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Jen Alt

Name: Jen Alt
Skill Level: Mid Level
Job Status: Full Time
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Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Objectives

To create a more sustainable lifestyle for myself I am relocating to Portland, OR. In alignment with this personal goal, I want to expand my hybrid work experience as a project and sustainability manager, and integrate these roles into a unified task that holds values of sustainability and environmental conservation at its core.

Specialty

EXPERIENCE

NICKELODEON MAGAZINE GROUP New York, NY
Production & Sustainability Manager Jan 2007-Present

Buy for and manage a $3 million dollar high-volume paper inventory — source and shift stocks to eco-friendly options

Manage daily ad production workflow for 2 monthly titles and 8 annual special interest publications

Strategize and manage group environmental efforts, while meeting or beating manufacturing budgets

Develop and implement comprehensive environmental stewardship policy

Oversee multiple vendor relationships with respect to stewardship goals

Contract printer bids, develop schedules and budgets, and oversee production process for specialty publishing units

Coordinate with sales and marketing teams to find the most cost efficient insert concepts that fit clients’ needs

Effectively manage budgets for multiple projects for high-profile clients

Manage digital ad trafficking system and archive

Assist Production Director with estimating manufacturing costs

Manipulate budget modules

Design informational materials on environmental initiatives

Co-author Nick Magazine study in Access Intelligence’s “Case Studies in Outstanding Green Business Practices”

Author and design "A Guide to Printing Responsibly" for use in Nickelodeon creative departments

Co-chair MTVN’s Green Network of People

NICKELODEON MAGAZINE GROUP New York, NY
Production Coordinator April 2005-Jan 2007

Managed ad material and insert scheduling, extensions and trafficking

Communicated and worked with client to produce materials that met the magazine’s specifications, as well as the advertiser’s design concept

Led monthly issue close meetings facilitating communication between editorial, circulation, advertising, marketing and production departments

Reviewed bluelines and went on press for both monthly and special interest publications

Created insert/project mock-ups to promote marketing conceptualization

NICKELODEON MAGAZINE GROUP New York, NY
Production Assistant Oct 2004-April 2005

Flight-checked files, shipped art, routed proofs, maintained communication with external prepress house

ART & AUCTION MAGAZINE New York, NY
Editorial Intern Aug 2004-Oct 2004

GROUPS
SWEEEEET ZINE New York, NY Production Designer & Illustrator
GREEN PUBLISHING STRATEGIES FOLIO: MediaPRO
RED SHED COMMUNITY GARDEN Brooklyn, NY

SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat Professional, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF workflow, QuarkXPress

INTERESTS
Sustainable home-scale agriculture, tap dancing, the outdoors, biking, ballet

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2008 AVEDA Award for Magazine with the Greatest Environmental Impact
2008 Sustainprint.com Award for Newcomer of the Year

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