Publishing Coordinator

Our Vision is to cure childhood cancer, one cup at a time.

Your Vision is to use your critical-thinking skills and remarkable talents to make a difference in the world.

Join Team Alex and let’s work together to give kids fighting cancer the childhood and future they deserve!

About Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of 4-year-old

Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who was fighting cancer and wanted to raise money to find cures for all children with cancer. Her spirit and determination inspired others to support her cause, and when she passed away at the age of 8, she had raised $1 million. Since then, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement. Today, ALSF is one of the leading funders of pediatric cancer research in the U.S. and Canada raising more than $300 million so far, funding over 1,500 research projects and providing programs to families affected by childhood cancer. For more information, visit AlexsLemonade.org.

Description

This is an exciting new role that will bring publishing experience to our Family Services department which provides resources and connects research with families of children battling cancer. As a member of Family Services team, the Publishing Coordinator will serve a unique role as the only embedded publishing expert on the team, bringing a wealth of opportunity to increase our profile as the “go-to” childhood cancer organization.

This role will work with experts in the childhood cancer field to deliver educational resources directly to families who are dealing with a childhood cancer diagnosis.

This position requires a skilled project manager with experience in publishing, who has the ability to also understand the intricate experiences of a family diagnosed with childhood cancer.

Areas of responsibility:

The Publishing Coordinator will oversee the production and distribution of the content, including:

Childhood Cancer Guides—The Childhood Cancer Guides is a series of books for families with a child diagnosed with cancer. Our books, reviewed by renowned experts in pediatric oncology, feature stories from more than 500 parents, children, and survivors of childhood cancer. This role will work closely with all contributors including families, authors, designers, printers, distributors and other experts in the field to update, distribute and evaluate the 5 Childhood Cancer Guides. This role will lead these books through the various levels of production and then work with the team to market them. In addition, they will ensure the content is available and integrated into the ALSF website. They will work closely with the authors to ensure the CCGs being produced are high quality and are free from inconsistencies.

Specific responsibilities include:

Planning, tracking and driving all stages of production. Overseeing the books as they go through the stages of updating, copyediting, layout and design, electronic production, printing, and promotion.
Leading the teams of writers, copy editors, designers, printers and experts in the field for each of the books.
Working with authors and freelance writers to plan, organize, and present written material and graphics in the best possible manner. Create timelines for each book.
Reading and reviewing manuscripts. Editing manuscripts for style, punctuation, and consistency.
Managing contracts and permissions for each of the books. As a book nears completion, obtain written permission from authors and/or publishers to use direct quotes from their books.
Understanding sales records buying patterns among schools, libraries, and bookstores; and other marketing trends.
This role will gather feedback from the intended audiences to further enhance the books in future editions
Managing the editorial budget for the production, advertising, and promotion for each book.
Managing relationship with book distributor and providing reports to accounting and sales/download updates to management.
Implementing marketing ideas for how to expand the reach of the book.

Website— This role will also work with the website team to ensure that all content from the guides is available on the website, updated, and easily searchable.

Specific responsibilities include:

Creating reports on frequently visited pages and using analytics to drive decision making for additional website content production, such as video.
Guiding the creation of a digital library of content on the website, to complement the written content.

Other resource materials—This role will also work with the Family Services team to advise on new and existing educational materials such as guides, toolkits, etc. for families, providing input, writing assistance and expertise as needed.

Skills

5 years fulltime professional experience with a minimum of 3 years publishing experience including all parts of chapter book publishing from working with authors, to printing and marketing the final product.
Organization—bring a strong project management approach to the book publishing process, which has many moving parts.
Managing timelines—create a timeline that is realistic and achievable to produce quality deliverables on or before deadlines.
Writing ensure that all written content has correct grammar, punctuation, and syntax. Editors must write clearly and logically while considering the viewpoint of their audience.
Relationship building cultivate and maintain good working relationships with authors and staff. This is important for tactfully guiding the author through the development, as well as coordinating with others to produce the book on time.
Utilizing sound judgement determine if the manuscript is ethical and free from plagiarism. In addition, researching and recommending types of educational resources and content are appropriate for the Foundation to provide to families.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make significant contributions to our continued growth and more importantly, to changing the lives of children with cancer. This full-time opportunity offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

If you are interested in joining the ALSF team, please submit a resume and an amazing cover letter describing your interest and why you would be the right fit for this position, including your salary requirements. the interest of expediting our process, only candidates who submit cover letters with resumes will be considered.

About Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation

Founder, Alex Scott, taught us the important life lesson of “turning lemons into lemonade.” Her example of making something positive from something negative, having hope for the future, and enjoying each day is the spirit of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The daily actions of our staff members, volunteers and researchers play an integral role in achieving the mission of the Foundation – curing all childhood cancers.

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