Job Summary:

• Work closely with various internal departments; editorial, product, and production staff; and externally, with talent.
• Demonstrate effective project management of multiple titles/projects and ensure that all projects are released on time and within budget.
• Identify problem areas in content and recommend solutions.
• Serve as an in-house advocate for talent projects.
• Collaborate with editorial team members to create a cohesive learning experience.
• Ensure program requirements are aligned with the approved content plan.
• Work with O’Reilly product and marketing teams to review and revise all copy and related marketing materials.
• Select and manage technical, peer, and test customer reviews.
• Create, manage, and adhere to production schedules.
• Participate in industry events, trade shows, and ORM conferences where appropriate and at the discretion of the VP of Content Strategy.
• Participate in weekly content and production meetings, providing all necessary assessments of production resources and issues associated with active titles; report on status of active titles.

Skills on Resume: 

• Project Management (Hard Skills)
• Collaborative Communication (Soft Skills)
• Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
• Content Strategy Alignment (Hard Skills)
• Copywriting and Editing (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
• Production Scheduling (Hard Skills)
• Industry Knowledge (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Conduct market research required to ensure projects meet market needs including attending regionally-based focus groups
• Support the Publisher in carrying out the scoping of projects in order to create project specification documentation including content, costs and schedule
• In collaboration with the Publisher, brief and oversee sample design
• In collaboration with the Publisher, write clear author briefs
• Work with and support author teams for the duration of the writing period to ensure that content is written to brief and submitted on time
• Manage manuscript review process, including finding and briefing reviewers, collating comments and feeding back to the author
• Contribute to the process of authoring and developing digital resources
• Run regional development or review workshops to gain feedback on draft manuscripts
• Participate in market trialing of digital content and platform functionality and acting on feedback
• Liaise with the Managing Editorial team to facilitate the smooth production of developed manuscripts and ensure the original publishing concept is realized

Skills on Resume:  

• Market Research Proficiency (Hard Skills)
• Project Management Skills (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Collaboration and Team Support (Soft Skills)
• Editing and Review Management (Hard Skills)
• Digital Resource Development (Hard Skills)
• Facilitation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Attention to Detail (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Managing Development process for individual texts, from conception to publication, including companion website/online ancillaries
• Delivering subject-area research to inform commissioning and publishing decisions across all media
• Analyzing data to produce clear and comprehensive reports to be used by authors and editors
• Selecting and implementing appropriate methodologies to support research
• Liaising with other departments to achieve timely publication and sales goals
• Acting as a development champion with internal stakeholders to ensure buy-ins and support across other departments
• Accountability for managing own learning, taking responsibility to identify and develop skills gaps
• Using a wide range of software to create/improve a range of online tools (Excel, eForms, mindmaps, interactive decision trees, calculators, etc)
• Use editing software to tag content in line with author/content manager instructions, ensuring that content can be processed correctly for online publication.
• Conversion of Excel/Word tools and templates to PDF, image redrawing and asset management.
• Excel tool formatting and editorial updates.

Skills on Resume: 

• Managing Development Process (Hard Skills)
• Subject-Area Research (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis and Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Research Methodologies (Hard Skills)
• Interdepartmental Liaison (Soft Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Accountability for Learning (Soft Skills)
• Software Proficiency (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Analyzing, preparing, reviewing, editing and writing content; collaborating with in-house editors; managing authors, writers, and other outside resources, project scheduling and tracking, budget tracking, content quality assurance, and creating/executing product enhancement strategies.
• Creating product strategy by developing hypotheses, evaluating data, analyzing market and competitive trends, testing ideas in the market, iterating, and ultimately making product decisions based on evidence and insights. 
• Keeping aligned with business priorities, take customer needs from concept to launch, focusing on timely delivery, holistic product quality, and an effective learning experience. 
• Empower students with acquired knowledge and critical thinking, and improve students’ marketable skill sets.
• Seasoned relationship builder with high integrity who successfully influences stakeholders and empowers the team to creatively develop differentiated features, including product briefs, author and editor guidelines
• Serve as the expert on the market to develop highly differentiated materials that exceed market expectations and be accountable for day-to-day product decision-making
• Manages all stages of the process of all or major program components for flagship projects by setting clear objectives and timelines, maintaining schedules
• Accounting for interdependencies for the entire product array, to release a product to market on time and within the scope
• Hires and manages outside freelance writers and development editors, and supervises in-house assistant and associate editors on the project to bring projects to completion within specified deadlines and budgets
• Reviewing and resolving content queries, inputting photo and artwork selection, and feeding back on proofs

Skills on Resume: 

• Content Analysis and Writing (Hard Skills)
• Project Management (Hard Skills)
• Budget Tracking (Hard Skills)
• Product Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
• Customer Focus and Alignment (Soft Skills)
• Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
• Market Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Team Leadership and Management (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Utilizes excellent editing, project management skills, organization, and clear communication to drive decision-making and progress throughout the product development lifecycle
• Engage key sales & marketing stakeholders during development to ensure a strong sales launch in the market and to help shape the go-to-market product strategy
• Responsible for engaging key accounts during development that will improve the product and facilitate more adoptions and achieve greater sales
• Travel on campus and/or respond to customers to help close business, while researching needs and testing product assumptions
• Participates in marketing and sales strategy and support activities, including training sales reps at sales meetings so they are prepared to sell and overcome objections
• Monitor the quality of published content to ensure that it has been published as expected.
• Check content for spelling, grammar and editorial errors, adhering to the company's house style.
• Assist the A&A content team with planning schedules and housekeeping tasks.
• Support sales and marketing with detailed content information during the marketing and sales process.         

Skills on Resume: 

• Editing Skills (Hard Skills)
• Project Management (Hard Skills)
• Organization Skills (Soft Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Customer Interaction (Soft Skills)
• Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
• Content Planning Support (Hard Skills)