Jeanne Bertelle has extensive experience in all areas of Human Resources, including employee relations, recruitment, diversity, management training, acquisition and divestiture management, organizational development, succession planning, and compensation. Prior to joining Bert Davis Executive Search Inc., Jeanne was with The McGraw-Hill Companies for 16 years, where she was Senior Director of Human Resources. At McGraw-Hill, Jeanne partnered with a variety of McGraw-Hill businesses including the Professional and Reference Group, the Medical Publishing Group, the Business and Finance Publishing Group, Lifetime Learning, the School Group, the Higher Education Group, and the Computer Information Group.

Prior to McGraw-Hill, Jeanne was with Doubleday & Co. for 11 years, where she was Human Resources Manager. At Doubleday, she was a generalist for the Publishing Group with responsibility for employee relations, recruitment, diversity, training, and compensation.

Jeanne has a BA in English from Brooklyn College, masters credits in Drama from Hunter College, and has completed numerous professional courses at institutions including the Cornell School of Employee Relations and the American Management Association.

Larry Eidelberg, one of the "veterans" at Bert Davis, has been with the firm since 1985. He has stayed this long not because anyone has forced him to, but because he loves recruiting in the publishing and new media fields.

When Larry graduated from New York University, he followed his dream and entered a career in television news production. But after some of life's unexpected twists and turns, he moved into publishing. He taught himself this new business by opening his own company, Shelter Books, where he developed titles for the professional health care market. After three successful years, Shelter was bought by a Swedish conglomerate, Esselte Video, and Larry ran their US operation and published a series of video directories. When that company was sold, he joined Knowledge Industry Publications as Manager of Directory Publishing.

Throughout his publishing career, Larry's focus (and real love) has been the editorial side of the business. When he joined Bert Davis, he immediately started placing editors in all areas that include trade, legal, medical, new technology, and magazines. Larry has built a specific specialty in educational publishing where he has placed many people in the elementary, secondary, English-as-a-Second-Language, and college markets. Larry remembers his days as an editor fondly and, because of that experience, is able to understand the role editors play in the publishing process.

As the publishing and information industries continue to evolve, Larry feels there is still a great deal more opportunity for him to learn and to contribute.

VP, Group Editorial Director for Literacy, ELL, & Contemporary

Leading educational publisher seeks a VP, Group Editorial Director for Literacy, ELL, and Contemporary product.

 Responsibilities:

• Plan and direct editorial development of Literacy, ELL, and Contemporary products for the PreK through adult education market.
• Communicate with authors and consultants during product conceptualization and development to ensure the appropriate focus and configuration of the product.
• Supervise development scope and sequence, prototypes, instructional design, and other key content issues for all product lines.
• With Publisher, create, monitor, and revise Five-Year Strategic Product Plan for Literacy, ELL, and Contemporary.
• Lead the development of the Program Publishing Authorization (business case) for new products.
• Monitor and track development schedules, supervise editorial bids to vendors, and supervise other development tasks to ensure product meets publication dates within budget.
• Work closely with other departments, including Design, Production, and Marketing, to ensure products meet market demands and are successfully launched.
• Identify literacy trends that affect product development.
• Review sales data, margin, and performance of products compared to the plan to determine future product viability and publishing opportunities.
• In conjunction with the Marketing Manager, develop the sales and marketing story for new and revised products based on analysis of market research data and product feedback from the field.
• Working with the editorial team, develop a continuity plan and training program that will develop new employee talent within the department.
• Address employee and staffing issues.

 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Ten or more years of publishing experience.
• Experience in management and execution of major projects.
• Strong PC skills with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products and standard publishing software applications.
• Ability to travel.
• Strong understanding of literacy issues and content.
• Strong understanding of ELL issues.
• Proven record creating successful product for the literacy markets – supplemental and core.

To be considered for this position, please e-mail your resume to Jeanne Bertelle, jbertelle@bertdavis.com, or Larry Eidelberg, Leidelberg@bertdavis.com