Associate Director, AP Editorial Production – REQ001562_43245530923_12-3175 in Boise, Idaho

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Editorial Production

College Board –

AP&I

Location:This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB
offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and
Wednesday in office). Type

:This is a full-time position

About the Team

AP is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and
hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher
education. With almost 40 courses in a wide variety of subject areas, AP
provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the
opportunity to study and learn at the college level. The AP program is
rapidly expanding its development of instructional and assessment
products under the leadership of the growing Assessment Production team.
The team currently consists of 18 talented and collaborative
professionals with expertise in a variety of domains that are integral
to the assessment production process.

To support the continued production of high-quality teacher- and
student-facing materials, the AP Program is looking fill the role of
Associate Director, AP Editorial Production.

About the Opportunity

The Associate Director, AP Editorial Production will oversee project and
process management for the various editorial reviews across all AP
courses and products, maintaining and communicating detailed reporting
and status tracking across a number of interdependent workstreams.
Partnering with the AP Editorial team, AP content teams, and various
other stakeholders, the Associate Director, AP Editorial Production will
ensure that all assessment items undergo the rigorous vetting and
editing processes that ensure a high-quality end product for AP teachers
and students.

As an Associate Director of AP Assessment Production, you are an
integral member of the cross-functional team building and delivering AP
Exams and Instructional resources. You are a collaborative, insightful,
and highly-motivated professional, with a keen eye for detail and a
passion for educational opportunity. You are not shy about digging into
ambiguity and you are quick to propose more efficient ways of getting
things done.

In this role, you will:

Build and maintain detailed editorial production plans across courses
and products (40%)

• Develop and maintain detailed review schedules for all summative and
  formative assessments as well as other ad hoc editorial initiatives
• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of the status of all
  editorial deliverables
• Collaborate with relevant CB stakeholders to refine and revise
  prioritization of competing deliverables, managing editorial team
  bandwidth
• Calculate copyedit needs across the AP Assessment Production team
  based on current and long-term projected schedules; compare copyedit
  capacity against projected needs and identify potential gaps in
  copyedit capacity
• Oversee the timing of new course onboarding, including development
  of course-specific authoring / editorial guidelines in collaboration
  with relevant technology teams

Manage all aspects of relevant editorial review processes (40%)

• Facilitate multiple levels of editorial review for all AP assessment
  products and resources, including training and management of outside
  vendors, where needed
• Lead weekly stand-ups with the AP Editorial team, providing
  visibility into and accountability for current work status and
  upcoming deliverables
• Facilitate resolution meetings to streamline feedback integration
  and ensure alignment and between editorial and content teams
• Serve as liaison between editorial and other teams to support the
  resolution of issues affecting the editorial quality of items
• Budget and t ack all costs in your purview and recommend efficient
  staffing and resourcing solutions

Process Development and Improvement (20%)

• Integrate project management tools for editorial work with processes
  managed by other key stakeholders In the Assessment Production value
  chain
• Collaborate with peers and the broader Assessment Production team to
  document and iterate on current project management practices
• Collaborate with Senior Director, Editorial Quality to define and
  uphold best practices, identifying process refinements that
  safeguard the editorial quality of all AP Assessment products
• Share recommendations for process and tool improvements on an
  ongoing basis

About You

You Have:

3+ years of relevant product and/or project management experience
(required), preferably in the education industry

Strong organizational and time management skills with a process-oriented
mindset

High degree of personal ownership to consistently deliver results in a
fast-paced environment

Excellent interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills;
demonstrated ability to e