Project Editor

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $50k - $60k / year

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Macmillan

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1001 - 5000 employees

📱 Media

📚 Education

Media • Education

Macmillan is a leading global publishing company and home to a wide range of imprints that publish adult and children’s fiction, nonfiction, and educational materials. Part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, Macmillan also operates Macmillan Learning and Macmillan Education, providing interactive course solutions, higher education content, language learning, and school curriculum publishing across dozens of countries. The company focuses on supporting authors, educators, students, and institutions with world-class content and digital learning tools.

📋 Description

• Guide assigned custom publishing projects independently from initiation through production • Establish schedules and priorities, anticipate risks, and resolve issues • Partner with Sales, Editorial, Production, Manufacturing, and Design to coordinate handoffs and meet customer expectations • Manage manuscript submissions, editorial workflows, review and proofreading, custom cover development, and final approvals • Provide timely updates to authors and customers, answer questions, address concerns, and manage expectations • Maintain relationships with authors and customers between projects to anticipate upcoming work and identify opportunities • Document author and prospect interactions and maintain accurate records in title management systems and Salesforce • Recommend and implement workflow improvements • Evaluate technologies, including AI and automation, for practical applications • Surface customer needs, potential contributors, and ideas for national titles or new custom publishing solutions

🎯 Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in project editorial work or project management • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines • Clear written and verbal communication, with ability to adapt approach to authors, customers, and internal partners • Customer-focused approach to building relationships, addressing concerns, and following through • Careful attention to detail in project workflows, records, and databases • Practical, creative problem-solving approach and ability to stay composed when priorities shift or challenges arise • Proficiency in Google Workspace • A college degree • Familiarity with Jira, Box, and Adobe Acrobat Pro would be helpful • Experience in educational publishing, college textbook sales, or customer support in the higher education market would be helpful

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Employee Assistance Program • 100% employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance • Competitive pay • Bonus plan • Employer contributions to a 401(k) • Education Assistance Program • Paid time off • Sick time • Discretionary days • Paid holidays, including the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juneteenth, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day • Travel estimated at approximately 10% for meetings, events, or campus visits

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