Project Development Coordinator

Great River Learning•Dubuque, IA

About The Position

Great River Learning’s Project Development Coordinator consults with university and college professors to understand their desired student learning outcomes, identify challenges, and develop engaging, media-rich course materials. The role helps shape solutions by aligning resources, tools, and the development team, and by creating a prototype to guide the rest of the course content. The coordinator oversees multiple publications at different stages of development, supports author relationships, monitors publications that are live and selling, and coordinates with internal sales, production, and design teams. The position also includes project planning, scope development, production quality checks, and use of Jira and Dynamics CRM to manage workflows and project information.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Valid driver’s license.
Strong active-listening skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Highly organized and self-driven.
Able to hold oneself accountable through leadership, motivation, and purpose.
Positive, can-do attitude.
Interest in sales and in developing and delivering solutions.

Responsibilities

Oversee multiple publications at various stages of development, ensuring they advance through production and generate revenue as expected.
Manage relationships with authors during development through biweekly calls and team meetings.
Monitor sales and usage of live publications.
Initiate processes using Jira task tickets and workflows, and update project notes in Dynamics CRM.
Coordinate with internal sales, production, and design teams regarding projects and authors.
Review and quality-check production work for products in development.
Conduct project-planning and scope-development meetings, create project blueprints, and provide direction to authors.