Project Development Coordinator

Great River Learning; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job Stability

Career Growth

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company paid life insurance

Short and long-term disability

401(k) match

Profit sharing

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Great River Learning seeks a Project Development Coordinator to lead university and college course-material development, collaborating with professors to understand learning outcomes and to design engaging, media-rich content. You will guide cross-functional teams and shape prototypes that inform broader course content.

The role emphasizes relationship management with authors, project planning, and ensuring publications progress through production while driving revenue.

Qualifications

• Strong active listening and written/verbal communication.
• Interest in sales and in developing solutions.
• Competitive, highly organized and self-driven.
• Positive, can-do attitude and accountability.
• Leadership experience and time management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple publications in various stages of development, ensuring they are advancing through the production process and generating revenue as expected.
• Manage the relationship with authors in development through bi-weekly calls and Team meetings.
• Monitor sales and usage of publication that are 'live' and selling.
• Initiate process using task tickets and workflows (Jira) and update project notes (Dynamics CRM).
• Interact with various internal teams (sales, production, design) regarding projects and authors.
• Review and Quality Check production work for products in development.
• Conduct Project Planning and Scope Development meetings, generate a project 'Blueprint' and provide direction to authors.

Skills

Active listening

Communication skills

Sales interest

Highly organized

Leadership

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Do you have a thirst for learning new things? Do you find it rewarding helping other people achieve their goals? Imagine getting to learn something new from college professors every single day, without the need to find the TedTalk nearest to you.

As a Project Development Coordinator at Great River Learning that's what you'd do. You would take the lead in consulting with university and college professors to uncover what those educators want their students to learn, identify what challenges they face in reaching those learning outcomes, and engineer a solution to create better, more engaging, media rich material. It begins by seeking to understand what matters, what might 'move the needle', and how success would be measured. Then, you align the resources, tools, and the rest of the development team to create a prototype that serves as a template for the remainder of the course content.

Imagine playing a critical role in developing the next generation of college course material. The traditional printed textbook is stuck on a shelf, students and educators are expecting....'more'. That's where you shine a light on the path forward.

In A Typical Work Week as Project Development Coordinator, You Will...

• Oversee multiple publications in various stages of development, ensuring they are advancing through the production process and generating revenue as expected.
• Manage the relationship with authors in development through bi-weekly calls and Team meetings.
• Monitor sales and usage of publication that are 'live' and selling.
• Initiate process using task tickets and workflows (Jira) and update project notes (Dynamics CRM).
• Interact with various internal teams (sales, production, design) regarding projects and authors.
• Review and Quality Check production work for products in development.
• Conduct Project Planning and Scope Development meetings, generate a project 'Blueprint' and provide direction to authors.

Characteristics of an Ideal GRL Acquisitions Manager...

• has strong active listening skills; is able to communicate well, both verbally and in writing
• has an interest in sales, but also likes developing and delivering solutions
• is competitive, highly organized, and self-driven
• has a positive and a "can do" attitude towards life
• possesses enough leadership, motivation and purpose to hold yourself accountable
• sees time as a resource that shouldn't be wasted
• possesses a bachelor's degree
• possesses a valid driver's license

Who We Are

Great River Learning (GRL) is an established, higher education company that focuses on developing engaging publications by integrating videos, animations, and interactive exercises. We see enormous business opportunity because we know most students don't read traditional 900-page textbooks...unless they're cramming for a test. We develop next-generation textbooks that are well designed, interactive, and media-rich. Our employees are driven and passionate about excelling, learning, having fun, and making the world a better place by helping to improve the experience of both college-level students and professors. Learn more by visiting us at www.greatriverlearning.com.

Why Us? We Understand It's More Than Just a Job!

Choosing a career path can be one of the most important decision in one's life. Work is part of a person's identity. People need compelling reasons to remain at a job and a company day after day, year after year. As you consider a career change, we understand the benefits an employer offer is just as appealing as the job itself.

Kendall Hunt offers -

• Job Stability. Kendall Hunt and their family of companies have been around for over 75 years
• Career Growth. Gain some great experience to promote to higher roles - many of our leadership and upper management staff worked their way up in our family of companies
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with Company paid life insurance, short term and long term disability
• Generous company match on 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing
• 15 days of PTO at hire, plus paid holidays

An Equal Opportunity Employer