Senior Editor, Humanities

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

👻 Ghost score 12%

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Savvas Learning Company

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1001 - 5000 employees

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Education • SaaS • B2B

Savvas Learning Company is a K–12 and higher‑education learning solutions provider that develops curricular content, digital platforms, assessments, and career/college readiness programs. Its offerings include literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, dual‑enrollment and CTE curricula, supplemental/intervention programs, and assessment suites, delivered both as print and through digital products such as the Savvas Realize platform and Savvas One. Savvas emphasizes adaptive technology, standards‑aligned instructional materials, integrations with school systems (auto‑rostering, SSO, LMS integrations), and pathways for college credit and career readiness; it serves thousands of school districts and millions of students.

📋 Description

• Contribute editorial ideas during project planning • Research, write, and edit manuscripts with limited supervision • Review and edit all page stages of products • Match state objectives to relevant core-program content • Apply state objectives and testing blueprints to content and vendor-work evaluation • Follow established procedures and company policies • Ensure assignments meet project specifications and deadlines • Communicate with the supervisor regarding feedback and performance • Refer budget- or schedule-impacting decisions to the supervisor and make recommendations • Provide accurate assignment status • Monitor reading level, content accuracy and currency, freedom from bias, and teachability • Write art specifications for artists/topographers and photo researchers • Evaluate sketches and art proofs and help choose photos • Help oversee outside developers • Participate in project planning and offer creative suggestions informed by marketplace and customer needs • Help develop innovative K-12 digital and print instructional materials

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in curriculum development or development of instructional materials for social studies, including some K-5 curriculum development experience • Experience managing projects preferred • Teaching experience strongly preferred • Knowledge of educational methodologies and instructional design within social studies • Similar knowledge in English language arts/early literacy strongly preferred • Graduate or undergraduate degree with major or minor in history, economics, English, education, anthropology, ethnic studies, geography, second language acquisition, or related fields • Familiarity with today’s youth, popular culture, and youth learning motivation • Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google equivalents • Knowledge of differentiation strategies, scaffolding for MLL students, and UDL • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Proficiency with editing, grammar, and style guides such as Chicago Manual of Style • Knowledge of print and digital instructional-material production processes • Ability to write, edit, and rewrite content to accuracy, style, grade-level, and market-need standards • Ability to translate English language arts and literacy knowledge into social studies content • Ability to prioritize, multitask, meet deadlines, and maintain quality • Ability to work collaboratively, independently, with minimal supervision, and effectively with ambiguity • Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment • Ability to address detail while understanding broader project objectives • Self-confidence to participate in meetings and open forums • Willingness to promote teamwork, reduce barriers and conflicts, volunteer for new initiatives, and follow through • Customer-focused approach to conceptualizing marketable products • Proactive problem-solving to prevent workflow disruptions