Career Corner: An October Roundup of Scholastic Jobs

Julia Graeper  //  Oct 13, 2017

Career Corner: An October Roundup of Scholastic Jobs

This month, Scholastic has some new job postings highlighted as part of our regular "Career Corner" series. Perhaps you'd be the right fit for one! As always, you can also check our LinkedIn page and our Career site. (Also: check out our Talent Network! See the note at the bottom of this post.)

Featured Jobs for October: 

  • Search Engine Marketing Manager (SEO and Paid Search Required) 
  • Senior Marketing Analyst
  • Product Owner, eCommerce
  • Technical Lead, Integration Services
  • Executive Editor, Early Childhood Dual Language Learning and Biliteracy

Search Engine Marketing Manager (SEO and Paid Search Required) 

The Search Engine Marketing Manager creates, manages, and optimizes search engine marketing programs for both natural (SEO) and paid search across Scholastic. The Search Engine Marketing Manager will work closely with our agency partners and our in-house team to help our sites maximize rankings, traffic, customer engagement, revenue, and long-term loyalty.

Responsibilities:

The person in this position will be responsible for managing the search engine marketing channels, both paid and organic. He or she will manage the paid search and shopping process end-to-end, from campaign inception, management and optimization, through post-campaign analysis. Within organic search, the Manager will partner with technical and content teams to improve the visibility, rank, and relevance of sites in search engines over time. It is expected that the Manager will be a fast-paced, self-motivated person who is detail-oriented and able to keep multiple initiatives moving at once.

To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.

Senior Marketing Analyst

The Senior Marketing Analyst will be responsible for reporting and analyzing multi-channel marketing campaigns to determine opportunities to increase efficiencies and maximize return on marketing investment. The ideal candidate will have the strategic, creative and analytical skills needed to connect quantitative data to insights that will drive and change our marketing activities across all channels.

Responsibilities include: 

  • Analyze relevant media and financial data to generate reports/presentations that provide actionable insights and identify growth opportunities

  • Maintain and distribute standardize media performance recaps for marketing campaigns and promotional events, using attribution and internal data

  • Collaborate with internal marketing partners to develop goals and KPIs for media channels, providing recommendations for upcoming events and campaigns

To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.

Product Owner, eCommerce

Scholastic is looking for an experienced Product Owner who is passionate about creating and delivering an exceptional direct-to-consumer eCommerce experience targeting Scholastic’s 5 core constituents–Teachers, Administrators, Parents, Partners and Librarians.

Responsibilities

The Product Owner will strategize the best approach for development and oversee the work to execute and release. In this capacity, this individual will develop user stories and test scripts that drive development and test activities. The role is required to demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving skills, working with agile development teams to drive planning and scoping of releases. The Product Owner will be hands-on, problem solving to ensure success.

To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.

Technical Lead, Integration Services

The Technical Lead will be working in a fast-paced environment with business and technology groups. The role requires a self-starter who is passionate about education and technologies. He or she must be able to task manage and prioritize activities efficiently. The candidate must also be able to effectively communicate expectations and timelines in a timely and clear fashion and have strong written communication skills. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, organized, and have leadership experience. The individual should have experience managing teams, influencing without direct authority, and leading a team of engineers. The role requires design skills, sound judgment, and the ability to establish strong working relationships with business stakeholders and product owners.

Responsibilities include:

  • Make architecture and design decisions as it affects the area of integration

  • Work with business and product owners to build the next generation shared services platform serving multiple lines of business, products, markets, and geographies

  • Assist in the requirements collection and analysis, software design, development, troubleshooting, implementation and enhancement of new and existing software

  • Contribute your expertise to support our engineering best practices standards.

  • Mentor, grow and retain the team

To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.

Executive Editor, Early Childhood Dual Language Learning and Biliteracy

The Executive Editor of Early Childhood ELL, DLL, and Bilingual Learning will assist in creating innovative, research-based, developmentally appropriate learning experiences. He or she will contribute to product planning and will manage a team of content developers to bring product plans to fruition with the highest commitment to quality and efficacy.

Responsibilities include:

  • Working with the Senior Director, contribute and adhere to product plans including instructional models and editorial guidelines, working within established development schedules and project budgets.

  • Work with program authors and consultants as needed, eliciting input, managing expectations, and building rapport and enthusiasm.

  • Manage 3 editors and external freelancers and vendors as needed.

  • Write, review, edit, and approve content as needed.

  • Ensure content alignment to relevant research and early learning standards.

To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.

Don't forget!

Click here to join our Talent Network! The Scholastic Talent Network is free and easy to join, and doing so will enhance your job search and application process.

  • Receive alerts about new job opportunities that match your interests

  • Stay up-to-date on company news from Scholastic

  • Be able to digitally share job opportunities with family and friends

Whether you choose to apply to a specific role today or just leave your information for future opportunities, we look forward to staying connected with you!