Director, Publications

JUMP Math; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

JUMP Math in Canada is seeking a Director, Publications to lead writing and production for core classroom resources in print and digital formats. You will oversee staff, contractors, and external partners to ensure on-time, high-quality math materials.

This full-time role offers benefits and a hybrid work arrangement with some in-person duties at the Toronto office. You will report to the Publisher and manage budgets, schedules, and production processes for multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in digital and/or print publishing, ideally in education (math).
• Undergraduate publishing degree or editing training preferred.
• PM experience and people management experience are required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Publisher to forecast budgets and establish schedules for new projects.
• Create and manage project schedules for print and digital resources.
• Improve processes using design-thinking and QA standards.
• Coordinate with CMS/LMS developers to define parameters for digitized resources.
• Hire and manage contractors (content creators, editors, designers).
• Lead in-house production team and coordinate between content and production teams.
• Lead regular departmental and project meetings.
• Coordinate writing with content creation stages and reporting to Publisher on milestones.
• Create and maintain house styles for print and digital resources.
• Collaborate with other departments to support website and non-core projects.

Skills

Big picture thinking

Leadership

Editorial skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

MS Office/Acrobat

Editing/Proofreading

Timeliness

Deadline-driven

Education

Undergraduate Publishing degree/diploma

Math background helpful

Tools

Project Management Software

Content Management Systems

E-learning software

Learning Management Systems

Job description

Organization Description

JUMP Math is a Canadian charity with global reach that empowers teachers and educators to multiply the potential in every classroom through research-informed, curriculum-aligned resources and approaches that ignite and nurture an enduring understanding and love of math in every student. For more information: www.jumpmath.org

Position Summary

Reporting to the Publisher, the Director, Publications is the key project manager overseeing the writing and production processes and staffing for the creation of high-quality teacher and student core classroom resources in both print and digital environments. The Director, Publications works with internal teams as well as external developers and quality assurance testers to ensure on-time and efficient creation of high-quality math publishing resources.

This is a full-time role with benefits.

Location of Work: The position is intended to be hybrid with some attendance in person for meetings and duties at the JUMP Math office in Toronto.

Salary Range: $75,200 to $86,000

JUMP Math is committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal people of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. If you require accessibility accommodation, please indicate in your application. Application is only open to those legally eligible to work in Canada.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the Publisher to forecast budgets and establish schedules and best-practice processes for new projects
• Create and manage project schedules based on established deliverables for print and digital core classroom resources, including prototypes and final products
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of project processes based on design-thinking principles and quality assurance standards
• Liaise with internal team and CMS/LMS developers and programmers to define parameters for digitized resources and to identify and resolve content-related issues
• Hire and manage contractors (content creators, editors, graphic designers, etc.)
• Participate in hiring and manage in-house production team, coordinating interaction between content creation and production teams and between internal and external stakeholders
• Lead regular departmental meetings and special project meetings as needed
• Coordinate content creation stages with writing team
• Report to Publisher on project deliverables, including progress vs milestones, processes, performance of production staff, and freelance contractor costs
• Create and maintain (with in-house production team) house styles for print and digital resources
• Coordinate with other departments to provide support for website and non-core-classroom projects as needed

Skills

• Big picture perspective with strong executional abilities
• Leadership/coaching/mentoring skills
• Strong editorial skills
• Excellent communication – written and oral
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational/multi-tasking ability
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, and Acrobat
• Knowledge and use of standard editing/proofreading mark-up
• Consistently meets deadlines

Personal Attributes

• Flexible/adaptable
• Keen eye for detail
• Diplomatic and patient
• Calm under pressure
• Team player
• Proactive problem-solver
• Strong memory

Education and Experience (minimums)

• A minimum of 5 years of digital and/or print publishing experience, including development (preferably with experience in the education sector, ideally in math)
• Undergraduate Publishing degree/diploma or editing training preferred and math-related helpful
• Project management experience
• Familiarity with Project Management software, Content Management Systems, e-learning software and Learning Management Systems
• People management experience
• Familiarity with production coordination

French is an asset