Director of Production Educational Publishing
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Job Location:
Tinley Park, IL - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 110000 - 135000
Posted on:
8 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Director of Production - Educational Publishing
Hybrid
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Experts in Career and Technical Education (CTE) and an employee-owned company is seeking a Director of Production. The Director of Production is an experienced visionary who will lead the transformation and execution of production workflows. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in digital publishing technologies production systems and team leadership with a passion for delivering high-impact educational content. This position will follow a hybrid schedule working a minimum of one day per week in our Tinley Park Illinois office.
Our compensation is market based and takes into account a variety of factors including the candidates skill set experience level internal equity and location. For this position we anticipate the starting salary falling between $110000 and $135000 per addition the company makes a 10% contribution to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan and a 4% matching contribution to the 401(k).
What youll do:
Strategic Leadership
- Lead initiatives to modernize production workflows tools and approaches for digital-first content delivery.
- Execute the digital production design and layout strategies aligned with organizational goals and product roadmaps.
Team & Process Management
- Manage and mentor a team of digital production specialists project managers layout artists and designers.
- Establish and refine production processes to support scalable repeatable and high-quality output across formats.
Technology & Workflow Optimization
- Identify evaluate and execute on opportunities to streamline existing workflows. Leverage data to inform workflow improvements resource allocation and production planning. Explore emerging tool sets vendor expertise and capabilities as well as other progressive technologies to scale and improve speed to market.
- Design workflows that can scale with business growth and evolving content formats.
- Oversee implementation and integration of production technologies (e.g. DAMs CMSs automation tools).
- Drive adoption of digital-first workflows and universal design principles to meet accessibility standards.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a key liaison between production and product development teams to ensure production readiness for new assets and product types.
- Productively lead or co-lead cross-functional working groups to pilot and implement new workflow initiatives.
- Collaborate with vendors and external partners to manage outsourced production and technology solutions.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Evaluate and refine existing QA protocols for both internal and vendor-produced content to ensure consistency quality and accuracy.
- Maintain currency with accessibility standards and ensure all digital content meets quality accessibility and compliance standards (e.g. WCAG 2.2 AA Section 508).
What youll bring:
- Bachelors degree in Publishing Media Production Technology or related field required.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in production with at least 3 years in a leadership role required.
- Minimum of 5 years of people management experience required.
- Familiarity with LMS integrations and educational technology platforms.
- Passion for education and a commitment to improving learning outcomes through digital innovation.
- Proven track record of managing large-scale digital content operations in publishing or education.
- Expertise in digital formats production tools code validators (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite InDesign XML/HTML editors) and workflow automation.
- Strong leadership project management and communication skills.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards and universal design practices.
What we offer:
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher is an employee-owned company driven by our missionWe Build Careers.G-W has spent over a century building a culture that we are proud of and is centered around our Core Values ofDo the Right Thing Can-do Attitude Roll Up Your Sleeves Always Improving and Collaborative Spirit. When you join our team you will experience an environment of collaboration empowerment and respect.
G-W prioritizes the health and well-being of our employees by offering carefully selected benefits and retirement options. Check out some of our generous benefits highlighted below:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan a retirement plan that is 100% company funded
- 401(k) with a company match
- 3 Medical plan options
- 2 Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Wellbeing and Wellness Reimbursement Programs
- Cariloop a Caregiver Concierge
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Social Activities and Events
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status ancestry and marital status and other protected classes in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
In addition Goodheart-Willcox Publisher complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination of employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfers leave of absence compensation and training.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US. We do not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Explore a wide range of digital and print resources that build skills for life. G-W provides innovative solutions for Career and Technical Education plus Health and Physical Education.
