Position Purpose:
Work collaboratively with a small team of editors to create high quality, literary student books for the school market. Responsible for editorial duties as well as providing editorial support in a variety of capacities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist with and support product development, particularly student book development, as requested including but not limited to:
- Review all stages of student’s books from concepts to layouts
- Participate in concepting book ideas
- Edit and refine outlines, manuscripts, and layouts in developmental rounds
- Collaborate and communicate with authors, illustrators, and agents, as well as the in-house editorial team
- Conduct research as requested
- Create and maintain photo logs
- Track and traffic manuscripts through a variety of rounds
- Create, update, and maintain product metadata
- Help with assignment of ISBNs
- Help run reports from the Product Manager database
- Help with QAing of print and digital product, as requested
- Assist Marketing/Sales by providing information or PDFs/other as requested
- Review and evaluate competitive products from companies
Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:
- College degree, B.A. in English, education, or a related field a plus (M.A. a real plus)
- Superior writing, editing, and project management skills
- Some knowledge of book development is a plus, but an interest and a willingness to learn is essential
- Current knowledge of language, literacy, and instructional content issues a plus
- Intermediate-Advanced proficiency, MS Office
- Basic proficiency, Adobe Creative Suite is preferred
- Comfortable juggling several projects concurrently
- Able to work collaboratively with all departments (e.g., editorial, design, and marketing)
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Teaching experience is a plus
Salary Range: $50,000-$60,000
*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.
ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY
Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.
BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.
Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.
Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com
