Editorial Assistant - Chemistry
Start your higher education publishing career at Macmillan. We are passionate about creating great learning tools and resources for students, and we need someone like you. Assist in the administrative aspects of higher education publishing in the discipline of chemistry. Assist with communication to faculty advisory boards, managing key content review programs, writing & editing reviews, creating JIRA tickets and ISBN’s for projects, and processing relevant payments for freelancers and vendors. Editorial assistants help program managers prepare for key meetings & events. You will also help plan and attend key offsite events. At these events the EA will assist with logistics for customers and attendees as well as take notes and be present in customer-facing meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, communicate with, and help inform faculty advisory boards, reviewer panels, and key content contributors.
- Program and contribute to title and content review and market surveys.
- Create JIRA tickets for titles.
- Create ISBNs in Kloe.
- Process payments for honoraria and vendor invoices.
- Maintain and update data in key editorial systems.
- Help your program manager prepare for key meetings.
- Attend and support your programs manager for select internal and external meetings both on and off-site, e.g. pre-revision planning meetings, retrospectives, or faculty-facing meetings such as conferences, forums, or workshops.
- Help find solutions and offer support for miscellaneous needs or tasks that arise in the day to day work of your program manager.
- Special projects and career development that will help expand your skill set and explore potential career paths at Macmillan Learning.
Essential Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively and professionally with diverse stakeholders across departments
- Experience tracking deadlines and deliverables
- Initiative, curiosity, and follow-through
- Highly organized in your approach to work
Preferred Qualifications:
- Internship or work experience with publisher
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or English
- Experience working as a teacher’s assistant
- Experience working in a corporate office or academic office environment
- Project management experience
- Experience working with shared documents on Google office suite
- Event planning and event management experience
Must be able to concentrate and maintain detail-orientation in busy, open office environment. Must be able to multi-task, prioritize, and maintain calm and focus under stressful situations. Must be able to bend and reach to file and shelve books Must be able to travel occasionally and work more than 40 hours a week as needed.
Macmillan Learning is a part of the family-owned Holtzbrinck group of companies and is one of the leading educational technology companies. Through deep partnership with the world's best researchers, educators, administrators, and developers, we facilitate teaching and learning opportunities that spark student engagement and improve outcomes. We provide educators with tailored solutions designed to inspire student curiosity and measure progress. Macmillan Learning is comprised of renowned brands including Bedford/St. Martins, W.H. Freeman, Worth Publishers, Sapling Learning, SkyFactor, Late Nite Labs, EBI-MAPworks, i<clicker, REEF and Hayden-McNeil.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels.
The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education’s guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.