Esri is hiring: Sr. Acquisitions Editor – Esri Press in Redlands

Esri Press is the industry standard for delivering quality geospatial learning content. From print to web, we collaborate with authors and internal team members to identify opportunities for new publications.

Your responsibilities include identifying market trends and pain points of our customers and contracting with talent to create content to address these pain points. Formats for content are limitless but currently include books, training courses, curriculum, assessments, short-form content, on-demand courses, and certification-related content. A significant part of your role will include identifying opportunities to co-create new content experiences.

Join our dynamic team as we deliver compelling books across a wide variety of platforms, from print to e-book to web experiences.

Responsibilities

• Assess education, technology, and academic trends in data science and analytics disciplines and research current and emerging competitors; sign, develop, and publish innovative books in these markets.
• Identify and target competitive market opportunities in the GIS domain.
• Build and execute on a multi-modal content strategy including but not limited to text, live courses, labs, assessments, and on-demand courses. Your core responsibilities include:
  • Identifying trends, technology developments, and skills gaps that present opportunities to develop learning content.
  • Building relationships and signing with SMEs who are best positioned to shape and create content that addresses the skills gaps.
  • Continuously monitoring the performance of your content in the platform and adjusting your strategy as necessary.
• Coordinate with other acquisition team members to identify new opportunities, develop strategies and visions for new publications, identify business plans, and propose pricing as well as target time frames.
• Build up a personal network of academic contacts to identify authors, reviewers, and potential textbook adopters.
• Demonstrate effective project management of multiple titles/projects and ensure that all projects release on time and within budget.
• Develop product messaging with Marketing and Sales that successfully communicates each book’s mission, identifies critical success factors, and communicates expectations to project participants, both internal and external, including authors.
• Cultivate new ideas for projects by identifying talented writers and communicators; upon approval, prepare and negotiate their contracts.
• Analyze current and pending acquisitions at each development stage, including preparing and presenting publishing proposals for Esri Press editorial board meetings.

Requirements

• 5+ years of publishing experience as an acquisitions editor.
• Demonstrated experience with project management in a similar environment.
• Strong level of organization; ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to drive on-time, on-budget, high-quality development efforts.
• Experience with multi-modal content strategy and digital and print production, including comprehensive knowledge of the market requirements of the publishing process.
• Excellent problem-solving ability as well as written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s in journalism, communications, advertising, business, or related field.

About Esri

At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology.

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