JON CHAPPELL


Author, Writer, Editor

A senior-level editorial director, well-versed in multiple media formats, offering vision and leadership in traditional and new-media publishing environments.


Summary of Qualifications
•  Over 12 years' experience serving in senior editorial roles, managing personnel and meeting regular production deadlines.
•  Proven ability to launch new titles and improve existing products.
•  Able to manage projects from conception to completion, on time and within budget.
•  Equally expert in traditional as well as new-media publishing technologies.
•  Experienced in operations of million-dollar business with proven record overseeing key areas, including technology purchasing and operating budgets.
•  Professional, prolific writer, able to contribute features, interviews, reviews, and columns on a wide variety of subjects, in B2B, consumer, and technical formats.
Highlights & Achievements
•  Produced 20 consumer and trade titles annually, including 12 monthly issues, six bi-monthly issues, and two semi-annual Buyer’s Guides.
•  Turned around editorial focus of established but foundering title, increasing subscriber and single-copy sales by 46% in 11 months.
•  Managed $1.5 million annual operating budget.
•  Designed and developed XML-based content-management system for international publishing company, combining text, audio, images, and video assets.
•  Published author, including three books in the highly successful “Dummies” series, plus articles in The New York Times and Wired.

Experience

2000-2002 CONTENT DIRECTOR - MUSIC PLAYER NETWORK

1998-2000 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, GUITAR MAGAZINE

1997-2000 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HOME RECORDING MAGAZINE

1988-1997 PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR, CHERRY LANE MUSIC CO.

Author Credits

Educational Background


References available on request.

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