Steven Pippin has more than two decades of publishing experience in consumer and trade magazines with a particular emphasis on mission-driven and enthusiast titles.  A veteran of both circulation and general magazine operations, he has worked successfully for titles and organizations as diverse as the design magazines Print and I.D. (where he served as publisher), Horticulture, Sail, Shutterbug, Microsoft's MS Systems Journal, and Nation's Restaurant News, as well as the Atlantic Monthly, Commentary, and Out (where he served as the company's president).
 
Among the assets he brings to your organization:

• Top-to-bottom knowledge of magazine publishing
• In-depth knowledge of all aspects of circulation and direct mail
• Skilled at assembling high-performance teams
• Inspires staff loyalty; can "talk the language" of creative side
• Insight into how to get the most out of ad teams, printers, fulfillment
• Adept at launches, turnarounds and repositionings of titles
• Experienced in evaluation of media properties and due diligence

While meeting or exceeding owners' bottom-line financial expectations, Steve Pippin also knows how to foster the indescribable "buzz" that defines a magazine and excites the community that it serves. Print earned its 2005 National Magazine Award for General Excellence under his leadership. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University.

Steve can help your organization in any of the following areas:

Strategic Planning - Partnerships

Modeling – Budgeting – Forecasting

Ad Sales Management – Marketing – Rate Card Strategy

Commission, Incentive Programs

Fulfillment Service Evaluations – Renewals/Requalifications

Annuals, Special Issues, Ancillary Products

Single Copy Sales – Subscription Source Analysis
 
ABC/BPA – Staff Training – Competitions

Launches/Relaunches – Acquisitions

Special Projects – Staffing Analysis – Subscriber Studies
 

(914) 747-0447
sp [at] stevenpippin [dot] com