senior acquisitions editor, architecture and design at John Wiley and Sons
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- senior acquisitions editor, architecture and design, at John Wiley and Sons
- Past
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- acquisitions editor, architecture and design, at John Wiley and Sons
- associate editor at Architectural Record magazine
- urban designer at Urban Strategies
- architectural designer at Kahler Slater
- editor in chief at Crit, national journal of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
- planner at E jj Olson and Associates
- architectural intern at Flad & Associates
- research and editorial intern at American Institute of Architects
- freelance writer at CNI Newspaper
- Education
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Pius XI High School
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John Czarnecki’s Summary
Acquiring, editing, and publishing books for practicing architects, interior designers, urban designers and planners, and preservation professionals. Also, freelance writing related to those professions.
John Czarnecki’s Experience
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senior acquisitions editor, architecture and design,
John Wiley and Sons
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
As acquisitions editor, I sign and publish books written for practicing architects, interior designers, urban planners, and preservation professionals. Reporting to VP/Publisher, I am responsible for managing most of the titles that Wiley publishes in its partnerships with both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Titles include The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice by AIA, Sustainable Urbanism by Doug Farr, Retrofitting Suburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson, and Preservation of Modern Architecture by Theodore Prudon.
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acquisitions editor, architecture and design,
John Wiley and Sons
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2003 — June 2008 (5 years 1 month)
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associate editor
Architectural Record magazine
(Public Company; mhp; Publishing industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
For three years, I was an associate editor for Architectural Record, the magazine of the AIA, published by McGraw-Hill and based in New York. As the editor of Record’s news section, reporting directly to editor in chief Robert Ivy, I wrote and edited much of the magazine’s coverage of the 9/11 disaster and subsequent Ground Zero planning. I was part of Record's editorial team that won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2003.
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urban designer
Urban Strategies
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Urban designer for firm in Toronto, working on projects in the United States including Fan Pier in Boston and Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York. Managed international competitions that resulted in selection of architects (Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner for Genzyme headquarters (LEED Platinum)) and landscape architects for a development in Cambridge, Mass.
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architectural designer
Kahler Slater
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
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editor in chief
Crit, national journal of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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planner
E jj Olson and Associates
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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architectural intern
Flad & Associates
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
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research and editorial intern
American Institute of Architects
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
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freelance writer
CNI Newspaper
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
1988 — 1995 (7 years)
John Czarnecki’s Education
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.S.A.S., MArch, MUP , architecture and urban planning
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
Master of Architecture
Master of Urban Planning -
Pius XI High School
Additional Information
John Czarnecki’s Websites:
John Czarnecki’s Groups:
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- 2005 New York Representative on AIA's National Associates Committee (NAC)
- New York chapter of US Green Building Council
- 2008, public member of zoning committee of Manhattan's Community Board 2
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Social Media Today -
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National Trust for Historic Preservation -
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Wiley Employees & Former Employees -
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The American Institute of Architects -
American Planning Association -
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning -
Sustainable construction and planning -
United States Green Building Council (USGBC) -
Collaborative BIM Advocates -
AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community -
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) -
Center for Architecture and AIA New York -
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Green & Design -
Society for College and University Planning -
American Institute of Architects, Committee on Architecture for Education
John Czarnecki’s Honors:
- Named one of 10 recipients of the 2003 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate of the Last Decade Award.
- I was part of Architectural Record's editorial team that won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2003.
- The book Sustainable Urbanism by Doug Farr, which I published, was named one of two finalists in the architecture & urban planning category of the 2008 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. The award is given by the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.
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