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Senior Development Editor, High School
Location
Alaska + 6 moreAll locations: Alaska | Hawaii | Mississippi | South Dakota | Virginia | West Virginia | Wyoming
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$62K - $72K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Development Editor, High School
Macmillan
• Project Management: plan, schedule, and coordinate the elements of each assigned project, including content delivery, editing, market research and testing, permissions, photo research, and turnover to print and media production. • Editorial Work: Evaluate and edit content and direct authors and others to fulfill project plans to our standards; hire and manage contractors as needed. • Customer Focus: Engage in market and competitive research to ensure that each project is developed with a customer-centered and student engagement focus and strong market identity, consistent with the vision and quality of the brand. • Schedules: Create and implement content development schedules that result in achievement of target publication and live dates. • Efficiency and Costs: Be aware of budget limitations and always work toward more efficient and cost-effective processes. • Travel: Travel occasionally to conferences and to meet with authors and customers, or to gather market feedback.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 4-5 years editorial experience or similar field
- Flexible outlook, growth mindset, ability to embrace change; enthusiastic about using new technology systems, AI, new processes, and new ways of working.
- Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, quality, and on-time delivery.
- Deep commitment to developing inclusive content designed to reach and represent all learners.
- Proven innovative, strategic thinking.
- Ability to oversee multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritizing tasks appropriately, staying organized, communicating progress, and meeting deadlines.
- Familiarity and comfort with Google Suite and AI interfaces; willingness to continually learn new tools.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and bonus plan
- Generous Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
- Generous paid time off, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays ( Spring Reset Day , Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, Election Day, and more !)
- Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
- 100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
- And much more!
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