Lizette Faraji

Work Experience

Pioneer the development and launch of astronomy’s first two e-texts on re-designed platform; provide best practices to fellow team members launching later e-texts
Manage multiple high-complexity texts and supplements delivered in print and digital formats; maintain high standards of quality work; deliver products on time and under budget
Build schedules; handle status tracking and reporting; maintain key information in production systems
Work effectively with a large group of stakeholders, ranging from highly successful authors to internal stakeholders to freelancers and vendors

Develop engaging content and take photos for the Eaters Gonna Eat Blog by cooking recipes, recording adaptations, and reviewing food-related experiments
Establish Cloud Academy's style guide and copyedit their website for consistency
Edit client's thesis on Haus-Rucker-Co.'s conceptual and material contributions to experimental architecture
Initiate and manage ongoing production of statistics and sociology Aplia projects for the Learning Design Group at Cengage Learning
Write social media content and edit blog posts for Wise Child Consulting, whose clients include Corwin, Hack the Hood, Books that Grow, Pilates ProWorks, and My eLearning Hub
Copyedit client's wedding website, suite of wedding invitations, and ceremony program
Prepare book manuscript citations before copyediting

Prepared content libraries, authoring guidelines, development processes, and reference materials prior to Martindale’s legal website hosting business launch in July 2014
Managed ongoing content operations to launch new law firm websites
Spun up a content marketing program to provide best practices and marketing guidance to customers
Developed a content production strategy to improve customers’ SEO rankings over time
Hired and evaluated freelance copywriters and reviewers

Managed production of new products for Aplia, the largest Ed Tech business unit in the company
Mentored other CLs and authors developing content and technology for multiple Cengage platforms
Worked with cross-functional teams including product management, engineering, quality assurance, and user experience groups to manage complex content and tool development projects
Worked directly with content authors, vendors, freelancers, reviewers, and production staff to ensure assigned projects are delivered on schedule and reflect our editorial standards
Tracked projects from outline through publication, and ensured quality at every stage

Planned, coordinated development, and prepared production of redesigned accounting software, generating $1.5 million in revenue and used by 40,000-plus students
Worked cross-functionally with engineering, quality assurance, and user experience teams to ensure product requirements, software specifications, and time targets are met; managed a budget of $60,000
Thrived in an agile environment: attended tri-weekly status update meetings; drove triage meetings; negotiated project priorities in sprint planning meetings; documented feature requests and sprint commitments using Confluence; tracked bug fixes using JIRA
Hired and managed freelancers to author and review content; upheld high editorial standards for accounting content

Upheld highest editorial standards for 17 products spanning the philosophy, business law, taxation, and business communication disciplines with enrollments of 23,000-plus students
Pioneered the conversion of Aplia’s first product into a mobile-optimized environment
Built realistic, aggressive schedules; advanced online homework modules through reviewing stages by editing in XML; managed relationships with writers and reviewers; analyzed and maintained budget information; created and updated list planning documents and budgets

Exceeded normal responsibilities by filling in as acting project editor for taxation product
Managed and coordinated repairs for escalated content-related bugs

Santa Clara University, 2009, magna cum laude, dual BA in English and Classical Languages and Literatures—Latin
Italian language intensive course, 2007, Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri, Florence, Italy
John Felice Rome Center, 2007, Rome, Italy