Senior Editor

POSITION SUMMARY:

Working under the supervision of the Chief Publications Officer, the senior editor is responsible for ensuring that CRS’s publishing house acquires and develops content for maintaining a robust publications pipeline. This position collaborates with the Chief to ensure that the publishing house products match CRS’ overall direction, program and service needs, and customer needs and interest; it is responsible for ensuring that the print and digital products are high-quality and are profitable.

This position works closely with the Chief Publications Officer on managing multiple projects simultaneously for the lifetime of projects. Projects may be multi-year and multi-component, or small in scale (for example, new books, reprints, workshop products, articles, new or replacement lessons, lesson components and products, small guides, research reports, and marketing collateral). Finished products will publish in both print and digital formats.

It also ensures that the publishing house is able to meet CRS’ general internal publishing needs.

The ideal candidate is a team player, a self-starter, and a lifelong learner. They will have developmental-level editing skills, excellent command of editorial processes and styles, and show evidence of ability to project manage in multiphase projects with multiple components.

• Works closely with the Chief Publications Officer on planning for publishing pipeline of 5-8 books for educators and 4-8 children’s books each year and managing the slush pile.
• Collaborates with Chief, in conjunction with relevant program and research stakeholders to identify potential topics and authors for the publishing pipeline.
• Ensures that the content acquired for print and digital projects is appropriate for CRS’s audience, programmatically accurate, written to high standards of quality, and completed within a specified time frame and budget.
• Cultivates relationships with potential authors and solicits proposals designed to meet member and customer needs.
• Works closely with the Chief Publications Officer to negotiate contracts with authors.
• Identify, source and build a pool of freelancers with relevant skills for the diverse titles produced (including translators, copy-editors, designers, illustrators, proofreaders).
• Works closely with the Chief Publications Officer to research trends in the educational marketplace.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with program experts and practitioners who contribute content to CRS.
• Collaborates with colleagues in other departments.
• Contributes to the concept development and content review for other CRS programs, products, and services as required.

• Works closely with the Chief Publications Officer on proposal development and author (and illustrator) acquisition for publishing pipeline of book titles and retail products that CRS identifies as important for the publishing pipeline.
• Prepares for quarterly meetings to review proposals, ensures there is a well-designed review process that engages team discussions and provides clear feedback to prospective authors.
• Responsible for implementing a well-designed proposal review process.
• Implements and manages a peer review process that ensures manuscripts are original, research-based, practical, specific, and conversational in tone.
• Evaluates completed manuscripts for quality, reviews permissions, and makes recommendations for copyediting and production.
• Works closely with the Chief to plan and/or attend CRS-sponsored events to identify potential authors, to seek potential authors, and raise awareness of author opportunities among diverse
• Makes presentations, organizes conference exhibits, and shares information gathered on-site.

• Works closely with project editors and authors whose projects are under contract, and provides guidance and support during the writing phase.
• Provides guidance that ensures content is shaped and organized in line with the expectations of the proposal.
• Chases work prior to agreed delivery dates, assessing work when it is…