Content Development Editor Job at Oxford University Press in Cary

We are the world’s largest university press. We have both a worldwide reach and a personal understanding of local needs, partnering on the ground to adapt publications and resources to meet the individual needs of communities, societies, and countries. We partner with researchers, educators, and technology partners to stay ahead of the changing ways people around the world are accessing and sharing knowledge. With a presence in more than 50 countries and millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have a global impact.

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Advancing Knowledge and Learning

About the Role

Responsible for project managing a portfolio of strategically important projects, and ensuring that they maximise student outcomes. Create products that are distinctive, innovative, and compelling, and which drive digital penetration by being designed to have most impact when used digitally. In close collaboration with authors, thoughtfully enrich and curate both text and non-text content in line with best practice as it relates to learning design and pedagogy. Under the guidance of the Content Development Manager, ensure that budgets are met, and costs incurred are in line with the agreed P & L. Create and share clear, compelling value propositions which speak to clearly-identified market needs.

Key Accountabilities

• Market and HE ecosystem expertise : Maintain an accurate and dynamic understanding of the competitive environment and customer (lecturer, student) needs by interacting directly with our customers, through reviews, surveys, direct engagement, and VoC; by completing detailed analyses of our competitors' products; and by analyzing third-party data on the markets in which we compete.

Content enrichment and curation : In collaboration with authors and reviewers, work to meet instructor and student needs as fully as possible by creating products that are distinctive, innovative, and compelling.

About You

Benefits

We care about work / life balance at OUP. We offer 15 days’ vacation time that rises with service, 8 sick days, plus floating holidays, personal days, company holidays, and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We care for you and your dependents by offering health, dental, and vision insurance plans to our full-time employees. Each plan has multiple levels of coverage to fit your needs and has a high level of contribution made by OUP. In addition, we offer Employee Assistant Programs for all full-time employees, regardless of whether you elect in health insurance. We also offer life insurance and disability insurance.

We help make your money go further by providing a non-elective contribution on your behalf to your retirement plan of 7% of your salary and a matching contribution to the retirement plan of 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions on based earnings.

This role is part of the OUP USA News Guild Bargaining Unit.

Position Location : This role can be hybrid, based out of New York, NY or Cary, NC (2 days a week in office) or remote in the United States.

GJC Level : I4 (for internal purposes only)

Salary : $56,537 - $58,500 dependent on skills and experience

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

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