Pete Gaughan
Senior Managing Editor at John Wiley & Sons
- Role
- Senior Managing Editor at Wiley
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Pete Gaughan
Editor and manager of editors. I\'m responsible for author relations, manuscript development, and book design for trade titles in several topic areas. I have principal responsibility for maintaining publication schedules and product quality.I am currently help train a new cadre of managing editors in project management specific to publishing. I\'ve supervised editors and PMs in in-house, domestic freelance, and offshore vendor settings.My experience over 30 years as a professional editor includes technology topics such as programming, operating systems, CGI/animation, and digital photography; PD content for educators and education administrators; academic articles and scientific research papers in biology, sociology, and materials science; and industrial and medical RFPs, license applications, and compliance and procedures documentation.
Experience
Senior Managing Editor
Feb 2020 — Present · Northern California, US
I\'m responsible for trade book production for Wiley\'s Wrox and Sybex imprints for computer professionals and for the Jossey-Bass imprint devoted to education (K-12, higher, and adult). I coach authors, manage freelance editors, plan and execute schedules and budgets, and track the progress of content from submission and development through refinement to publication.
Education
The University of Texas at Arlington
Linguistics
1983 — 1986
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), humanities and languages
1979 — 1983
Skills
- Content Development
- Manuscript Development
- Editorial
- Team Effectiveness
- Custom Publishing
- Editing
- Manuscript
- Organizational Leadership
- Operating Systems
- Program Management
- Chicago Manual
- Academic Publishing
- Grammar
- Online Publishing
- Content Strategy
- Non-Fiction
- Line Editing
- Copy Editing
- Non-Profit Volunteer
- Text Editing
- Web Content
- Technical Writing
- Proofreading
- Publishing
- Textbooks
- Fact-Checking
- Organizational Development
- Books
- Sociology
- Publications
- Public Speaking
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Content Management
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