of projects.
• Created and maintained schedules and workflows.
• Supervised trafficking of pages between editorial, design, and production.
• Worked closely with editorial and design departments.
• Solved problems as they arose.
Project Manager

TSI Graphics

(Publishing industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

• Managed staff of four.
• Worked closely with authors and clients.
• Created and maintained production schedules and workflows.
• Supervised trafficking of pages between editorial, design,
and production.
• Participated in budget meetings and monitored budgets.
• Solved problems as they arose.
Prepress Coordinator

Pearson Scott Foresman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

• Participated in budget meetings and monitored budgets.
• Hired prepress houses.
• Coordinated prepress files between the production department, prepress houses, and the printer.
• Created database used for page and image tracking.
• Worked with production and design on workflows and schedules.
• Proofed 4-color and black and white printers’ proofs to ensure product quality.
• Solved problems as they arose.
Production Coordinator

Piper Studios

(Publishing industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

• Coordinated a variety of projects.
• Worked closely with authors and clients.
• Created and maintained production schedules and workflows.
• Supervised trafficking of pages between editorial, design,
and production.
Production Coordinator

Pearson Scott Foresman

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )

• Assisted Senior Production Coordinator.
• Coordinated a variety of projects.
• Supervised trafficking of pages between editorial, design, and production.
• Created and maintained workflows and schedules.
• Worked closely with editorial and design departments.
• Solved problems as they arose.
Production/Image Coordinator

Ligature, Inc.

(Publishing industry)

1989 — 1995 (6 years )

Production
• Scanned images and worked on stat machine for production.
• Coordinated a variety of projects.
• Supervised trafficking of pages between editorial, design, and production.
• Created and maintained workflows and schedules.
• Worked closely with editorial and design departments.
• Created databases for various departments.

Image Coordinator
• Prepared images for prepress houses.
• Reviewed proofs for color.
• Met with offsite printers to check accuracy of color and registration before books were printed.

Photo Researcher
• Contacted various photo/stock houses to find appropriate images for design department.
• Sized images and approved color.
• Maintained databases.