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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates exceptional developmental editing skills with a strong focus on quality assurance and evidence-based content standards. Proven ability to manage editorial teams, oversee project management processes, and ensure accessibility compliance in publishing.
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Developmental EditingProject ManagementTeam LeadershipAsana ProficiencyAccessibility Compliance
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Hard Skills
Developmental EditingProject ManagementContent EvaluationResearch AnalysisAPA StyleCMOS StyleEditing Research-Based PublicationsQuality AssuranceContent StructuringInclusive Document Adjustments
Soft Skills
CommunicationJudgmentFeedback ProvisionProblem SolvingCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Asana
Industry Keywords
Nonfiction PublicationsEducationHuman DevelopmentFederal PublishingSection 508 Accessibility
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead WestEd’s editorial team and ensure important products are delivered on time and meet rigorous quality standards
- Provide developmental editing for high-visibility, complex, and sensitive nonfiction products
- Uphold accurate, objective, evidence-based content standards
- Diagnose structural problems, revise content for logic and clarity, draft suggested text, and improve readability and consistency
- Collaborate with designers, proofreaders, and accessibility experts to prepare products for public release
- Identify accessibility issues and suggest inclusive document adjustments
- Lead intake for new products and publications and assess scope, complexity, and editorial support needs
- Estimate and plan work, negotiate timelines and scope, and advise on editorial capacity and funding
- Allocate labor across concurrent projects and coordinate editing, design, proofreading, and accessibility resources
- Manage projects in Asana, anticipate bottlenecks, and resolve workflow issues
- Evaluate and refine intake, estimation, prioritization, and QA processes
- Lead four direct reports, set expectations, provide feedback, and support professional growth
- Conduct midyear and annual performance reviews
- Delegate decisions and resolve complex or sensitive editorial issues
- Ensure editorial quality and consistency and coach team members
- Guide responsible use of AI in editing
- Participate in hiring and onboarding and engage contractors when appropriate
- Communicate QA expectations and clarify Communications processes across the agency
- Provide guidance and training on responsible AI use in writing
- Strengthen agency-wide writing through training, tools, and guidance
- Address concerns about accuracy, objectivity, nonpartisan stance, and evidentiary support
- Lead decisions on WestEd’s house style
- Participate in the Communications leadership team
- Edit or contribute to funding proposals, RFP responses, capacity statements, annual reports, and web content
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Minimum 10 years of experience in roles where developmental editing of nonfiction publications was the primary responsibility
- Experience supervising or leading a team
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Comfort with project management software, ideally Asana
- Exceptional developmental editing skills
- Ability to digest complex research content and judge whether claims are supported by evidence
- Sound judgment on appropriate use of AI in editorial work
- Advanced degree in education, English, public policy, or a related field, or equivalent experience (desired)
- Knowledge of education and human development fields, research methods, and federal publishing contexts (desired)
- Experience editing research-based publications and ensuring claims are supported by evidence (desired)
- Command of APA, CMOS, and house-style conventions (desired)
- Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility in publishing (desired)
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available
- Must pass a criminal background check, fingerprint validation, and education verification
Benefits
Comp & perks- 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option
- Health/welfare benefits effective the first of the month following the hire date
- PTO: 19 days, increasing to 21 days beginning the third year of employment
- 12 paid holidays
- Life insurance valued at 3x gross salary, maximum $500,000
- Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases
- Annual incentives
- Professional development opportunities
- Mentorship program
- Option to work remotely for employee convenience, depending on position or project requirements