Editor Position

Position Summary

This position is responsible for developing books from concept to completion within editorial guidelines and quality standards set by the Executive Editor. The Editor handles the day to day business of selected series, providing hands on editing and writing as required, as well as working with in-house staff and outside resources for those series. This position reports to the Executive and/or Senior Editor.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop select series/individual titles from bookmap, writer’s guidelines, and prototype through final files, ensuring that end product is on schedule and meets all state and editorial standards.

• Provide editorial direction and feedback to writers throughout the writing process, collaborating with writers and in-house staff on text, special features, as well as on photo and art specs.

• Edit and/or write whole or partial manuscript, assuring accuracy of content, including text, images, illustrations, answer keys, glossaries, and correlations as required and necessary.

• Edit all page proof rounds with input from content reviewers, fact checkers, proof-readers, copy-editors, writers, and supervisory staff.

• Work collaboratively and collegially with all departments, and attend status meetings for select series, providing ongoing solutions for keeping high quality books on schedule.

• Collaborate with Executive Editor and team as needed on problem books, providing hands-on editing and rewriting as required.

• Assist the Executive Editor as needed.

Major Challenges/Decision Making Framework

The major challenge of this position is to meet all deadlines with quality editorial work, which may include writing/rewriting, to ensure that books are well-written, emotionally engaging, and intellectually stimulating, meeting state and editorial standards of quality. The Editor must have a working knowledge of state standards, pedagogy, as well as the ability to write and edit text so that it is engaging, clear, and instructionally sound. This position requires a minimum of 2 years of experience, developing and editing educational books. Classroom experience is a plus.

If interested, contact Susan Gordon at susan@lpalmer.com and tell her you saw the ad on this blog.