Mel Valentin

Background

About Mel Valentin

I am a bilingual senior content project manager with more than 15 years of experience producing high-quality, revenue-generating, profitable, market-leading content across a wide variety of media. Career highlights include: • Reduced costs 15-20% at Lionbridge Legal (formerly Geotext Translations), employing computer-assisted tools, machine translation, machine translation post-editing, and negotiating rates with vendors. • Recognized as top five project manager in revenue generated and projects assigned, producing more than $5 million in revenue and completing more than 4K projects. • Managed print and digital products at Pearson North America, with program budgets more than • Managed more than 80 highly complex, high-priority print and digital products with time-sensitive deadlines at McGraw-Hill Higher Education. • Prepared more than 80 production schedules, managed budgets up to $1 million, and negotiated vendor and freelance rates, saving I am passionate about compelling content, editorial integrity, and brand reputation. Interests include literature, art, music, technology, politics, sports, and education. Key Skills: • Project Management / Budgeting and Financial Management • Content Management / Content Development • Copywriting / Copyediting • Author / Client / Customer Management • CMS and SEO / Social Media Tools / Blogging