Publishing Specialist
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West Academic Publishing is the leading publisher of casebooks, study aids and other legal education materials in the US. West Academic Publishing provides its products under the West Academic, Foundation Press and Gilbert imprints. We are a growth-oriented organization, dedicated to providing our current and prospective customers with the best available legal education materials.
The publishing specialist will be part of a team responsible for digital content production, monitoring and maintenance as well as the distribution of our content in electronic formats and across e-platforms, including both proprietary and other publishing systems, for law school textbooks, study aids, and bar review products.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Content Production
- Support content production by inputting and maintaining content libraries and products in various digital production repositories.
- Work Independently and collectively to prioritize workload to meet scheduled production dates.
- Manage project work, take general direction, organize information, and formulate necessary action steps and follow-through to completion.
Quality Control
- Contribute valuable ideas and suggestions for process/workflow improvements.
- Create, load, proof, and test a variety of digital assets.
- Adapt existing procedures to overcome roadblocks.
Individual and Team Skills
- Collaborate across teams to provide production assistance or expertise needed to meet team and department goals.
- Initiate needed action without waiting for directions.
Required Minimum Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Required Abilities, Knowledge, and Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal English communication, including composition/grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to effectively hold to a deadline.
- Ability to prioritize and stay focused while dealing with multiple assignments and tasks.
- Ability to learn quickly and apply knowledge to increasingly complex and changing work in an agile environment.
- Ability to work with team members, contacts from other teams, departments, virtual and off-site teams/vendors, or sourcing partners effectively.
- Demonstrated technical aptitude for computer applications and systems such as word processing, data entry, and content publishing applications.
- Experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro a plus.
- Familiarity with U.S. legal system and legal educational publications a plus.
Job Conditions:
Normal office hours and environments, extensive reading and exposure to personal computers, extra hours may be required to meet deadlines.
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by a competitive compensation package, including but not limited to an extensive benefits package featuring generous paid time off, medical, dental and vision benefits. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.
West Academic by Barbri is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. As an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), we do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual stereotyping, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other protected characteristic.
- Department
- West Academic Editorial Production
- Locations
- Eagan, MN
- Hourly salary
- $21
- Employment type
- Full-time
Eagan, MN
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About BARBRI
BARBRI Global is a global learning company dedicated to meeting the legal education and specialized training needs of law students, attorneys and other professionals throughout their careers. Building on the success of its core bar courses, which have helped more than 1.3 million lawyers around the world pass a U.S. bar exam, BARBRI offers a comprehensive suite of learning solutions for higher education institutions and law-related businesses.
BARBRI Global is also the leading provider of legal education materials and digital learning solutions ranging from law school courses to topical overviews authored by distinguished law faculty and award-winning teachers. BARBRI's comprehensive portfolio covers products for U.S. bar prep, LSAT prep, curriculum, assessment, global license preparation, online program management, legal education materials, and professional development. BARBRI Global, founded in 1967, is a Francisco Partners portfolio company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with offices throughout the United States and around the world.
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