Director, Publications

Organization DescriptionJUMP Math is a Canadian charity with global reach that empowers teachers and educators to multiply the potential in every classroom through research-informed, curriculum-aligned resources and approaches that ignite and nurture an enduring understanding and love of math in every student. For more information:
Position SummaryReporting to the Publisher, the Director, Publications is the key project manager overseeing the writing and production processes and staffing for the creation of high-quality teacher and student core classroom resources in both print and digital environments. The Director, Publications works with internal teams as well as external developers and quality assurance testers to ensure on-time and efficient creation of high-quality math publishing resources.
This is a full-time role with benefits.
Location of Work: The position is intended to be hybrid with some attendance in person for meetings and duties at the JUMP Math office in Toronto.
Salary Range: $75,200 to $86,000
JUMP Math is committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal people of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. If you require accessibility accommodation, please indicate in your application. Application is only open to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
Key Accountabilities
Support the Publisher to forecast budgets and establish schedules and best-practice processes for new projects
Create and manage project schedules based on established deliverables for print and digital core classroom resources, including prototypes and final products
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of project processes based on design-thinking principles and quality assurance standards
Liaise with internal team and CMS/LMS developers and programmers to define parameters for digitized resources and to identify and resolve content-related issues
Hire and manage contractors (content creators, editors, graphic designers, etc.)
Participate in hiring and manage in-house production team, coordinating interaction between content creation and production teams and between internal and external stakeholders
Lead regular departmental meetings and special project meetings as needed
Coordinate content creation stages with writing team
Report to Publisher on project deliverables, including progress vs milestones, processes, performance of production staff, and freelance contractor costs
Create and maintain (with in-house production team) house styles for print and digital resources
Coordinate with other departments to provide support for website and non-core-classroom projects as needed
Skills
Big picture perspective with strong executional abilities
Leadership/coaching/mentoring skills
Strong editorial skills
Excellent communication – written and oral
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent organizational/multi-tasking ability
Proficiency with Word, Excel, and Acrobat
Knowledge and use of standard editing/proofreading mark-up
Consistently meets deadlines
Personal Attributes
Flexible/adaptable
Keen eye for detail
Diplomatic and patient
Calm under pressure
Team player
Proactive problem-solver
Strong memory
Education and Experience (minimums)
A minimum of 5 years of digital and/or print publishing experience, including development (preferably with experience in the education sector, ideally in math)
Undergraduate Publishing degree/diploma or editing training preferred and math-related helpful
Project management experience
Familiarity with Project Management software, Content Management Systems, e-learning software and Learning Management Systems
People management experience
Familiarity with production coordination
French is an asset
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