Job Description

Salary:

$77,700 - $82,000

Location:

New York

Country:

USA

Business Unit:

Academic

Vacancy Type:

Permanent

Closing Date:

2 December 2024

Meet the recruiter

Stephanie Pass

stephanie.pass@cambridge.org

Salary: $77,700 - $82,000

Location: New York/New York State/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent/Full Time (35 hours per week)

Are you an effective, well organised, and proactive professional with a keen eye for detail?

Do you embrace change and wish to be part of a highly collaborative team whose work impacts millions across the world?

As a Development Editor at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, you will help deliver our ambitious Higher Education textbook publishing programme and become part of an innovative culture that is always looking for new ways to solve the challenges we face.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading, not-for-profit academic publisher and assessment organization, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

In this role, you will project manage a minimum of 15 textbooks across Humanities and STM subject disciplines. You will work collaboratively with authors, publishers, content management and other stakeholders to deliver market-leading, pedagogically robust textbooks and digital products of the highest quality. You will manage your workload proactively and strategically, working to tight deadlines on multiple projects with competing priorities.

You will be coaching your authors on manuscript writing and preparation best practice, while guiding them through the publishing process. With a focus on ensuring commercial success, you will provide development/structural editorial feedback, organize reviews to inform editorial guidance, and ensure the project is delivered on time and within budget while meeting market needs. You will embrace change and drive innovation forward to meet the evolving needs of our customers across the globe.

You'll also:

• Ensure project milestones are met according to schedule and specification, and report on your projects regularly to all relevant stakeholders.
• Benchmark projects against leading competitors to inform the development plan of your books and ensure content and pedagogy is appropriate for level and market.
• Work with Sales, Marketing and Editorial to develop and hone unique selling points and a market-driven message. You will create persuasive marketing copy, such as blurbs, and be able to present your titles to internal Sales and Marketing teams in a manner that helps them understand what is unique about the product.
• Developmentally edit first and new edition textbook manuscripts from initial sample chapters to final draft, examining key manuscript elements such as chapter structure, layout, pedagogical features, artwork, and clarity of writing. You will diagnose any recurring writing issues, identify accessibility concerns, and propose solutions via sample edits and constructive feedback reports.
• Conduct market research and peer reviewing of manuscripts to provide market relevant and evidence-based guidance to authors on necessary edits to ensure textbooks meet market needs.
• Guide authors as they craft their illustration program, making sure figures are drawn to a high standard and that all permissions have been cleared for images obtained from a third-party source.
• Provide guidance to authors on preparing a manuscript for handover to production, including carrying out checks of file types, organising cast offs, briefing text and cover designs, and writing detailed briefs to Content Management about the needs of each title.
• Provide first-rate author care, proactively maintaining and growing your relationship with authors and ensuring they have a positive experience publishing with us.
• Understand and provide support for the development of supplemental online resources (such as lecture slides, test banks and solutions manuals) that accompany textbooks.
• Develop learning design expertise to design and support the development of end-to-end learning journeys and curricula that are based on best-in-class content, effective pedagogy, and best-fit eLearning tools and related software.

About you

As our next Development Editor, you will have previous experience in an editorial role running your own projects, preferably with a background in textbook and/or educational publishing. Experience with Learning Design or working on online courses is also a bonus, but not required.

You demonstrate strong time management skills, identify potential project risks early and facilitate solutions. You have a proven ability to foster positive and collaborative relationships with stakeholders and can deliver feedback in a persuasive and constructive manner. You are a life-long learner and are eager to explore your full potential.

You'll also:

• Hold a BA or BSc in a relevant subject or equivalent
• Have a degree of computer and digital competency, particularly in Microsoft Office programs or equivalent
• Have a good understanding of educational publishing and the publishing process
• Have excellent relationship management and communication skills
• Enjoy attention to detail
• Have a flexible approach to change and drive for innovation
• Be self-motivated, results-oriented, with a problem-solving attitude
• Thrive under pressure

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• Group personal volunteer retirement scheme (403b)
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical, dental, vision insurance for individuals and families, plus supplemental insurances
• Green travel schemes
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Monday 2 nd December 2024 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after the closing date .

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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