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You’ll coordinate schedules, keep authors informed, and work across teams to deliver accurate, high-quality materials on time.\nYou’ll also build relationships that last beyond a single project-staying connected with authors and customers, understanding their evolving needs, and helping identify what comes next. This individual contributor role is built for someone who enjoys bringing order to complex work and helping people move forward together.\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\nGuide projects from start to finish. Independently coordinate assigned custom publishing projects, establish schedules and priorities, anticipate risks, and resolve issues to keep work moving.\n\nConnect the teams behind each project. Partner with Sales, Editorial, Production, Manufacturing, and Design to coordinate handoffs, resolve competing needs, and meet customer expectations.\n\nCoordinate editorial and production details. Manage manuscript submissions, editorial workflows, review and proofreading, custom cover development, and final approvals so materials are ready for production.\n\nBe a trusted contact for authors and customers. Provide clear, timely updates, answer questions, address concerns, and manage expectations throughout the project.\n\nBuild lasting relationships. Stay in touch between projects to anticipate upcoming work and identify opportunities for additional products or enhancements.\n\nKeep project records current. Document author and prospect interactions and maintain accurate, timely information in title management systems and Salesforce.\n\nImprove how the work gets done. Recommend and implement workflow improvements that strengthen efficiency, collaboration, and the author and customer experience. Evaluate technologies, including AI and automation, for practical applications.\n\nShare insights that support future opportunities. Surface customer needs, potential contributors, and ideas that could inform national titles or new custom publishing solutions.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BRING\n1-3 years of experience in project editorial work or project management.\n\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.\n\nClear written and verbal communication, with the ability to adapt your approach to authors, customers, and internal partners.\n\nA customer-focused approach to building relationships, addressing concerns, and following through.\n\nCareful attention to detail in project workflows, records, and databases.\n\nA practical, creative approach to solving problems and the ability to stay composed when priorities shift or challenges arise.\n\nProficiency in Google Workspace.\n\nA college degree.\n\nEXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL\nFamiliarity with Jira, Box, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.\n\nExperience in educational publishing, college textbook sales, or customer support in the higher education market.\n\nYou don’t need to check every box to start a conversation. If you bring strong project skills, care about the customer experience, and are interested in helping create learning materials, we’d like to hear how your experience could contribute.\nSalary Range\n$50,000-$60,000 per year\nJob Location\nRemote or Office Based\nTravel\nTravel is estimated at approximately 10% for meetings, events, or campus visits.\nBenefits Statement\nBenefits begin on your date of hire for regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their eligible dependents. Health coverage is also available to qualifying domestic partners; additional documentation may be required.\nYour health and well-being. Medical, dental, and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, and 100% employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.\nYour financial future and learning. Competitive pay, a bonus plan, employer contributions to your 401(k), and an Education Assistance Program.\nYour time away. Paid time off, sick time, discretionary days, and paid holidays, including the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juneteenth, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.\nMacmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned digital learning company that inspires what’s possible for every learner. Our tools, content, and services are grounded in research and designed to support learning, wherever and however it takes place. To learn more, please visit our newsroom or macmillanlearning.com.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nAt Macmillan Learning, we believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our mission to improve lives through learning. We actively seek candidates who reflect a wide range of identities, experiences, and communities. 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