Title: Publishing Quality Assurance Lead Location: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin Department: HR Full Time Experienced Job Description: Do you have a passion for the craft of bookmaking, where quality meets innovation? At Sourcebooks, we're looking for a Quality Assurance Lead who brings dedication to detail and excitement for seeing their work reach readers in its finest form. This is an opportunity to make a true impact in a fast-growing, forward-thinking publishing environment that celebrates big ideas, creativity, and team collaboration. Join us in shaping and elevating the reading experience! As a Quality Assurance Lead reporting to our Senior Director of Production Operations & Systems, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the flawless quality of each and every book we publish. You'll oversee the quality assurance process for production files, collaborating with teams across editorial, production, and technology to uphold—and push—our standards of excellence. Your keen eye and technical expertise will be the final word on files before they go to print, guaranteeing a seamless, quality-assured experience for our readers. This an exempt salaried position with a range of $60,000 - $70,000. We determine starting pay based on a thorough evaluation of job-related factors, including geographic location, market conditions, relevant experience, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications. The location for this position can be hybrid or remote in New York or Naperville, Illinois or remote based in any of the following states: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.   This role includes some travel with occasional meetings at the home office in Naperville, IL. What You'll Do: - Lead the quality assurance process for production files, rigorously checking all details before they go to press. - Manage and refine the preflight and file-upload process, ensuring all files meet our production-ready standards. - Collaborate with production and editorial teams to streamline workflows, implement process improvements, and drive consistency across projects. - Develop quality assurance protocols and checklists, championing best practices across our production teams. - Act as a mentor, training team members in quality standards and driving a culture of excellence. - Partner with project managers and manufacturing teams to track and troubleshoot quality control issues. What You Bring: - 7+ years of quality assurance experience, ideally within the publishing industry or a similar field. - Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator) and Vellum on Mac, plus expertise in preflighting tools (Adobe Acrobat, Pitstop). - Strong understanding of book production processes, file management, digital asset control, and preflight software. - Familiarity with print-ready file preparation and color management basics (CMYK, ICC profiles). - Exposure to printer specifications or working directly with book manufacturers. - Any prior experience in a prepress or print production environment. - Impeccable attention to detail, with a commitment to producing top-quality work. - A collaborative spirit with excellent communication skills and an ability to build rapport across teams. - Must love books! We're looking for someone who thrives on meeting high standards and who is ready to bring leadership and innovation to our quality assurance processes. If that's you, we'd love to hear from you! Why Sourcebooks? As Newsweek’s #2 Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and a recognized leader in innovation by Fast Company (2024 Most Innovative Companies, 2023 Best Workplaces for Innovators), we use a mission-driven, data-centered approach to drive success for our authors and their books. We’re a thriving entrepreneurial company that creates books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we’ve been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are passionate book lovers dedicated to connecting books to readers in innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more! Ready to Apply: Please submit your resume, portfolio, salary requirements, and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and interest in this role. Applications without a cover letter and portfolio will not be considered. Show us your passion and creativity — we’re looking for someone who’s as enthusiastic about this opportunity as we are! Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care, Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, & generous paid time off. Sourcebooks values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Role Description I have an opportunity for a "QA Automation with Subscription Management - 100% REMOTE" and I am looking for a candidate who can join immediately. If you are interested, please reply with your updated resume or refer someone. Position: QA Automation with Subscription Management Location: Chicago, IL - Remote Duration: 6+ Months Contract Qualifications - Experience creating test automation scripts. - Javascript for test automation. - Experience testing with Android & iPhones. - Basic knowledge of database concepts and SQL for creating test data. - API test experience using Postman or other tools. - Degree in computer science or a related technical field. Requirements - MUST HAVE: - Subscription Management (Must have) - Intermediate SQL (Must have) - Retail / E-Com experience (Must have) - Intermediate Postman using JavaScript to automate (Must have) - API testing (Must have) - Intermediate JavaScript (Must have) - NICE TO HAVE: - Automation - Agile & Scrum Framework (Should have) - Sales Force Testing - ETL/ Snowflake - Minimum 5-10 years' software quality assurance experience. - Minimum 5-10 years' functional and back-end testing of e-commerce websites and backend applications, including order management systems. - Minimum 5-10 years' hands-on experience using industry standard software QA tools. - Strong knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodology as well as experience testing on an Agile team. - Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. - Excellent test resource planning and test scheduling skills. - Ability to produce effective software test plans and test cases. - Proven ability to provide project testing estimates. - Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards. - High level understanding of design/development methodologies and project management concepts. - Ability to work effectively and produce consistent results with minimum supervision. - Strong communication and leadership skills with ability to communicate with all levels of the organization from senior management down to staff level. - Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and excellent collaboration skills. - Proven track record working remotely on a distributed team. - Dedicated internet connection that is reliable. Benefits - Remote work opportunity. - Flexible work environment. - Opportunity to work with a distributed team.

Role Description The Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst will test from a customer perspective, utilizing manual tools. During the development cycle, the QA Analyst will work closely with the Software Developers, Product Management, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models, identify use cases, create test plans and test cases, and then execute tests. Additionally, they will be responsible for identifying and creating test automation solutions. - As an agile development team member, your main goal is to ensure that quality is an essential part of our internal applications. - Be a patient advocate to ensure our patients have the most user-friendly experience of our applications by identifying gaps in requirements and acceptance criteria. - Deliver and execute effective and efficient test methods and use case scenarios. - Create, maintain, and execute regression suites and drive to automation where possible to ensure the greatest coverage with the least manual effort possible. - Identify and communicate quality process improvements focused on all test requirements. Qualifications - Hands-on experience with APIs, Postman, and MSSQL is a must. - Experience with backend testing is a must. - Hunger to learn in a fast-paced environment. Able to synthesize well from partial information sources. Not afraid to identify and ask awkward questions. - Passion for Quality Assurance balanced with the business need to release software sooner rather than later. - Able to see the big picture as well as perform detailed analyses. - Self-directed and goal-oriented, who can grasp difficult concepts. - Strong technical, logical, and reasoning skills, along with clear and effective verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical team members. - Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a team-oriented, collaborative workplace. - Experience with testing strategies, planning, creation, and execution in an agile environment, along with continuous integration practices. - Collaborate with agile software development and QA team to coordinate and review QA and test activities. - Proactively communicate with peers and management to address and resolve issues. - Solid knowledge of current Quality Assurance methodologies, best practices, and toolsets. - Understanding Relational database design and Azure is a plus. - Hands-on experience with automated testing using TestCafe and JavaScript is a plus. - BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience in an IT field. - 2+ years as a quality assurance analyst in Information Technology. - Must be able to work 8 am - 5 pm Eastern time zone. - Any other tasks or projects as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Role Description We are looking for a skilled QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery. The ideal candidate will work closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment to ensure functional, regression, and performance testing are automated and scalable. - Design, develop, and maintain automation test scripts and frameworks - Perform functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing - Collaborate with developers and business teams to understand requirements and acceptance criteria - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines - Identify, document, and track defects using tools like JIRA - Execute automated test suites and analyze test results - Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) - Ensure test coverage for web, API, and backend applications - Support UAT and production validation when required - Follow best practices for test automation and QA standards Qualifications - Strong experience in QA Automation testing - Hands-on experience with automation tools such as: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit - Programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, or C# - Experience with API testing (Postman, RestAssured, SOAP UI) - Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab) - Knowledge of version control systems (Git) - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments - Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC - Excellent communication and documentation skills Requirements - Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner) - Experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) - Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)