Senior Editor, Humanities

🔥 5 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

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Savvas Learning Company

1001 - 5000 employees

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

Education • SaaS

Savvas Learning Company is a U. S. -based K–12 and higher education learning solutions provider that creates curriculum, digital platforms, assessments, and instructional resources. Savvas offers a broad catalog across literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, career & technical education, dual-enrollment college courses, and supplemental/intervention programs, and it operates digital products such as Savvas Realize and Savvas One that deliver adaptive, standards-aligned content and classroom-management integrations. Savvas serves thousands of school districts and millions of students with both print and digital offerings, professional learning services, and tools for college- and career-readiness.

📋 Description

• Contribute editorial ideas during project planning • Research, write, and edit manuscripts with limited supervision • Review and edit all product page stages • 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 decisions to the supervisor and make recommendations when possible • 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 select photos • Help oversee outside developers • Participate in project planning and suggest creative ideas informed by the marketplace and customer needs • Help develop innovative K-12 digital and/or 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 managing projects preferred • Teaching experience strongly preferred • Knowledge of educational methodologies and instructional design within social studies • Graduate or undergraduate degree with a 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 motivations • Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google equivalents • Knowledge of differentiation strategies, scaffolding for MLL students, and UDL/content accessibility • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Proficiency with editing, grammar, and following a style guide such as Chicago Manual of Style • Knowledge of print and digital instructional-material production processes • Ability to write, edit, and rewrite content to meet accuracy, style, grade-level, and market-need standards • Ability to work collaboratively, independently, with minimal supervision, and effectively with ambiguity • Ability to prioritize, multitask, meet deadlines, and maintain required quality • Ability to use constructive feedback, participate in meetings, and promote teamwork • Ability to proactively anticipate, evaluate, and solve workflow issues • Cover letter required with submission

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