Canada

Front-end

Full stack

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Andrea Lacson

Senior Software Engineer

Public Speaking

Communication

Problem-solving

Empathy

Team player

JavaScript

Node.js

Angular

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Fostering a good team culture

Responsibilities include:
• Building out the Nest Wealth platform and REST API using Node.js, Angular8, TypeScript, MySQL, Mongo, and Cloud Services.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Technical planning and documentation

• Managed all print and digital metadata for entire publishing catalogue, ensuring that information is consistently kept correct and up to date.
• Worked with a small team to update the House of Anansi Shopify website to newly integrate a book metadata plugin.
• Created keywords for all front and backlist titles to ensure best SEO and discoverability on Amazon. 
• Monitored online sales, examining trends and changes due to keywords assigned to books. 
• Ensured correct metadata on all frontlist titles, conducting thorough audits.

•	Pitched, negotiated and sold foreign rights of titles to different countries. 
•	Drafted and sent submissions to a select client list with the intention of selling rights for front list titles. 
•	Negotiated and drafted permissions agreements for Anansi and Groundwood titles.
•	Processed all department contracts, ensuring that clients have been invoiced, while tracking contractual fulfillment and payments.
•	Booked appointments and strategically organized the Frankfurt Book Fair schedule for president and publisher, editorial director, and rights manager. 
•	Updated Filemaker Pro with information about files sent to foreign publishers, while also maintaining the contact database of possible customers, agents, and scouts in Acumen.

•	Created relevant Amazon keywords for backlist titles, predicting customer search terms through product research. 
•	Inspected ONIX file of the 900+ titles in the database, screening for errors and updating Acumen with correct information. 
•	Uploaded new eBooks and price changes to Coresource, confirming that all metadata is correct.
•	Ensured that product information on the House of Anansi, Amazon, and Indigo websites were all correct and standardized.

•	Participated on the selection of two Indigo Staff Pick of the Month, comparing the content and marketing capabilities of each book. 
•	Hand sold product based on customer’s needs and tailoring recommendations based on their requests. 
•	Reviewed and tested product placements throughout the store, merchandising according to product sales. 
•	Posted promotions and interacted with others through social media on the Indigo Scarborough Town Centre Twitter and Instagram accounts.

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