Senior Assessment Production Specialist Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - HMH in US National

Title:

Sr Assessment Production Spec

Location:

US

Shift Type:
Regular Full-Time

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.

HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit

• Create and maintain high-quality technical art, graphics, illustrations, diagrams, and layouts for assessment items and related materials.
• Develop technical artwork for mathematics, science, reading/language arts, and other content areas.
• Create production-ready files using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Design templates, reusable graphic components, and standardized visual assets.
• Ensure graphics meet quality, accessibility, and technical specifications for print and digital delivery.

• Develop and manage graphics production schedules aligned with item development, review, and test production timelines.
• Coordinate graphics workflows across assessment development, editorial, production, and vendor teams.
• Monitor project status, identify risks, and ensure timely delivery of graphic assets.
• Establish and continuously improve graphics development and review workflows.
• Serve as the central point of coordination for graphics-related work across programs.
• Support scalable and future-ready graphics processes that enable asset reuse and efficient production.
• Maintain process documentation and develop new documentation as needed.

• Own and maintain assessment graphics style guides, templates, and visual standards.
• Ensure graphic design, layout, and formatting standards are implemented.
• Manage asset organization, metadata, naming conventions, version control, and archival practices.
• Ensure graphics and related assets are discoverable, reusable, and maintained according to best practices.
• Partner with system and content teams to support long-term asset management strategies.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for graphic development vendors and contract graphic artists.
• Communicate and train vendors on graphics requirements, specifications, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Review vendor-created graphics and layouts for quality, consistency, and adherence to standards.
• Coordinate feedback, revisions, approvals, and deliverables with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor vendor performance and help optimize external graphic production capacity.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in graphic design, editorial design, educational publishing, or a related field.
• Bachelor's Degree required/Associates Degree with demonstrated relevant experience
• Advanced expertise in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and related design and production tools.
• Experience in graphic production and file preparation, Digital Asset Management and metadata, technical art production, and page layout.
• Strong understanding of technical art, print production, prepress requirements, file preparation, workflow, asset management, and vendor management.

• Assessment or educational publishing
• Accessibility and inclusive design considerations
• Process improvement methodologies
• AI technologies applicable to graphics production

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