Publishing Operations & Automation Lead

Skyrocket Education; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Skyrocket Education in Pasadena, CA seeks a Publishing Operations Lead to own the end-to-end publishing lifecycle for curriculum products across print, digital, and app platforms. You will drive process redesign, automation opportunities, and QA controls to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability.

You will lead editors, designers, curriculum staff, contractors, vendors, and technology teams to establish workflows, quality gates, and dashboards that monitor cycle time and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; degree in publishing, education, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in publishing, content operations, or educational publishing.
• 3+ years of leadership or people management with complex workflows.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end publishing lifecycle for curriculum products across print, digital, and apps.
• Redesigns and implements scalable publishing operations and QA checkpoints.
• Develops workflows, ownership structures, and timelines for all stages.
• Leads editors, designers, curriculum staff, contractors, and vendors.
• Establishes governance, external vendor expectations, and delivery quality.

Skills

Leadership

Process redesign

Automation

AI workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workflow/PM platforms

Content Management Systems

Digital Asset Management

Automated QA tools

Job description

Skyrocket Education in Pasadena, CA seeks a Publishing Operations Lead to own the end-to-end publishing lifecycle for curriculum products across print, digital, and app platforms. You will drive process redesign, automation opportunities, and QA controls to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability.

You will lead editors, designers, curriculum staff, contractors, vendors, and technology teams to establish workflows, quality gates, and dashboards that monitor cycle time and on-time delivery.