Cengage Group
Development Editor
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $46K - $60K
💻 Other
🗓️ October 9th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Cengage Group is hiring a Development Editor to support the creation and delivery of educational content within the National Geographic Learning Global ELL team. The role involves editing print and digital materials, managing freelance collaborators, coordinating with multiple internal and external teams, and ensuring projects meet deadlines and budget requirements while maintaining brand standards.
Highlights
- Edit and review educational content to meet learning objectives under guidance from senior team members.
- Manage freelance authors, editors, and other collaborators in partnership with Operations.
- Support content planning, budgeting, guidelines creation, and prototype development.
- Coordinate with departments including Production, Creative Studio, Operations, Digital, Marketing, and external vendors.
- Require proficiency in project and time management to ensure on-time, on-budget content delivery.
- Must have BA/BS/CELTA degree and 3-5 years of educational publishing or equivalent teaching experience.
- Advanced editing, proofing, and communication skills essential.
- Understanding of language learning pedagogy and National Geographic Learning brand principles necessary.
- Compensation range: $46,400 to $60,300 USD base salary, with potential incentives based on role.
- Work involves contributing to educational content that supports students’ college and career readiness globally.
Development Editor Full Description
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We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/
The Development Editor in the Cengage | National Geographic Learning (NGL) Global ELL team supports the development of components/levels within a series, through all phases of development, under close direction from the Lead Content Developer, Academic Design Manager, and Director, Academic Design. You will infuse all publishing with the power of the National Geographic brand, leading NGL to achieve bold revenue and growth targets.
What you will do here:
- Edit and review content (for print and digital), as assigned, to ensure students achieve course learning objectives, under direction from Lead Content Developer and/or Academic Design Manager
- In partnership with Operations, help identify, hire and manage freelance authors, editors, and other collaborators
- Support Learning Designers and other Development Editors in the development of content planning documents, budgets, guidelines, and prototypes
- Accurately estimate, plan, and communicate with team members and managers on work and project progress to ensure an on-time, on-budget delivery of content
- Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external teams, including Production, Creative Studio, Operations, Digital, Marketing, freelancers, writers, and vendors, training and assisting as the program requires
- Continually improve understanding, skills, and display aptitude for new tasks; proactively identify and suggest areas for change or improvement related to projects’ workflows and processes
- Represent the Cengage Group Credo and Ethos in all actions and behaviors
Skills you will need here:
- BA/BS/CELTA degree
- 3-5 years educational publishing, or equivalent teaching experience
- Advanced editing, proofing, written & verbal skills
- Project/time management skills, including pre-planning and the ability to meet deadlines
- Understanding of language learning pedagogy in order to make content decisions
- Understanding of how to implement NGL brand & content design principles
- Ability to understand and follow a learning design plan
- Ability to work independently on multiple projects
At National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Group, we are enabling opportunity, powering progress, and supporting student journeys toward college and career. Using our digital learning programs and classroom learning resources, students experience the excitement and joy of learning that National Geographic explorers, scientists, writers, and photographers experience.
Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or at +1 (617) 289-7917.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Compensation
At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.$46,400.00 - $60,300.00 USD
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