Editorial Manager, Exam Services

Scope Summary

The Editorial Manager, Exam Development is a dynamic and collaborative role. This role will manage editorial workflow, oversee style guide and style-related decisions, manage editorial team, and perform editing of exam items and departmental documents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage editorial workflow, including:

  • Editorial schedule for all Exam Development projects, based on priorities and internal deadlines (in conjunction with Director, Exam Development)
  • Providing QC and editorial assignments to editors, with deadlines
  • Maintaining editorial workload
  • Addressing issues that arise during the editorial/QC process
  • Suggesting and implementing updates to the editorial process to improve efficiency and quality; includes soliciting feedback and ideas from team members

• Manage editorial team members, including 1:1 meetings, performance evaluations, and coaching/guidance as needed.

• Edit, proofread, and quality-review exam items and related materials, ensuring accuracy through research and fact-checking while implementing and maintaining editorial standards for readability, consistency, terminology, grammar, and formatting.

• Perform editing of exam items and associated documents.

• Conduct initial and/or final editorial review of examinations and/or item banks to verify adherence to style guidelines.

• Edit proposals and contracts for grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency, style, and clarity.

• QC1: Monitor the technical quality of newly developed items and provide immediate feedback to item writers.

• During in-person and virtual workshops, facilitate item review sessions and review items with SMEs to resolve issues as needed.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft office products
• Advanced writing and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Team management skills
• Ability to manage, organize, and complete multiple ongoing projects and tasks
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Uphold confidentiality, especially related to SME data, information and feedback
• Proficiency in the English language
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Attention to detail and organizational skills are essential to the position
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills/cross-train with other team members

Education and/or Experience

• Preferred degree but not required for the role
• 5+ years of direct experience in related fields (editorial, management)