This month, we have 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 in November:
- Digital Art Director, Scholastic Classroom Magazines
- Account Executive, Education Sales (Los Angeles, CA)
- Vice President, Academic Planning and Solution Development
- Digital Marketing Manager
- Principal Cloud Based Engineering Manager
- Senior Systems Manager, Data Acquisition
- Senior Software Engineering Manager, Digital Education Engineering
Digital Art Director, Scholastic Classroom Magazines
Scholastic Classroom Magazines is seeking an ambitious UI/Visual Designer who thrives in a small, cross-functional, and collaborative environment. This position requires superb design skills, an eye for typography, and a flexible outlook when it comes to working creatively with an editorial team. We are looking for a reliable designer with excellent communication skills, a detail-oriented approach, and consistent execution. The position reports to the Director of Digital Classroom Magazines.
Responsibilities include:
- Working from the UX team’s wireframes to produce polished visual design comps;
- Creating and evolving the visual design language for the division’s products while maintaining awareness of the larger ecosystem of product and design standards;
- Presenting design concepts to stakeholders;
- Working with current branding to develop new products for Scholastic Classroom Magazines.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Account Executive, Education Sales (Los Angeles, CA)
We are seeking to hire an energetic Account Executive with prior educational publishing experience who can partner with schools and communities to extend literacy.
In the classroom, after school, in the community, and at home, Scholastic Classroom and Community reinforces learning everywhere a child meets a caring adult. Our mission is to provide young people with access to text that is relevant and engaging, while supporting content area learning and information literacy that ensures the highest levels of student achievement. Along with classroom books and instructional materials to meet students’ needs, Scholastic Education provides workshops, extensive teaching resources, and works with communities and long-standing literacy partners to ensure that students receive learning support 24/7 and from birth to adulthood.
Responsibilities include:
- Achieving assigned goals;
- Serving as the lead for all identified districts;
- Developing intimate relationships with all stakeholders throughout the accounts;
- Meeting with customers to discuss areas of concern and gaps;
- Developing district contacts and cultivating relationships at all levels to enhance Scholastic’s position and create major growth within designated accounts;
- Compiling account information on organizational structure (parent and subsidiaries), buying process, compensation process, existing products/tools to produce a prospective business report identifying potential business activities necessary to close accounts.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Vice President, Academic Planning and Solution Development
The Vice President of Academic Planning and Solution Development will be responsible for driving and supporting quarterly and annual Education revenue goals. The role is a key leader that will oversee a team of literacy specialists charged with supporting field sales in driving revenue through solution selling activities. This person must have extensive literacy content knowledge in order to support the team in positioning Scholastic’s comprehensive literacy solutions, as well as make priority recommendations to ensure self-sustaining literacy achievement within school districts, state partnership organizations, and communities.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing and overseeing a team that supports the development of systemic comprehensive literacy plans and balanced literacy frameworks (e.g., content knowledge of balanced literacy, knowledge and use of literacy and implementation data, identifying key instructional best practices);
- Collaborating with SVP, RVP, RD’s and AE’s on identified key strategic accounts to drive significant revenue;
- Presenting solution specific and data leveraged presentations to key district leadership and stakeholders;
- Creating customized solutions to meet multi-tiered needs of district partners.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Digital Marketing Manager
Scholastic Teachables is a digital subscription product for that contains over 20,000 downloadable resources for every grade and subject.
Teacher Resources offers Teaching resources, children's and teacher books, lesson plans, book lists, classroom resources, educational products from Scholastic for PreK - 12 teachers.
Responsibilities include:
- Working with the Director of Marketing to plan and execute all digital marketing, including: email, social media, display, website, scholastic.com, SEM, and internal ad campaigns for acquisition & retention, and Winback with a focus on the Teacher market;
- Writing and developing copy and design and/or the creative briefs for each of the above mentioned campaigns for both Teacher (and sometimes Parent) markets;
- Managing the copy and design approval process for all assets created and is the main point person for the designated designer;
- Working with internal teams and/or outside agencies for email, social media, SEM, and display network campaigns;
- Developing and managing marketing calendar and scheduling for each channel.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Principal Cloud Based Data Engineering Manager
Scholastic is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead ongoing development of the Scholastic Data Cloud (SDC). The candidate will demonstrate a successful track record of thought leadership and management skills coupled with deep experience engineering and managing cloud-based data platforms. The ideal candidate will be distinguished not only by their experience working in a cloud-based, multi-tenant environment, but also by high levels of creativity, passion, and thought leadership.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading the Scholastic Data Cloud (SDC) development effort focusing on scalability, quality and performance;
- Managing a team of data engineers located both on and off shore;
- Serving as the organization’s expert on SDC platform technologies and architecture;
- Performing employee performance reviews and regular one-on-one sessions;
- Performing code reviews.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Senior Systems Manager, Data Acquisition
Are you interested in working in a new analytical and strategic center of excellence for a trusted brand? Scholastic has big plans for its approaching 100th anniversary and its Data & Analytics practice is playing a pivotal role as a data driven engine for the incubation of high-value strategic and operational initiatives.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing, deploying, and managing Scholastic’s enterprise survey capability for both email and digital surveys;
- Operationalizing, integrating, and creating value realization programs for Scholastic’s customer service response data;
- Developing a digital and third-party data strategy for Scholastic, working with Scholastic's business units, data engineering, and infrastructure experts;
- Developing social listening tools and data infrastructure capability.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Digital Education Engineering
Passionate about building, owning and operating highly scalable, child-friendly education applications? Experienced in building and leading teams of highly competent software engineers ranging from new graduates to architects? Want to make an everlasting impact to every child’s learning experience? If so, here is an opportunity tailored for you! We are seeking a senior software engineering manager in Scholastic’s Digital Education division.
Responsibilities include:
- Making architecture and design decisions as a senior engineer and technical lead;
- Working with business and product owners to build the next generation education applications for mobile and desktop web;
- Managing 3 – 5 engineers and assisting in the requirements collection and analysis, software design, development, troubleshooting, implementation, and enhancement of new and existing software in Java;
- Contributing your expertise to the division’s agile process and test driven development.
To view the complete job descriptions, including additional responsibilities and desired qualifications, click here.
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