Associate Development Editor Health Job at Wolters Kluwer in Olympia

Overview

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information services that combines deep domain knowledge with specialized technology.

Our portfolio offers software tools coupled with content and services that customers need to make decisions with confidence.

Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way we do business, build better judicial and regulatory systems.

We help them get it right.

Who We Are: Wolters Kluwer — The world is a big place, find your place here.

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What We Offer: The Associate Development Editor role offers growth potential opportunities, professional development, an engaging team environment, a hybrid schedule (in any WK office location 2 days a week), and benefits.

Office Locations: Contact Wolters Kluwer.

What You'll be Doing

As the Associate Development Editor for the Nursing Education and Nursing Practice portfolios, you have an opportunity to join an award-winning team who is passionate about creating quality content and delivering that content in innovative solutions.

You will have the responsibility for developing content and assets for books and digital products that span from undergraduate nursing education into nursing practice.

You will serve as the owner of your assigned products during the development cycle to ensure we are delivering the most current evidence-based content for our customers by ensuring that the products (and their related resources) deliver on time, on spec, on scope, and on budget.

Collaboration will be a key ingredient for success as this role requires close partnerships internally with the Editorial Operations team, Acquisition Editors, Product Managers, Marketing, and Sales, and externally with vendors, authors, and subject matter experts to ensure that we are producing exceptional content that delights our customers.

Key Tasks:

• Manage the product development cycle in collaboration with the Editorial Operations team or Product Manager for all assigned projects, including textbooks, digital assets, videos, and ancillaries

• Collaborate with the Acquisition Editor and Marketing Manager in product planning and evaluation, formulate market surveys, desired outcomes for focus groups, and/or scripts for planned activities to gather customer insight and feedback, and assess how assigned products align with other products in the company’s portfolio and identify opportunities for collaboration and integration

• Work with subject matter experts, authors, vendors, and/or in-house staff to develop core content suitable for multiple platforms and appropriate for customers

• Communicate with customers through surveys, focus groups, or other planned activities to understand their needs and pain points, learning environment, and market trends

• Provide written analysis of customer feedback and competitive products to support solving customer problems and driving market share growth

• Assist Acquisition Editors in understanding market segments, including competitive landscape, market trends, customer demographics, etc.

• Inform and articulate Acquisition Editors’ vision and plan for product development

• Help define the deliverables and the scope of the product(s), including related resources, in light of market feedback and compared to competition

• Analyze proposals and sample content to determine market viability and evaluate the ability of subject matter experts and authors to create and revise content per the project plan

• Create a comprehensive project budget and coordinate with the Editorial Operations team to create a schedule/project plan

• Manage content and/or media development (such as video, audio, etc.) via vendors, subject matter experts, and freelancers and ensure all content deliverables are completed on spec, on time, on scope, and on budget

• Demonstrate development editing capabilities through analysis of author’s/subject matter expert’s presentation and writing style, providing direction to authors/subject matter experts

• Work with Editorial Assistants to commission reviews of content and features and functionality.
  
  Evaluate customer feedback through review analyses and ensure product meets market needs and will be positioned for success upon release

• Alert Acquisition Editors and Marketing to new opportunities discovered in customer interactions.
  
  Review and refine the scope of a project as needed

• Track project status, schedule, and budget in consultation with the Editorial Coordinator and assist in report preparation for management

• Problem-solve quality/content or scope issues and collaborate with the Editorial Operations team to resolve schedule, budget/cost, and vendor/freelancer/SME issues

• Assisting Marketing with sales inquiries when appropriate

• Managing customer escalations from Online Product (Technical) Support

You're a Great Fit if You Meet These Requirements

• Have a BA/BS degree

• Experience in academic and/or healthcare publishing

• Experience in building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external customers, with flexibility, diplomacy, and cooperative/team attitude

• Strong detail orientation with broad conceptual understanding

• General knowledge of the company and strong interpersonal skills

• At least 1-2 years of editorial publishing experience in developing print and/or digital products, preferably for higher education or healthcare

• Excellent verbal and written communication, leadership abilities, prioritization, and time management skills, with strong editing knowledge

• Fluency with common publishing style manuals (APA 7th edition) and bias-free language with focus on diversity and inclusion

• Familiarity with analyzing proposal reviews and creating review analyses to aid product development

• Ability to develop market knowledge

• Awareness of larger strategic issues/environment (competition and publishing strategies)

• Expertise in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Project management skills for multiple complex projects

• Willingness to travel approximately 5 - 10% to our Philadelphia office

We are an incredibly supportive team that truly enjoys what we do and who we do it with.

We play a key role within WK and assist in driving the daily success.

If you have a passion for making a true difference within an organization, while working alongside a genuinely caring and supportive team, we highly encourage you to apply.

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Additional Information

Compensation: Target salary range CA, CT, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MN, NY, RI, WA: $53,750 - $72,250

Diversity Matters: Wolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture and equal opportunity employer.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave.

Full details at the benefits site.

Disclaimer: The above statements describe the general nature and level of work and are not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite as part of the recruitment process.