Executive Editor – World Language Curriculum

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🕒 July 28

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

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CIEE Barcelona

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11 - 50 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

👥 B2C

Education • Non-profit • B2C

CIEE Barcelona is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing intercultural exchange and study abroad experiences since 1947. They provide a variety of programs that connect high school and college students with international opportunities, facilitating personal growth, cultural understanding, and educational advancement. CIEE Barcelona focuses on offering students access to diverse educational experiences, internships, and work opportunities worldwide, ensuring a comprehensive and transformative journey abroad.

📋 Description

• Lead editorial development of CIEE’s High School Summer Abroad Language & Culture curriculum portfolio across multiple languages • Establish product specifications, editorial standards, development guidelines, quality benchmarks, and workflows • Translate academic priorities into curriculum architecture, including scope and sequence, lessons, assessments, student- and instructor-facing materials, and implementation supports • Lead prototype development and determine what should be standardized or localized across sites and languages • Manage curriculum development projects from concept through final delivery, including manuscript development, field review, revisions, quality assurance, and implementation support • Design and manage editorial workflows, schedules, contributor assignments, feedback cycles, style guidance, manuscript expectations, and review protocols • Source, onboard, and manage freelance editors across languages and program locations • Provide editorial direction and manuscript feedback to editors and contributors • Evaluate manuscripts for learning progression, task design, cognitive load, feasibility, pacing, cultural authenticity, linguistic accuracy, style, and overall quality • Identify project risks, bottlenecks, scope concerns, and conflicting feedback; make decisions that protect quality and timelines • Oversee copyright and permissions for authentic resources, including images, texts, audio, and video • Collaborate with Academics, Sales, Marketing, international staff, instructors, reviewers, and external stakeholders • Contribute to annual instructor training through Canvas training and live virtual workshops • Develop or review training materials and support instructors with curriculum and implementation challenges • Use qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate curriculum effectiveness and recommend improvements • Research trends in K–12 world language education, educational publishing, international education, language assessment, and instructional technology • Contribute expertise to teacher-facing professional development events, initiatives, and materials • Travel approximately 2–3 times per year

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, curriculum and instruction, world language education, educational publishing, or a related field • Minimum of 7–10 years of editorial experience in educational publishing • Significant K–12 world language experience strongly preferred • Experience leading editorial development of curriculum products from concept through final delivery • Experience setting product specifications, managing manuscripts, directing contributors, and ensuring quality • Experience developing or overseeing standards-aligned curriculum across multiple languages • Experience creating scope and sequence documents, lesson plans, and student- and teacher-facing materials • Experience managing and developing staff and leading teams of 4–6 contributors • Deep understanding of world language pedagogy, including ACTFL proficiency guidelines, communicative language teaching, task-based learning, authentic resources, and proficiency-oriented instruction • Professional fluency in Spanish required • Excellent written communication skills in English • Experience managing writers, editors, freelancers, external contributors, reviewers, or cross-functional collaborators • Strong project management skills, including schedules, workflows, documentation, feedback cycles, and quality-control processes • Master’s degree strongly preferred • High school world language teaching experience strongly preferred • Experience creating and managing resources in Google Drive strongly preferred • Experience with language proficiency assessment data, such as STAMP, ACTFL-aligned assessments, or other proficiency-based measures strongly preferred • Experience supporting teacher training, professional development, or curriculum implementation strongly preferred • Background check and education and employment verification required as conditions of employment • Ability to travel approximately 2–3 times per year

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid time off and Parental leave • Gym Reimbursement Program • Employee Assistance Program • Short-term & Long-term Disability • 6 floating Fridays (based on our eligibility rules) • CIEE Study Abroad Program discounts • 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contribution • Insurance Coverage (life, travel, medical, dental, and vision) • Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts (medical and dependent) • Voluntary Benefits (identity theft protection, pet insurance, accident, and critical illness) • Competitive total rewards package • International, diverse, and collaborative team environment