Associate Media Editor, Economics

W. W. Norton & Company is an independent, employee-owned publisher, focusing on publishing books that educate, inspire, and endure. In the College department, we work with the most important voices of our day to release textbooks that support today’s students and instructors. Increasingly, that includes not only physical books, but also an interactive ebook platform, videos, online problem sets, and more.

The Associate Media Editor is an essential part of the Economics team. This person will be responsible for the quality and timeliness of digital teaching, learning, and assessment resources and will report to the Media Editor for Economics.

Essential Job Responsibilities Include:

• Recruiting, signing, training, and communicating with authors and subject matter experts for a wide variety of editorial projects.
• Working closely with fellow editors, designers, production managers, product managers, and engineers.
• Planning, developing, and implementing pedagogically useful and innovative content to be used in digital teaching, learning, and assessment resources.
• Managing vendor selection, scheduling, and budgeting for digital production.
• Managing projects in all stages of editorial development and production, including asset management and documentation.
• Collaborating closely with colleagues in media and print editorial, production, and permissions to ensure quality and timeliness of materials.
• Clearly documenting and communicating updates with all team members throughout the duration of a project.

Desired Qualifications:

We welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds and identities. The ideal candidate for this role has a demonstrated interested in the challenges and opportunities of technology as it applies to teaching and learning Economics. They are a proactive problem solver, detail-oriented, comfortable prioritizing multiple projects, and willing to contribute to the work and processes of the team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Employment eligibility to work with W. W. Norton & Company in the US
• Able to work full business hours
• Prior experience in college publishing, ideally at least one and a half years in an editorial role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.

Currently available benefits:

• Annual compensation for this position is $50,000. All salaries and salary ranges posted by Norton may vary depending on experience, skills, location and like considerations.
• Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and summer Friday afternoons beginning in July
• Generous health benefits, including PPO and EPO medical insurance options, vision insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter, gym membership reimbursement, and more. Coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children is available.
• Profit-Sharing and 401(k) benefit plan with discretionary contribution matching by
• employer
• Disability and life insurances
• FMLA, parental and other leave
• Employee Assistance Program (for mental health, financial planning, and other needs)
• Company-provided laptop
• Employee discounts on Norton books
• Limited matching of employee donations to select non-profit organizations

All policies and benefits described are subject to change at any time.
From: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.