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McGraw Hill is hiring an Editorial Administrator, Clinical Medicine. The role is the operational backbone of McGraw Hill's Clinical publishing program, coordinating schedules, author and contributor agreements, and permissions across multiple titles and digital initiatives from acquisition through production. The administrator also tracks project risks, builds status reports and dashboards for leadership, and helps document new AI-centered publishing workflows.

Highlights

Maintain project schedules across active titles and digital initiatives, tracking manuscript, review, revision, and production milestones and escalating schedule risks early.
Manage contributor records, onboarding, agreements, and honoraria, and serve as the main point of contact for authors on deliverables and manuscript revisions.
Coordinate with Content Licensing Specialists and production teams on permissions requests and manuscript status.
Collect figures, tables, videos, and supplementary materials, and confirm that documentation and assets are complete before handoff to production.
Maintain the publishing plan tracker and operational dashboards, and produce status, usage, and sales reports for leadership.
Help implement and document new AI-centered workflows for internal teams and author-facing systems, and keep trackers for digital product and platform modernization efforts.
Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years in publishing operations, editorial project management, or academic or medical publishing, with strong Microsoft 365 skills and experience building tracking systems or dashboards.
Preferred experience in medical, scientific, or educational publishing, working with authors and editorial boards, and manuscript management systems such as ScholarOne or eJournalPress.
Pay range of $40,000 to $76,500 annually.
Remote position open to applicants authorized to work in the United States.

Editorial Administrator, Clinical Medicine Full Description

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.

It's this vision that sets us apart, contributing to a brighter future where the science of learning meets the art of teaching. We're harnessing technology to enhance learning, both inside and outside of the classroom, deepening the connections between students and educators to empower greater success.

If you're smart, curious, and passionate about education - join us as we open doors. You'll work in an enriching, collaborative environment where we create opportunities for learners and celebrate successes. Why? Because learning changes everything.

How can you make an impact?

This position is the operational backbone of the Clinical publishing program. The role owns the day-to-day execution of author and contributor management, permissions tracking, contract administration, project coordination, and cross-functional communication across multiple publishing initiatives.

Serving as a hands-on practitioner in publishing operations, this individual translates strategic priorities into operational execution, maintaining visibility across project lifecycles from acquisition through production, and ensuring that all publishing initiatives meet quality, timeline, and compliance standards. The Editorial Administrator is expected to develop and maintain the operational infrastructure—systems, trackers, documentation, and reporting views—that provide the program with clarity on project status, resource allocation, and risk management.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.

What you will be doing:

Editorial Project Coordination

Maintain comprehensive project schedules across active titles and digital initiatives, tracking manuscript, review, revision, and production milestones
Monitor project risks and escalate schedule concerns proactively, ensuring stakeholders have visibility into dependencies and potential delays
Coordinate with Content Licensing Specialists and production teams on manuscript status updates and permissions requests
Develop and maintain project documentation, ensuring consistent record-keeping across all initiatives

Author & Contributor Management

Manage contributor records, contact databases, and onboarding processes, ensuring accurate documentation of agreements and deliverables
Coordinate author and contributor onboarding, including agreement execution, honoraria tracking, and delivery milestone management
Track contributor deliverables, manuscript revisions, and submission status, serving as primary point of contact for content contributors
Maintain contributor agreements, honoraria records, and related compliance documentation with appropriate archival protocols

Publishing Operations Support

Maintain project records, metadata, and publishing system accuracy, ensuring data integrity across all operational systems
Support manuscript submission and workflow management processes, coordinating handoffs between editorial, production, and digital teams
Coordinate comprehensive asset collection including figures, tables, videos, supplementary materials, and ancillary content, ensuring completeness prior to production
Serve as gatekeeper for production readiness, ensuring all required documentation and assets are complete and accurate before handoff to production teams

Product & Innovation Support

Coordinate meetings and follow-ups related to strategic initiatives, pilots, and new product development, maintaining meeting documentation and decision records
Help develop and maintain project trackers for AI-centered initiatives, digital product development, and platform modernization efforts
Assist with competitive research and market intelligence gathering to support product strategy and positioning
Take an active role in implementing new AI-centered workflows and processes—both internally and for author-facing systems—documenting processes and training stakeholders
Maintain documentation repositories for new product initiatives, ensuring decisions, requirements, and learnings are captured and accessible

Reporting & Administration

Maintain the publishing plan tracker and generate regular status reports for leadership, providing clear visibility into program progress, risks, and resource needs
Generate usage reports, sales data analyses, and other ad hoc reporting as required
Organize and maintain documentation repositories, ensuring records retention compliance and accessibility for future reference
Develop and maintain operational dashboards and views that provide real-time visibility into project status, bottlenecks, and workload distribution

We're looking for someone with:

Bachelor's degree
3+ years of professional experience in publishing operations, editorial project management, academic publishing, medical publishing, or related fields
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), project management platforms, and collaboration tools
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing deadlines and shifting priorities
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and completeness
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information for diverse stakeholders
Self-directed approach to problem-solving; comfort with ambiguity and ability to take initiative on operational improvements without explicit direction
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining tracking systems, dashboards, or reporting infrastructure

Preferred

Experience in medical, scientific, educational, or professional publishing
Experience working directly with authors, contributors, and editorial boards
Exposure to digital product development, AI initiatives, or educational technology
Knowledge of manuscript management systems (e.g., ScholarOne, eJournalPress) and publishing workflows
Familiarity with permissions and licensing workflows in publishing
Experience with data analysis and visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar)

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 $40,000-$76,500 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.

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