[Remote] Project Coordinator

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. McGraw Hill is a leading educational publisher, and they are seeking a Project Coordinator to enhance collaboration and communication among teams. The role involves managing project timelines and resources to ensure the successful delivery of educational solutions that empower educators and learners globally.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage agile project planning documents and other artifacts including Jira cards and Smartsheet for composition, digital delivery, reprints, translations, assessment and other activities as assigned
• Lead agile project ceremonies and meetings including vendors and project resources
• Assign and manage onshore and offshore vendors to ensure definition of work is realistic, understood, and executed on time
• Identify and manage issues and risks with vendor and working team, escalating as needed, to manager and/or product team
• Document and manage action items for follow-through
• Document and assess implications of changes and decisions regarding scope and budget
• Review and verify required vendor input documents are delivered by the product team upon hand off notification
• Ensure quality checks are performed as defined by Production Center of Excellence
• Utilize and oversee usage of production and delivery systems like Jira, InDesign, K4, Habitat, Smartsheet, and other digital delivery
• Collaborate with vendors and project stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery, drive communication, identify risks and issues relevant to production activities
• Align delivery dates to project milestones, as defined by project team and manager

Skills

• 1-3 years total work experience
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Acute attention to details, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and willingness to ask questions
• Experience using Microsoft office tools and project management tools like Jira and smartsheet.com, and familiarity with project management framework and methodologies especially Agile
• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience
• Prior publishing experience preferred

Benefits

• A full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.

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