Production Lead Editor, ELA

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The Role:

If you are infuriated by (seemingly) intentionally obfuscated content and you read enough books in a year to impress Maria Popova, Newsela’s ELA team could be a good fit for you. As an Associate Editor for the ELA product of Newsela, you will work with a dedicated team of editors and contributors to deliver engaging, informative, real-world content to K-12 classrooms across the U.S. You will leverage your keen editorial judgment, love of literature, and deep knowledge of the current media landscape to select daily news stories, fiction, and poems that help students improve their reading ability. We value authentic content that creates opportunities for teachers to be culturally responsive, encourages students to think critically, and explains complex concepts with ease.

Why You’ll Love This Role:

This role allows you to play in every corner of the vast ELA sandbox, from daily news production to expanding our fiction and nonfiction archives. You will also have the opportunity to explore new content streams, and the ways Newsela’s ELA content will shape the way students learn how to write, read and interpret nonfiction, fiction and poetry around the U.S. Your work will directly contribute to ensuring educators are equipped with the content and tools necessary to deliver representative, culturally responsive instruction, and in turn help deepen the impact of our mission to make reading accessible and engaging for all learners.

Why We’ll Love You:

You have 4+ years of demonstrated editorial experience focused on nonfiction, longform fiction, or poetry. You may have experience in journalism, publishing, or academia – or some griffin-like mashup of all three! Whatever the case, your passion for learning and education will help us transform our already enormous archive of ELA content to cover more ground, make it more inclusive, more accurate and fair. While not a requirement to have previous K-12 education experience, you understand the ELA education landscape enough to be able to identify content that is interesting to students and appropriate for learning. You also have unmatched organizational skills to be able to juggle multiple workstreams, and a steadfast dedication to meeting deadlines.

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

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Located across from Bryant Park, our team enjoys spending lunch time or coffee breaks in one of NYC's beautiful and historic landmarks. With easy access to trains via Grand Central Station, Times Square, and the Bryant Park subway stations, we have many commuting options.

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