Bilingual Content Developer

Benchmark Education Company

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About The Position

Position Overview: The Content Developer, Spanish will work with the Editorial team to project manage the development phase of new product development, both Core and Supplemental, as needed. Duties and Responsibilities: Must be fluent in Spanish, both written and verbal. Coordinate with vendors, colleagues, and freelance writers developing content, ensuring that content guidelines are observed Review, edit, and approve manuscript and production stages, working directly with copy editors, graphic designers, and photo researchers Incorporate feedback (based on defined review stages) from Professional Development, Sales and Marketing, Editorial management, and outside reviewers and consultants Develop and maintain writing and editing guidelines Request and review vendor and writer samples and provide vendor feedback as necessary to ensure quality control Attend regularly scheduled status meetings with Executive Content Developer or Senior Content Developer to report on workflow and content issues Create or update Product Library documentation Communicate with Sales and Marketing to support the development of sales support tools Work with the Correlations Manager, as needed, to create and/or review state or competition correlations to ensure that they accurately address standards and topics. Support Sales and Marketing by reviewing pullouts, space ads, pre-pub flyers, and other sales support tools for accuracy and completeness Read professional journals to increase market and pedagogical knowledge Attend department and weekly product status meetings Complete time tracking documentation on a weekly basis

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience developing literacy materials for an educational publisher
• B.A. in English, education, or a related field (M.A. a plus)
• Superior Spanish writing & editing skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Must be able to handle stress in a high-deliverable, deadline driven environment.
• Current knowledge of language, literacy and content issues, research and standards
• Intermediate proficiency, MS Office
• Able to work collaboratively with other departments (e.g., design and marketing)
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

• M.A. a plus
• Basic proficiency, Adobe Creative Suite is preferred
• Teaching experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with vendors, colleagues, and freelance writers developing content, ensuring that content guidelines are observed
• Review, edit, and approve manuscript and production stages, working directly with copy editors, graphic designers, and photo researchers
• Incorporate feedback (based on defined review stages) from Professional Development, Sales and Marketing, Editorial management, and outside reviewers and consultants
• Develop and maintain writing and editing guidelines
• Request and review vendor and writer samples and provide vendor feedback as necessary to ensure quality control
• Attend regularly scheduled status meetings with Executive Content Developer or Senior Content Developer to report on workflow and content issues
• Create or update Product Library documentation
• Communicate with Sales and Marketing to support the development of sales support tools
• Work with the Correlations Manager, as needed, to create and/or review state or competition correlations to ensure that they accurately address standards and topics.
• Support Sales and Marketing by reviewing pullouts, space ads, pre-pub flyers, and other sales support tools for accuracy and completeness
• Read professional journals to increase market and pedagogical knowledge
• Attend department and weekly product status meetings
• Complete time tracking documentation on a weekly basis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level