Production Specialist

At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting accessible learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our team of more than 2,500 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day.

Summary:

The Production Specialist will provide composition, layout, and graphic support to both our internal and offshore Production teams. The successful candidate in this role will take an active part in the development, fulfillment, and maintenance of print and digital educational material, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products.

Essential duties/responsibilities:

• Work extensively with files in Adobe InDesign and Acrobat; own the fidelity of the InDesign files for assigned projects.

• Work on illustrations and photos in Illustrator and Photoshop.

• Build InDesign templates and create Style Guide documentation.

• Update book files and create new pages, following supplied manuscript.

• Ability to read, understand, and apply information from a Style Guide.

• Ensure product’s adherence to all laws pertaining to copyrighted and public domain material usage and permissions, including but not limited to images, fonts, and texts.

• Support metadata collection and file structure to meet content re-purposing goals.

• Apply or maintain accessibility features according to guidelines and best practices.

·         Attend and participate in project meetings. Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings.

·         Communicate regularly with supervisors, vendors, internal, and external teams in order to accomplish project goals and meet project deadlines.

·         Ensure projects adhere to best practices and all documentation is maintained appropriately.

Note: The essential duties are intended to describe the general content and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties.  Specific responsibilities and assignments will be provided by the incumbent’s manager.

Required job skills:

• Experience with Adobe products, including InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

• Understanding of Editorial markup and how to implement.

• Successful delivery of final products and project deliverables according to prioritized schedules.

• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities across multiple projects.

• Effective communication with coworkers, managers, other teams, and offshore Production vendor/partners.

·         Excellent time management and ability to multi-task; ability to work independently.

·         Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail.

Minimum qualifications:

• Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop and other publishing software 
• Working familiarly with content management systems, Woodwing preferred.
• Exhibited ability to learn new software, tools, systems
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years publishing experience

Preferred qualifications:

• 3-5 years of curriculum development experience
• Experience in Education Publishing (Print and Digital), GK-12.