Tanya Y. Coachman

Past

managing editor, MFE/Developer at Hanley Wood
managing editor at AFCEA
superviser, editing and training at American Psychological Association

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Education

Howard University

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Industry

Publishing

Tanya Y. Coachman’s Summary

Publications professional with broad experience in editorial operations management for trade and nonprofit publishers. Responsibilities have encompassed coordination of production process from start to finish, including creating schedules and enforcing deadlines, conceptualizing story and art/layout ideas, establishing editorial style, copy editing/proofreading, tracking editorial/art budget, managing freelancers, and recruiting and training staff. Track record for quickly coming up to speed on new topics, rescuing stories from disaster and meeting tight deadlines. Strong reputation as an organized, detail-oriented multi-tasker. Key competencies include substantive and technical editing for accuracy, punctuation and grammar according to AP, Chicago Manual, GPO and APA styles.

Tanya Y. Coachman’s Specialties:

Key competencies include substantive and technical editing according to AP, Chicago Manual, GPO and APA styles.
QuarkXPress 6; Microsoft Word online editing; Basic HTML; Web Content Loading/Editing System; FTP Clients; Windows XP; Excel; FastTrack; K4 Content Management and Adobe InCopy CS3; Front-end Web tagging/meta data tagging; Tridion Content Management system

Tanya Y. Coachman’s Experience

managing editor, MFE/Developer

Hanley Wood

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

March 2008 — February 2009 (1 year)

Managed the production of monthly and bimonthly magazines (22 issues annually) targeted to the residential/commercial building industry, which included the following: designing and maintaining schedules; tracking copy and art; establishing and enforcing deadlines; assigning and supervising the work of outside contributors and freelance writers, including preparing and tracking their contracts and invoices; managing workflow; brainstorming story ideas with editor and senior editors; doing first and second edits for print and online stories as well as blogs; interviewing industry executives for selected Q&As in the magazine; writing story briefs, interview summaries, and tables of contents, as well as heads, decks, captions; working with editor and art director to develop layouts, choose art, and brainstorm ideas for the cover; doing final reads on boards.
managing editor

AFCEA

(Non-Profit; Defense & Space industry)

November 2000 — March 2008 (7 years 5 months)

Managed the production of monthly technology magazine and monthly online newsletter (24 issues annually): recruited, trained and supervised editorial staff; oversaw production process, including establishing and enforcing house editorial style, editing and assigning editing of all copy, proofreading final copy, and reviewing and approving bluelines/digital proofs as well as coordinating paid ad placement with the advertising and art directors and arranging house ad placement with internal promotions staff; developed and maintained production schedules (using FastTrack scheduling software) and coordinated production revisions/updates with the printer; prepared the monthly imposition for the magazine. In addition to these tasks, I was deeply involved in annual theme, special report, and conference coverage and planning as well as publication and Web site redesign.
superviser, editing and training

American Psychological Association

(Publishing industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Trained and supervised up to six in-house staff and several freelancers in editorial style, production procedures, planning of work to adhere to production schedules, negotiation with authors and record-keeping. Reviewed trainees’ manuscripts (hard copy and online) and proofs at various stages of production to ensure quality standards. Conducted workshops and training sessions on style and procedures. Developed and revised training materials and other in-house references for use by Journals production staff and made recommendations to refine training process, improve production models, and uphold departmental goals. Drafted performance evaluations, budgets for journal expenses and production schedules.

Tanya Y. Coachman’s Education

Howard University

BA , journalism and education , 1986 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

worked on the school paper, The Hilltop, and the lab paper, The Community News