Benchmark Education Company
Associate Content Developer
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Product Development
🗓️ February 25th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Benchmark Education Company is hiring an Associate Content Developer. This role involves working closely with a small team of editors to create high-quality literary student books for the school market. Responsibilities include editing, collaborating with authors and illustrators, conducting research, and maintaining product metadata. The candidate will also assist in marketing efforts and the evaluation of competitive products.
Highlights
- Assist with product development and review all stages of student books.
- Edit and refine outlines, manuscripts, and layouts.
- Collaborate with authors, illustrators, and internal teams.
- Conduct research and maintain photo logs.
- Intermediate-Advanced proficiency in MS Office required.
- Basic proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
- B.A. in English, education, or a related field; M.A. is a plus.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects concurrently.
- Teaching experience considered a plus.
Associate Content Developer Full Description
Associate Content Developer
Remote - USA
Full time
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
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
