Joyce Gonzalez

I have more than 20 years of experience working in educational publishing production and project support roles in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. My background includes workflow coordination, document and asset management, proofing, quality assurance review, freelancer onboarding, tracking systems, photo research, image licensing, cross-team communication, and administrative support. I’m someone who naturally steps in where needed, keeps track of moving pieces, and helps projects stay on course during busy production cycles.

I work well independently, communicate clearly, and enjoy behind-the-scenes operational work that helps production teams function smoothly and efficiently.

Educational Book Publisher – Photo Researcher at The Format Group, LLC (2004-01 – Present)

• Collaborate with clients, the production team, design team and art director on project details and logistics to achieve desired objectives.
• Initiate company and corporate contact for image permission requests via email and phone calls.
• Conduct photo research via stock agencies, company archives, and photographer portfolios.
• Provide copyright holders with project scope and intended image use.
• Acquire image permissions, licenses and usage rights.
• Assist with fact checking and source verification.
• Maintain organized archives, shared server file systems, and image database tracking systems.
• Act as a photo editor by selecting, organizing and ensuring that images meet publication guidelines for print and digital media.
• Created image specifications and naming conventions for publishing assets.
• Reconcile images with book manuscript to ensure correct placement.
• Manage relative production processes, exportation of book credits, and stock agency subscriptions.
• Responsible for photo licensing renewals as needed.
• Coordinated freelance designer outreach, onboarding, contracts, and background check processes supporting high-volume educational publishing production projects.
• Served as Quality Assurance lead.

Educational Book Publisher – Photo Researcher at Steck-Vaughn Company (2003-01 – 2004-12)

• Conducted image and photo research through stock agencies, archive collections, museums, libraries, photographers and corporate collections.
• Acted as a photo editor by selecting, organizing and ensuring that images were relevant to publishing needs and met publication guidelines for print and digital media.
• Provided copyright holder and stock agencies with project-specific scope and intended image use.
• Acquired permissions, licenses and usage rights for images.
• Tracked licensing terms, renewals, expiration dates, and usage restrictions.

Educational Book Publisher – Art Buyer at Harcourt Publisher (2001-01 – 2003-12)

• Conducted research to identify artists, and visual styles that aligned with editorial concepts, design direction, and accompanying text.
• Collaborated with project leaders, editors, production team and designers on project logistics and schedules.
• Created and maintained textbook and ancillary art styles.
• Coordinated freelance artists and illustrators for publishing projects.
• Negotiated pricing, contracts, and terms with artists, artist representatives and stock agencies.
• Received and reviewed artwork from artists and artist representatives.
• Made corrections to digital art.
• Organized and tracked digital art assets, contracts, licenses and project status.
• Acted as a liaison between editor, art director and artists.
• Conducted image status and detail tracking via database software.
• Managed related office and production processes associated with image acquisitions.
• Assisted Photo Researchers with image license renewals as needed.

B.F.A – Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, Tx. A.A. in Studio Art – Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Tx. A.A. in Surgical Technology – Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Tx.