Kendall Hunt Publishing is seeking a talented Digital Publishing Specialist to join our Higher Education team. As a Digital Publishing Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in developing and coordinating projects with a focus on our online and digital initiatives. Your expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of Kendall Hunt’s digital presence and ensuring the success of our online learning platforms. This position is based in the home office in Dubuque, Iowa.

What Will You Do?

The Digital Publishing Specialist will manage and coordinate projects with specialization in web components. The Publishing Specialist serves as an active mediator between several departments, including Contracts, Design, Permissions, Purchasing and even outside vendors such as copyeditors, typesetters, graphic artists, and the website production team. The Publishing Specialist and sales representative are responsible for monitoring the project through all stages of development and production to ensure the final product meets the needs and expectations of our authors.

Who Is Kendall Hunt Publishing?

Throughout its history, Kendall Hunt Publishing has grown with an emphasis on its employees, fearlessness in innovation, and a strong grip on its values. Today Kendall Hunt continues to expand by growing its number of educational products, creating new companies and extending its services across the country and beyond. Through diversity and willingness to adapt to the ever-changing publishing industry, Kendall Hunt is a company dedicated to growing with the public to best serve the people of the community.

When you work at Kendall Hunt, you immediately notice the collaboration, friendliness, and sense of purpose among our employees. Our customers, students, authors, and other outside contacts are always our top priority. We are constantly uncovering new sales channels for current product lines or finding new products to sell to current customers. Join our team of evolving employees to help us maintain our competitive edge in the industries we serve. www.kendallhunt.com

Who You Are…

• You understand the importance of a positive customer experience and your role in that overall experience.
• You have a desire to work in the publishing industry with print, online and web-based product.
• You are proficient or knowledgeable of Internet software, Adobe Professional, and Microsoft Office programs.
• You don’t mind taking initiative and consider yourself an independent thinker.
• You are a great communicator, people person and problem solver.
• You are organized and detail oriented.
• You have a bachelor’s degree in a related field, or two to four years of related experience.

Why Us? We Understand It’s More Than Just a Job!

Choosing a career path can be one of the most important decisions in your life. Work is part of a person’s identity. People need compelling reasons to remain at a job and a company day after day, year after year. As you consider a career change, we understand that the benefits an employer offers can be just as appealing as the job itself.

Our companies offer:

• Job Stability: Kendall Hunt and their family of companies have been around for over 75 years
• Career Growth: Gain great experience to promote to higher roles! Many of our leadership and upper-management staff have worked their way up in our family of companies
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with company-paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Generous company match on 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing
• A generous paid time off package at hire, plus paid holidays
• Scholarship and tuition reimbursement

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An Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview

Make an Impact!   
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher’s time and a student’s learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.

How can you make an impact?  
McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an Assistive Technology Specialist for our Higher Education division. The Assistive Technology Specialist provides assistive technology (AT) services and support to customers (students and instructors), advises sales & implementation teams, and provides guidance to McGraw Hill internal teams on content and technology builds to ensure that our digital products can be successfully used with currently supported AT.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. This position is open to 10% travel throughout the year. 

What you will be doing:   

• Partner with the Manager of Accessibility to support customers pre- and post-adoption by demonstrating the use of products with assistive technologies, identifying and reporting issues, and presenting solutions or reasonable workarounds.
• Use assistive technologies to test products for accessibility gaps prior to customer usage, ensuring compatibility and compliance with accessibility standards.
• Document identified accessibility issues, recommended solutions, best practices, user guides, and remediation plans for accessibility violations related to assistive technologies.
• Provide consultation to sales and product teams during the development of content and technology plans to ensure accessibility considerations are integrated.
• Collaborate with the Senior Assistive Technology Specialist to develop customer documentation as platforms and tools evolve.
• Serve as an expert resource in accessibility and assistive technology for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with Federal laws requiring equal access to digital products and services for individuals with disabilities, mitigating risks to revenue due to accessibility concerns.

We’re looking for someone with: 

• Current assistive technology professional certification preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with WCAG accessibility standards and guidelines.
• Deep expertise in latest trends in and usage of assistive technologies (i.e., screen readers, text-to-speech, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge of digital accessibility auditing and quality assurance tools and processes.
• Strong understanding of best practices for creating accessible documents (PDF, Word documents, PowerPoints, Videos, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot AT-related software and specialized AT-related computer hardware.
• Demonstrated knowledge of assistive technology’s use for educational digital materials.
• Demonstrated knowledge in various assistive hardware.
• Knowledge of universal design/how assistive technology is useful for people with and without disabilities in an educational setting.
• 2+ years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Why work for us?  
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.    

The pay range for this position is between $59,000 – $90,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” or “@careers.mheducation.com” email addresses and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.

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