Margaret McMahon has over 20 years of experience managing content production projects in the education and publishing industries. She is seeking a position in content delivery product management. As a project manager at Pearson Education, she effectively managed the production of college textbooks and supplementary materials, establishing budgets between $5,000-$6,000 and ensuring accuracy and on-time delivery. Prior to her current role, McMahon held production management roles at Addison Wesley Longman and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, overseeing the production of textbooks and maintaining budgets and schedules.

1. MARGARET MCMAHON
14R Stockholm Ave pmcmahon61@comcast.net
Rockport, MA 01966 (978) 546-6771
OBJECTIVE
To secure a full-time position in content delivery product management
PROFILE
Experienced publishing project manager with a proven track record of delivering quality products on time
• Scope planning, schedule development, budget and cost control
• Resource planning, strategy development and application
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Computer skills include: Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Filemaker Pro, Google Apps,
and Interarchy.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Public Communications
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1983
EXPERIENCE
Project Manager, Pearson Education, Boston, MA, 1998-present
• Effectively managed the production of college-level mathematics and statistics textbooks as well as
their supplementary materials.
• Established five- to six-figure budgets and monitored production expenses on each assigned project.
• Worked closely with team members and vendors to preplan production for each project in order to
ensure a timely, cost-effective, and market-appropriate product.
• Hired and supervised outside suppliers and vendors (including designers, copyeditors, proofreaders,
indexers, accuracy checkers, compositors, packaging services, pre-press services, and printers) to
maintain schedule dates and quality standards.
• Was responsible for ensuring accuracy at each stage of proof checking.
Production Supervisor, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, 1991 – 1998
• Managed the production of one-, two-, and four-color college-level texts in the fields of mathematics,
business and economics, and computer science.
• Established and monitored budget of production expenses for these books.
• Responsible for preplanning of production methods and preparation text design.
• Interacted with outside suppliers and vendors in order to maintain schedule dates and quality standards.
• Attended production-related seminars and training sessions in the areas of color printing, desktop
publishing, custom publishing, design, and management skills.
Production Coordinator, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc, 1990-1991
• Managed the production of more than 15 titles, including book/disk packages and reprints.
• Responsible for budget and schedule maintenance for each title in the fields of professional computing
and management skills.
• Provided administrative support for the Production Manager and assisted in training of Production
Assistant.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Unwin Hyman, Inc, Winchester, MA
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Interactive Training Systems, Cambridge, MA
Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY