Position Purpose:
Work with the Director/Executive Content Developer and Senior/Supervising Content Developer to contribute to the development phases of revisions to existing products in both Core and Supplemental Markets, as determined by market need or senior leadership. Revisions could include, but are not limited to, customer-identified incorrect or problematic content, known reprint corrections, outdated content and new calls for adoptions or RFPs where content must be adjusted to fit requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- As needed, understand legacy products and envision how and when to update them or build off/upsell from them.
- Follow and meet editorial project schedules established and maintained by the Project Management team, and help troubleshoot scheduling, resource and budget issues as needed.
- Help develop and maintain vendor guidelines and best-practice checklists and documentation, inclusive of metadata tagging where needed
- Coordinate with editors, vendors and freelance writers in developing content and ensure that content guidelines are observed
- Review, edit, and approve manuscript and production stages, working directly with copyeditors, graphic designers, and photo researchers
- Incorporate feedback as requested (based on defined review stages) from Professional Development, Sales and Marketing, Editorial management and outside reviewers and SMEs/consultants
- Help develop and maintain writing and editing guidelines
- Attend regularly scheduled status meetings with Director, Legacy Content to report on workflow and content issues
- Create or update Product Library documentation and product metadata as requested
- Complete Product Data Management entry based on defined workflow milestones
- Read professional journals to increase market and pedagogical knowledge
- Attend department and weekly product status meetings
- Complete time tracking documentation on a weekly basis
- Aid in the QA of new digital products
Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:
- Fluent in Spanish, both written & spoken
- 5+ years of experience developing literacy materials for an educational publisher
- B.A. in English, education, or a related field (M.A. a plus)
- Superior writing, editing and project management skills
- Current knowledge of language, literacy and educational standards, expectations and requirements
- Intermediate-Advanced proficiency, MS Office
- Basic proficiency, Adobe Creative Suite is preferred
- Comfortable juggling several projects concurrently
- Able to work collaboratively with other departments (e.g., design and marketing)
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Teaching experience is a plus
- Knowledge of Foundational Skills Development and Phonics is a plus
About Us
Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, both print and digital, as well as world-class professional development. Since its founding in 1998, our company has proven to be one of the most nimble and innovative content creators on the cutting edge of pedagogy and technology. The digital content in our many learning programs delivers all the rigor of its print counterpart and is designed for virtual and blended learning contexts.
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
COVID-19 Policy - USA
All employees are required to have or obtain a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment at Benchmark Education unless an exemption has been approved. All employees shall be required to report their vaccine status. All new employees shall be required to provide proof of their vaccination status prior to the start of their employment.
