Assistant Media Editor, Custom (Contract)

This position will be employed through Headway consulting firm working remotely throughout the US.

The Assistant Media Editor (Contract) role will support the production of all types of custom media projects for courseware and eBooks, with a focus on supporting content updates and revisions for courseware products. This roles also supports eBook media production by sourcing files for ePub conversion, reviewing ePub files, publishing metadata and eBooks files to third-party vendor platforms. This role will focus on implementing courseware content updates, working in content authoring tools, and completing quality assurance (QA) steps. The Assistant Media Editor (Contractor) reports to the Associate Director, Media Editorial and works collaboratively within the Curriculum Solutions, Derivative team responsible for publishing approx. 100 digital projects per year for specific institutional customers.

Major Responsibilities:

• Completes assigned media project management tasks including reviewing enhanced ePubs (in Frost and VitalSource), managing in-course eBook builds, implementing Achieve courseware content updates and completing quality assurance (QA) steps for assigned courseware projects.
• Assists in content management tasks for eBook updates in a content authoring tool (Frost) in coordination with Project Editors, coordinating editorial review of ePubs in Vitalsource, communicating and reviewing corrections, and coordinating publishing updates.
• Assists in eBook production tasks, such as compiling PDF eBook files, sourcing files for ePub conversion, reviewing ePub files, publishing metadata and eBooks files to third-party vendor platforms and completing eBook quality assurance (QA) steps.
• Gains an understand of accessibility standards and ensures adherence by vendors and published products.
• Assists with administrative tasks related to digital products, such as creating Jira projects and tasks, requesting ISBNs, organizing files, archiving cost estimates, updating reports and special projects, as they arise.
• Attends status meetings, maintains status updates and communicates clearly and collaboratively with other project stakeholders about status, issues, scheduling, and dependencies.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher.
• Internship or work experience in publishing or educational technology.
• Ability to work with supervision and follow a pre-defined process and workflow.
• Experience demonstrating organizational and project management skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment, prioritize effectively, work well in group problem-solving situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with Google Suite, Adobe Acrobat and JIRA ticketing systems.
• Familiarity with the tools and protocols used for publishing content electronically, including: ePub, HTML, XML, and the software development life cycle (SDLC).

Physical requirements:

This position requires long periods of close concentration and strong multi-tasking skills.

Hours:

• full-time (35-40 hours/week), during standard business hours. This position is a one year contract term.

Pay Rate (Depending on Experience):

• $21- $23/hour

Location:

• Remote (based in the U.S.)