Operations / Administration Associate Director, Educator Content Production
Job Description
Title: Associate Director, Educator Content Production
Reports To: Director, Educator Content Production
Location: US Home Based Office; Remote
Status: Full time; Exempt (IC3)
Start Date: July 2024
Salary Range*: $75,000 – $90,000
Facing History & Ourselves is a global education non-profit organization that challenges teachers and students to use lessons of history to stand up to bigotry and hate.
We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, and passionate Associate Director, Educator Content Production to join the Product Development team. This new position will provide operational leadership to our content development projects, specifically around our district partnership work, including managing all stages of the production process, from copyediting, design, licensing, translation, to digital or print delivery.
Who you are: You bring passion for high quality curriculum and a deep respect for educators and meeting their curriculum needs. You are an experienced publishing professional who has managed the lifecycle of content production, including copyediting, design, licensing, translation, and digital or print delivery. You are able to work independently, while also prioritizing relationships and consensus building with both internal and external stakeholders. You are deeply detail oriented, enjoy building schedules and workflows, and act with autonomy and self direction. Experience working in ClickUp or other project management software is a plus.
Who We Are: We are a growing 12-person Content Development team, responsible for the development and production of Facing History’s curricular materials. We are passionate about providing teachers with high quality curriculum, responding to and meeting teacher needs. We uphold high standards for ourselves and those we serve in classrooms. The three-person production team serves to uphold our high quality and consistent standards in our published work.
Specific Responsibilities Include :
- Manage and execute the production of a suite of resources (including lessons, units, curriculum maps, pacing guides and slides) that support Facing History’s district partnerships, including developing the detailed scope of work, budgeting, and production management.
- Serve as primary liaison with the larger project team once projects have been green-lit. Create and maintain detailed work plans, schedules, and trackers for district curriculum deliverables
- Collaborate with curriculum developer and district partners to develop implementation support products such as Google slide decks, curriculum maps, and pacing guides
- Manage copyedit, design, and production of educator content in Google Docs, Google Slides, print, and emerging formats as needed
- Ensure content meets district production requirements and is prepared according to agreed-upon digital delivery methods and processes
- Secure and maintain necessary licenses to use third-party content
- Oversee the ordering, printing, and distribution of print products to districts
- Manage expenses and process invoices
- Perform quality control checks to guarantee materials are error free, meet production standards, and align with Facing History’s Style Guide
Essential Skills and Qualities:
Facing History understands that restrictive job requirements may exclude historically marginalized groups from applying to jobs for which they are qualified. We take an equitable and holistic screening approach. If you feel you have demonstrated experience and expertise relevant to perform this role, please don’t hesitate to apply!
- A minimum of 5+ years of experience as a production editor or similar role in K-12 publishing; strong familiarity with production lifecycle
- Excellent project management skills: able to keep projects organized, juggle multiple priorities, and manage to deadlines
- Excellent judgment and ability to anticipate and quickly prioritize; demonstrated experience taking initiative and being proactive; unflappable
- Proven experience managing production processes and schedules
- Ability to maintain focus, motivation and communication with others in a remote environment
- Confident self-starter; ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously with an attention to detail
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Maintains excellent interpersonal skills that allow learning from and leveraging the experiences of colleagues and the educators we aim to serve
- Actively seeks feedback, accepts feedback openly, and implements feedback to help the team reach their goals; commitment to continuous learning and improvement
Benefits Summary: In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, Facing History provides an excellent and competitive compensation and benefits package including medical with a health reimbursement account, dental, vision, life & AD&D, long-term & short-term disability insurance, 403(B) retirement plan with a discretionary organizational contribution, generous paid time off, an employee assistance program, travel assistance plan, pre-tax commuter spending accounts, flexible spending accounts, voluntary Colonial Life group plans, robust wellness programs through aHealthyMe & weekly virtual yoga and meditation, WellCents 403(B) advisement, and a friendly work environment.
Facing History values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Facing History’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. At Facing History, we honor and value the uniqueness of each and every human being. Our strength as an organization that provides and distributes educational content and pedagogy to teachers across the globe is directly tied to our diversity of staff, leadership, educators, students, scholars, and volunteers. Our commitment is to treat individuals with dignity and to build and maintain a community of full participation, inclusive of the voices, needs, and contributions of all. As an organization, we are deeply aware of the legacies of injustices that persist in society and in the workplace, and we value and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in their association with excellence.
Hybrid Work Model: Facing History and Ourselves operates in a hybrid work model, allowing staff flexibility in both schedules and work locations. This particular position is home-based. Some travel is required.
* We strive to offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience in a similar position. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary range between the minimum and midpoint depending on experience and in alignment with internal parity.
