
Nadia Geagea Pupa
Managing Editor, Publications at IREM
Summary
Expertise
Process Academic Non-Profit • Author Collaboration • Project Management • Content Management
Technical Adobe Indesign • Acrobat • Illustrator • Photoshop • ePub • Graphic Page Design
Experience
Managing Editor, Publications
IREM / Chicago
(Telecommute Position Since 2014)
• Edits, manages, produces, and designs publications ranging from college textbooks, white paper
reports, interactive PDFs, various eBooks, and the Journal of Property Management (JPM)
• Develops production schedules, organizes, and creates budgets for all publication projects
• Manages freelance copy editors, indexers, and designers to ensure projects are on schedule
• Assists Managing Editor, JPM, with page design and layout, art selection, final stages of production, and scheduling meetings with editorial advisory board
• Attends and reports live via interactive magazine for Annual Fall Leadership conferences and Legislative and Leadership Summits in Washington D.C.
• Collaborates with internal departments to organize student and academic outreach programs for colleges and universities - both nationally and internationally
• Manages confidential peer-review process for publications and works closely with subject- matter experts and authors
• Occasionally attends industry-related events specific to the real estate management industry - in doing so, identifies and networks with appropriate authors for publications
• Currently developing a digital outreach program for all publications
• Develops and administers contractual agreements with authors
Editor (Freelance)
Journal of Education Finance / Chicago
• Edits full-length manuscripts for the Journal of Education Finance
• Maintains strong ties of communication with academic authors
• Manages and oversees page-design process from early stages of production to final distribution
• Coordinates editorial review process with professors and academic authors, while also ensuring that deadlines are met
Editorial Assistant Writer
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Utility Arborist Association (UAA) / Champaign
• Wrote feature and interest articles and coordinated production schedule for Arborist News and Newsline, an international and award-winning publication
• Responsible for copy editing various scientific articles
• Created projects to streamline and organize work flows within the Educational Goods and Services (EGS) Dept.
• Assisted in reviewing educational CDs distributed to Certified Arborists for CEUs
• Coordinated production process and designed the text and cover compositions for books to accompany the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A300 on Tree Care Operations
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BA, English
2005 - 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL BA, English
Illinois Central College
Associate Degree, Journalism
2003 - 2005 Illinois Central College (ICC)
East Peoria, IL Associate Degree, Journalism