Senior Communications Editor

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Regular Full-Time hand2mind, Vernon Hills, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $95,000.00 Annually

About hand2mind:

For more than 60 years, hand2mind has inspired learning through play by creating hands‑on, classroom‑tested materials that help children learn by doing. We’re a growing, family‑owned company recognized as a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace and trusted by teachers and families alike. We create a wide range of educational products—classroom tools like Hands-on Standards®, consumer products for Number Blocks®, and innovative items like our new Bubble Plush™ Yoga Balls.

If you’re curious, collaborative, and a kid at heart, you’ll feel right at home here. Join us in shaping the future of learning with our award‑winning team!

Team & Position

Description:

We are currently seeking a versatile, highly skilled Senior Communications Editor to join our Product Development Content team! As Senior
Communications Editor
, you will be responsible for concepting, writing, and editing a variety of creative, impactful educational product content and product copy for toys, games, curriculum materials, digital assets, and more. You will play a pivotal, hands‑on role in content development and strategy to inform and inspire our diverse audience, meeting the highest standards of storytelling, quality, accuracy, and engagement.

This role offers the chance to shape content innovation, actively build our brand through your exceptional creative writing skills, apply your editorial expertise to align editorial processes and standards across teams, and own content development from ideation to on‑time delivery. As a content liaison, you will partner closely with product managers, designers, and marketers on challenging, meaningful, multifaceted projects that support your career growth in a deeply collaborative and mission‑driven environment.

What You’ll Do Day to Day (Responsibilities):

• Use your exceptional creative writing skills to develop a variety of high‑quality product‑related content for toys, games, teacher guides, activity cards, catalogs, and digital assets from conception to publication.
• Apply your established editorial skills and experience through all editorial stages, from substantive and line editing to copyediting, proofreading, and contextual editing to deliver polished, purposeful, impactful content.
• Develop fresh,
  brand‑building copy for product descriptions, packaging, landing pages, digital assets, samplers, sell sheets, video scripts, and more.
• Write, review, fact check, and edit content to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to style and brand guidelines.
• Perform other duties as needed to meet department and company goals.

What We’re Looking For (Key Performance Objectives)

• In the first 3 months:
  • Review and audit Editorial Resource Library, style guides, and  content development processes, recommending changes aligned with industry‑leading standards.
  • Develop and edit high‑quality, engaging product copy for annual catalogs and product landing pages.
• Within 6 months:
  • Implement product content development processes and best practices across a variety of guides, cards, and digital assets for different audiences.
  • Help manage, onboard, and support a growing network of freelance writers, editors, and subject matter experts.
• Within 12 months:
  • Partner with Editorial Manager to help lead content and copy development for 30+ new consumer products.
  • Review and implement editorial workflow efficiencies using emerging AI tools and technology, reducing time on repetitive or administrative tasks.

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