Editorial Director, Content Strategy & Production

NCCER COABE Strategic Partnership; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NCCER is seeking an experienced Managing Editor to lead the delivery of high-quality print and digital educational content. You will oversee the full editorial and production lifecycle, manage a diverse editorial team, and coordinate cross-functional workflows to ensure top-tier publications for learners worldwide.

The role emphasizes strong copyediting, project management, and collaboration with vendors and stakeholders to meet deadlines and quality standards across print and digital formats.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, publishing, education, or related field.
• At least five (5) years of relevant publishing/editorial management experience.
• At least two (2) years of people management experience.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills, with knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style.
• Experience managing employees, freelancers, and vendors.
• Strong knowledge of print and digital production workflows.
• Ability to lead collaboratively, make sound decisions, and perform effectively under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee content through the full editorial and production lifecycle, from manuscript development to final print and digital publication.
• Manage daily editorial operations across multiple concurrent projects.
• Develop editorial plans, assign work, ensure proper resourcing, help establish deadlines, and monitor editorial progress.
• Coordinate handoffs and deliverables across print and digital production lifecycles.
• Facilitate resolutions for technical queries and conflicting feedback appropriately.
• Keep project managers and leadership informed of editorial progress, risks, and issues.
• Monitor publishing and education trends to identify relevant opportunities.
• Line manage, train, support, and develop in-house editorial staff.
• Set performance expectations and conduct regular evaluations.
• Monitor workloads to ensure appropriate capacity.
• Facilitate team meetings focused on project priorities, progress, and risk identification.
• Coordinate freelance editors and vendors and ensure deliverablesmeet specifications.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager and Project Manager to request contractor SOWs and ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner.
• Address and resolve editorial team concerns and project challenges.
• Copyedit manuscripts, storyboards, PowerPoints, and other ancillary materials for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and quality.
• Review page proofs
• Ensure content complies with approved style guides, editorial standards, and project requirements.
• Review editors’ work product to ensure quality, clarity, and style are to in-house standards.
• Oversee content quality by maintaining standards for accuracy, accessibility, consistency, copyright requirements, and audience appropriateness across print and digital formats.
• Apply knowledge of copyright, permissions, fact-checking, source attribution, and editorial ethics throughout the content development process.
• Demonstrate knowledge of accessibility principles and inclusive language to create curriculum that meets the needs of diverse learners and audiences.
• Provide final editorial approval before publication.
• Develop, refine, and implement editorial policies, procedures, and quality-control practices.
• Evaluate and adopt tools and technologies that improve editorial efficiency and content management.
• Review editorial metrics and operational data to evaluate and improve quality, capacity planning, schedule performance, and process effectiveness.
• Collaborate with project managers to help track scopes of work, invoices, schedules, and vendor deliverables.
• Coordinate with internal teams, including Technical Writing, Learning Experience, Permissions, Design, Production, and other stakeholders.
• Liaise cross-functionally with other departments, such as Digital Learning and Test Development.
• Manage clear and timely handoffs among teams, departments, vendors, and publishing partners.
• Build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Project management

Copyediting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team development

Vendor management

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, publishing, education, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Teams

SharePoint

Smartsheet

Confluence

CMS/LMS/DAM

XML publishing

Job description

NCCER is seeking an experienced Managing Editor to lead the delivery of high-quality print and digital educational content. You will oversee the full editorial and production lifecycle, manage a diverse editorial team, and coordinate cross-functional workflows to ensure top-tier publications for learners worldwide.

The role emphasizes strong copyediting, project management, and collaboration with vendors and stakeholders to meet deadlines and quality standards across print and digital formats.