Meredith Snyder
About Meredith Snyder
Meredith Snyder is the Director of Operations at Zeitgeist, a division of Penguin Random House, where she manages production, scheduling, and budgeting for various projects.
Current Role as Director of Operations at Zeitgeist
Meredith Snyder is currently working as Director of Operations at Zeitgeist, part of Penguin Random House. In this role, she oversees the Production Editorial, Managing Editorial, and Production departments. Snyder advises her direct reports on prioritization and complex projects, ensuring alignment with Zeitgeist's overall strategy. She creates and maintains workflow processes, refines documentation, and manages planning, scheduling, and budgets to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Snyder also liaises with printing partners to negotiate pricing and schedule projects.
Previous Roles at Penguin Random House
Before becoming Director of Operations at Zeitgeist, Meredith Snyder held several positions at Penguin Random House. She was a Senior Project Manager from 2019 to 2022 and a Project Manager from 2018 to 2022 in the Greater New York City Area. She also served as Associate Project Manager, Special Markets Proprietary Sales from 2016 to 2022, and as an eBook Production Associate from 2014 to 2019 in New York, NY. Her various roles enabled her to gain extensive experience in project management, sales, and ebook production.
Experience at HarperCollins Publishers
Meredith Snyder worked at HarperCollins Publishers as an Assistant Production Editor from 2013 to 2014, and as a Temporary Ebook Production Assistant in 2013. Her time at HarperCollins allowed Snyder to develop foundational skills in production editing and ebook creation, further advancing her expertise in the publishing industry.
Educational Background and Early Career
Meredith Snyder studied Creative Writing and achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she attended from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, she was a student at the NYU Summer Publishing Institute and studied at Richmond, The American International University in London. Early in her career, Snyder held roles such as Managing Editor at The Publishing Laboratory and interned at The Brooklyn Arts Center. She also worked as an Office Assistant and a Desk Receptionist at UNC Wilmington.
Key Responsibilities as Director of Operations, Zeitgeist
In her current role, Meredith Snyder is responsible for several critical functions at Zeitgeist. She creates capacity forecasts to address gaps in capacity restrictions and goals and maintains profit and loss statements (P&Ls) to ensure projects are on budget and profitable. Snyder performs weekly, quarterly, and yearly sales reports to track title performance against projected growth and business goals. She organizes and hosts team meetings, collaborates with internal rights teams, and strategizes with department leads to resolve ongoing issues and plan for the future. Additionally, she manages invoices and payment schedules for authors and freelancers.