Newsela

• Lead implementation & onboarding. Own how Newsela’s assessment products get stood up for customers, including onboarding, configuration and go-live support for strategic and key accounts. • Deliver ongoing advisory & support. Build a team and a playbook that deepens the assessment relationship between Newsela and key accounts. This may include score interpretation, additional assessment needs, data coaching, and usage reviews that drive renewal-worthy outcomes. • Manage assessment migration & content services. Oversee assessment migration and content services with clear scoping and quality standards. • Lead the team. Hire, coach, and develop a team of individual contributors. Set clear expectations, run a healthy operating cadence, and create the conditions for people to do their best work. • Operationalize and optimize the function. Optimize the intake, prioritization, and capacity model that lets the team scale without sacrificing quality. Document what works and change what doesn’t. • Partner cross-functionally. Work side-by-side with other functional teams to make sure assessment services is a force multiplier for the broader business. • Be a voice of the customer. Translate what you see in the field back into product and content priorities. Bring evidence, not anecdotes.

Role Description The Assessment Services Specialist is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on delivering high-quality assessment services to assigned accounts. You’ll work day-to-day with district and school stakeholders and help turn assessment expertise into real customer value. - Support implementation & onboarding. - Help stand up Newsela’s assessment products for assigned accounts, including onboarding, configuration, and go-live support. Be the steady hand customers can count on during launch. - Deliver ongoing advisory & support. - Partner with customers to deepen their use of Newsela assessments. This may include score interpretation, surfacing additional assessment needs, data coaching, and usage reviews that drive renewal-worthy outcomes. - Execute assessment migration & content work. - Carry out assessment migration and content services for assigned accounts with attention to scope, quality, and timelines. - Own your accounts. - Manage your portfolio of customer engagements end-to-end: scope, schedule, communicate, and deliver. Escalate early when something needs help. - Document and improve. - Capture what works in playbooks, templates, and reusable artifacts so the team gets stronger with every engagement. - Partner cross-functionally. - Work side-by-side with Customer Service, Sales, Product, and Content. Be a reliable, easy-to-work-with teammate. - Be a voice of the customer. - Bring patterns and signal from your customer work back to the team. Evidence over anecdotes. Qualifications - A combination of 5+ years of experience in K-12 EdTech, assessment, and/or customer-facing professional services. - An understanding of formative and/or interim assessments including how they’re built, how they’re used, and how educators actually make decisions from the data. - Strong written and verbal communication; equally comfortable writing a clear customer email and walking a district leader through a data conversation. - Organized and dependable. You manage multiple workstreams without dropping the ball and you’re proactive about flagging when something needs attention. - Comfort with ambiguity. You’re a problem solver who can make progress without a fully defined playbook in front of you. - A genuine interest in assessment, how educators use data to improve teaching and learning, how administrators use it to make decisions and how we can deepen our assessment relationship within each account you work with. You don’t need to be an expert yet — you do need to want to become one. Requirements - Bonus points for background as a former educator, instructional coach, or district-level assessment leader. - Prior experience working on a services, implementation, or customer success team at an EdTech or assessment company. - Exposure to additional types of assessment beyond formative and/or interim assessments and how they’re used in schools. - Familiarity with standards frameworks, item-writing concepts, or psychometric basics. - Experience working in a product-led organization where services and product partner closely. Benefits - Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul. - We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs! - Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more! - Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes an employer match to help you build long-term financial security. - Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st). - Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela. - No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers. Company Description Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.

• Ship full-stack features with measurable product impact. • Provide substantive code review, architectural feedback, not just approvals. • Serve as a first responder for production issues (within working hours): triage, root cause, and preventive measures recommendations. • Improve the team's engineering practice over time: tooling, agentic workflows, technical standards, and documentation that lives where work happens. • Translate product requirements into a technical approach and communicate the reasoning.

Role Description As a School Sales Representative, you will be part of a national sales team and the face of Newsela out in the market. Reporting to the Director of Sales, you will be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the school level. You will sell Newsela’s suite of products, with a specific focus on driving Formative product sales by expanding relationships within Newsela’s existing school and district customer base. In your day-to-day, you will handle everything from pipeline management and forecasting, to driving sales through the entire lifecycle. You will also become well-versed in your territory’s funding, state initiatives, demographics, and K-12 education landscape, which will help inform your overall sales strategy. This is a fully remote role and an exciting opportunity to have an impact on students and teachers to get the support they need to thrive! What You'll Be Doing - Own your territory and manage the entire lifecycle of a sale. - Build new business relationships that bring Newsela’s solution to classrooms. - Achieve your own revenue targets while working with a cross-functional team. - Directly impact the expansion and adoption of Newsela products. - Drive Formative product sales by focusing on Newsela's existing school and district customer base. Qualifications - 1+ years hitting or exceeding your quota of selling K-12 EdTech (Education Technology) SaaS products required. - Proven experience owning the full sales cycle with a strong track record of closing deals. - Demonstrated expertise in seamlessly navigating multiple stakeholders to engineer the right solution for each customer. - Proven track record in high-volume, short-cycle sales with the ability to build a book of business. - Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can drive sales quickly to a close. - Experience as a teacher or understanding of pedagogy preferred, but not required. - Experience using AI tools to drive greater efficiency and productivity. - Legally authorized to work in the US. - All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check as part of our pre-employment process. Benefits - Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. - Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer, and more. - Fully remote company with a monthly tech stipend to support WFH needs. - Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more. - 401(k) plan with employer match to help build long-term financial security. - Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st). - Annual learning and development allowance for external training sessions, classes, workshops, and conferences. - Work contributes to improving the lives of students and teachers. Company Description Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.

• Manage 25 to 35 enterprise accounts, including some of the largest district accounts in the country. • Utilize data, our tech stack (including Gainsight, Salesforce/SFDC, and Gong), and customer insights to drive company results in product adoption, renewal, and expansion. • Leverage frameworks for your work while still maintaining autonomy and discretion to personalize your approach to partnership with each district based on their goals and needs. • Drive successful business reviews with clients and manage an assigned portfolio of clients and related OKRs. • Own client success planning for your accounts; you'll ask discovery questions, employ active listening skills, and synthesize client goals for successful renewal. • Have a direct impact on the expansion and adoption of Newsela products, which will ultimately scale Newsela’s ability to bring engaging, culturally responsive learning content to K-12 classrooms nationwide. • This role requires significant autonomy, representing the company in the market, making recommendations that impact strategy and results, and managing priorities independently. • Exercise discretion and independent judgment on matters of significance, including evaluating customer needs, structuring tailored solutions, negotiating within established guidelines, and influencing revenue and business outcomes.

• Seeking to hire a Senior Analytical Engineer - Contractor based out of Mexico or Argentina for Newsela's Internal Data Team. • We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to join our data team. • Reporting to the Hiring Manager, you will be responsible for applying data engineering best practices to analytics code to transform, test, and document data. • You will provide clean and organized data sets to end users. • You will be provide expert code reviews and mentorship to other engineers in the data space. • You will be responsible for building and maintaining composable data models, as well as optimizing SQL query performance for the models you build. • You will transform raw data into business insights, working closely with stakeholders and developing analyses to answer critical business questions. • You will create data visualizations and help stakeholders explore and understand the data visualization tools available to them.

Role Description This is a project-based independent contractor engagement focused on supporting print production deliverables during the summer production cycle. We are seeking a detail-oriented, self-starting Print Production Coordinator with specific experience in the K-12 education sector for a summer contract starting in early June. In this engagement, you will provide print production coordination support across curriculum, editorial, and design stakeholders to help ensure successful delivery of summer production materials. Because this position is fully remote, you must be highly motivated, comfortable working independently across time zones, and proficient at managing a digital workflow. Primary services will include: - Supporting print QA reviews - Tracking production status updates - Coordinating feedback across stakeholders to support timely delivery of print-ready files Qualifications - Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in print production or editorial QA specifically within K-12 educational publishing (textbooks, workbooks, or supplemental materials) - Proven track record of successfully managing production workflows in a fully remote environment - Experience working with nearshore, offshore, or international design partners - Strong experience using Google Sheets for asset tracking and status reporting - Proven experience checking complex, multi-page layout files against raw manuscripts or scripts - A keen eye for consistency, typos, line wraps, overlapping text, and layout spacing - Familiarity with navigating nearshore time-zone overlaps (e.g., EST/CST matching well with LATAM hours), preferred - Legally authorized to work in the US Requirements - Meticulously review print layout design files against master curriculum scripts to ensure total accuracy in content, formatting, and sequencing - Support communication and coordination between internal content stakeholders and external design partners - Provide production coordination support, communicate layout feedback, and respond to production-related questions as needed throughout the project lifecycle - Track project status updates, version control, and production assets using shared project management tools - Proactively identify and elevate complex page-fitting, copy-fitting, or layout issues to content experts and editorial leads for timely resolution Benefits - This role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits Project Timeline - June 2026 – August 2026 (2-Month Contract with the potential to extend 1 additional month through September based on project needs and performance) Company Description Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.

• We are seeking a Learning Experience Designer (LXD) to be a key driver in the development and production of high-quality instructional materials for our supplemental K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) product. • Material Authoring: Directly write, design, and structure detailed lessons, activities, and student worksheets/interactives based on established instructional models and product specifications. • Text Selection and Editing: Identify, vet, and edit grade-appropriate student-facing texts to ensure they align with ELA learning objectives. • Assessment Design: Develop clear and concise assessment items and rubrics that effectively measure student progress against specific learning outcomes and standards. • Quality Assurance: Review and provide editorial and pedagogical feedback on content drafts ensuring accuracy and engagement. • Apply fundamental principles of learning science, including best practices for reading comprehension and language acquisition. • Ensure all content development adheres to relevant state ELA standards. • Design materials with embedded scaffolds and strategies for diverse learners. • Work effectively with freelance contributors and other learning experience designers to ensure content quality.

Role Description We are seeking a skilled Educational Data Analyst to join our dynamic team. This role involves direct interaction with school district administrators to understand their data analysis needs and challenges. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining custom data dashboards while managing and updating data integrations. This role will report to the Head of Data Science. - Engage with school district leaders and educators to understand their data analytics needs and to educate diverse stakeholders on how to effectively use the dashboards to interpret data. - Design and develop customized metrics and dashboards. - Utilize SQL for database management and queries, ensuring accurate and accessible data solutions. - Provide ongoing support and maintenance for the data dashboards by troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving platform and data quality issues to ensure reliable reporting and effective data modeling. - Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and Product to enhance the data platform. Qualifications - Experience in working with educational data and familiarity with K-12 schools. - Experience working with data visualization tools and dashboard design. - Ability to translate complex data into digestible and actionable information. - Advanced SQL skills. - Experience working independently on projects. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Passion for education and improving educational outcomes. - +4 years of experience as a data analyst, data engineer, or similar role. Requirements - Nice to Have: Experience with Python for data cleaning, analysis, and automation. - Nice to Have: Experience working with a K12 Student Information System such as Infinite Campus, PowerSchool, Skyward, or Aeries. Benefits - Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. - Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul. - We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs! - Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more! - Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes an employer match to help you build long-term financial security. - Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st). - Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela. - No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers. Company Description Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.

Role Description As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) you will work across Newsela’s Sales organization to support aggressive growth by: - Researching, prospecting through calls and emails, and qualifying leads to build pipeline for Sales Reps. - Responding to inbound inquiries. - Proactively cold outreach to potential new customers. - Providing online product demonstrations that draw prospects into initial discovery calls. - Identifying key needs that ultimately lead to qualified opportunities for our Sales team. Why you'll love this role: - Collaborate within the Sales organization to inform strategy and process that enhances sales performance. - Be part of a team that has incredible support through sales training and enablement, as well as through marketing and operations. - Represent the future of education, enhancing how districts and teachers engage students. - Help provide approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of reader. - Your feedback from the market will help drive future product enhancements. Qualifications - 1+ year of lead generation or inside sales experience. - Pipeline generation experience includes engaging prospects through email and phone conversations that lead to qualified meetings. - Experience with Salesforce.com and sales process training to manage a pipeline to meet and exceed team goals. - Familiarity with sales platforms such as Salesloft, Outreach.io, or Yesware. - Excellent communication skills with the ability to empathize with the challenges buyers face. - Able to establish clear value propositions that connect buyer/user needs to the product and services offered. - Thrives in a fast-paced environment and uses creativity when partnering with team members for flawless execution. Benefits - Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and HSA accounts. - Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more. - Fully remote company with a monthly tech stipend to support WFH needs. - Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more. - 401(k) plan with employer match for long-term financial security. - Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays and winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st). - Annual learning and development allowance for external training sessions, classes, workshops, and conferences. - Work contributes to sharing the future of education and improving the lives of students and teachers. Compensation - Base compensation: $55,000 - On-Target Commission (OTC): $25,000 - On-Target Earnings (OTE): $80,000 - Total compensation includes incentive stock options and benefits. - This role is eligible for variable compensation.