Kate Gester
Senior Director, Strategic Projects @ Macmillan
- Role
- Senior Director, Strategic Projects at Macmillan
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kate Gester
Kate Gester is a strategic leader and lifelong reader with a career spanning consulting and publishing, bringing a unique blend of analytical rigor, change management expertise, and a passion for storytelling. She began her career in publishing through internships and bookselling before spending nearly a decade in consulting, leading global transformations, aligning stakeholders, and driving large-scale change strategies. Now, as Senior Director of Strategic Projects at Macmillan, she combines her business acumen with her love for books to drive high-impact initiatives to shape the future of publishing.Kate is a proud Barnard College graduate and welcomes connections from fellow alumnae and industry peers.
Experience
Senior Director, Strategic Projects
Feb 2025 — Present · NY, US
Education
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
High School
Barnard College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Comparative Literature: English and Spanish
Skills
- Qualitative Research
- Depositions
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Research
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Social Media Marketing
- Content Development
- Microsoft Excel
- Sales Analysis
- Marketing Communications
- Microsoft Office
- Powerpoint Development
- Spanish
- Books
- Blogging
- Proofreading
- Social Media
- Publishing
- Copywriting
- Press Releases
- Social Networking
- Newsletters
- Spanish Translation
- Editing
- Marketing
- Data Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
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