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Editor Assistant: The Pennsylvania Gazette | University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, PA

Reporting to the Editor, manage Gazette email account, produce ‘Alumni Notes’ and ‘Obituaries’ sections to ensure all material published is accurate and that notices appear in a timely fashion; edit ‘Alumni Events,’ using information provided by colleagues in Alumni Relations; and compile and edit ‘Scoreboard’ from Athletics information. Manage and monitor Gazette social media accounts: promote articles and other existing content, post original content, oversee comments, report on website traffic and social media data. Assist with copyediting and proofreading of each issue; some writing for the magazine as interest/time allows. Assist with answering phones, circulation and fundraising, and related tasks.

Content Integration Team Lead | EBSCO Information Services

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Ipswich, MA, US

The Content Integration Team Lead will use a blend of business, analytical, interpersonal, and leadership skills to lead a high-performing team that manages the successful inventory and ingestion of journals content for EIS products. The candidate will be responsible for measuring, monitoring, and improving the team’s performance against success metrics in a results-driven environment. The Team Lead will perform fact-based analysis, be a champion for process improvement, and establish, maintain, monitor, and measure quality standards and level of service across the team. The Team Lead should proactively identify root causes and prevention plans for blockers, handle escalated delivery channel anomalies, and identify and execute on opportunities that will better meet the needs of the business.

Content Services Team Lead | EBSCO Information Services

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Ipswich, MA, US

The Content Services Team Lead will use a blend of business, analytical, interpersonal, and leadership skills to lead a high-performing team that manages third-party relationships to acquire content on time and to improve content quality to meet EIS’s evolving content requirements. Through strong communication and lean practices, the Content Services Team Lead will be a champion for process improvement and an influencer to institute change related to how we acquire content. The candidate will be responsible for measuring, monitoring, and improving the team’s performance against success metrics in a results-driven environment. The Team Lead should proactively identify root causes and prevention plans for blockers, handle escalated or sensitive publisher inquiries, and identify and execute on opportunities that will better meet the needs of the business.

Account Executive: Marketing and Communications, Creative Services | Boston University

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Boston, MA

Boston University’s Creative Services group is seeking a talented, enthusiastic and energetic Account Executive to support the branding initiatives of Boston University by leading and overseeing print and interactive design projects in Creative Services (CS), ranging from simple fliers to complete websites. You will serve as a liaison to clients, advising them on appropriate and cost-effective communications solutions. You will be responsible for maintaining positive communications by proactively anticipating and negotiating solutions to potential problems, managing clients’ expectations, and keeping clients abreast of project status. Account Executives ensure that CS teams are prepared, proactive, thorough and accurate throughout the duration of the project. In collaboration with other CS staff, Account Executives also develop project specifications, schedules and budgets and are responsible for ensuring that clients are billed appropriately for all projects.

Senior Project Manager, Editorial | Vista Higher Learning

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Boston, MA

We’re looking for a dynamic Senior Project Manager to support our Editorial Product teams by ensuring that print and digital projects and budgets are on track and on schedule. In this capacity, you will implement and fine-tune PM processes and procedures, develop budget proposals and maintain oversight of project schedules and manage and assign tasks to a small group of external freelancers. As a Senior Project Manager you will facilitate and lead project launch meetings, collaborate closely with specialist members from a variety of internal business units and mentor more junior members of the team. The ideal candidate for this role understands the complexities of Publishing and can expertly navigate through and balance a high volume of projects , is an effective and confident communicator, displays keen understanding of PM best-practices and is extremely organized and detail oriented. A passion for learning and languages is a must!

Digital Products Assistant | MIT Press

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Cambridge, MA

DIGITAL PRODUCTS ASSISTANT, MIT Press, to join the Digital Products group of a major publisher of scholarly books and journals. As part of the team responsible for managing e-book production, asset management and distribution, and supporting new and existing content platforms, will participate in the development, evaluation, testing, and deployment of new digital products for both the Books and Journals divisions of the Press. Daily tasks include preparation and distribution of PDF and e-Pub files; distribution of assets and metadata to ebook vendors and scholarly communication partners; upkeep of the bibliographic and distribution databases and Press digital archive; assisting in the maintenance of technology vendor relationships; testing content files and platforms to ensure consistency and accuracy; evaluation of backlist files for their suitability in digital products; and general asset management. Will also provide general administrative support to the team.

Associate Editor: Calendars | ABRAMS Books

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New York, NY

ABRAMS seeks a detailed oriented individual, with keen visual and editorial sensibility, who will be responsible for editing and project managing titles for ABRMAS growing list of approximately 40 calendars as well as providing general support to the Editorial Director. Individual will be responsible for editing and project managing calendar titles through all stages of the acquisitions and development process; examining calendar opportunities, evaluating submissions and proposals and researching competition; acquiring calendar properties with strong sales potential; preparing sales materials; and acting a liaison with authors, licensors, photographers, packagers, freelance editors and other outside contacts including securing assets, managing product approvals, securing third-party permissions, trafficking proofs and maintaining brand consistency.

Associate Media Editor | W. W. Norton and Company

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New York, NY

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking an Associate Editor for its college Astronomy, Chemistry and Geology digital media teams. Working closely with these highly collaborative groups, the Associate Media Editor will be responsible for the effectiveness, quality, and timeliness of teaching, learning, and assessment resources that support textbooks in these areas. This position will report to the Astronomy/Geology and Chemistry Media Editors.

Metadata Manager | Penguin Random House

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New York, NY

Penguin Random House is very excited to be hiring four highly curious and insightful Managers to create a metadata team, who will be responsible for experimenting with and evaluating all things metadata, and its business-wide impacts. As of now, there is no blueprint on how to do this perfectly – so we’re seeking to build a team that will ask questions and make sense of information to help share our business now and well into the future. Each Metadata Manager will serve as a liaison to a specific publishing division – Knopf Doubleday, Random House Publishing Group, Penguin Publishing Group, and Random House Children’s Books & Penguin Young Readers – as we work to complete a metadata “clean-up project” and move forward on developing corporate best practices.

Editorial Director | Victory Productions

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Worcester, MA

We are looking for an editorial director with a strong content background in math and science as well as solid management experience. He or she will have previously been in charge of at least a small math and/or science department involving the supervision of various levels of editorial staff. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational, team building, communication, and technology skills. His or her ultimate responsibility is ensuring that the highest degree of editorial quality is achieved for all math and science projects and that they are completed on time and within budget.