Curriculum Editor

Why we need you 

Springboard Collaborative invites talented and passionate candidates to apply for the position of Curriculum Editor. The Curriculum Editor will be responsible for conceptualizing, producing, editing, and analyzing content across the organization to support Springboard Collaborative programming. A successful candidate will have strong editorial experience, top-notch written and verbal communication skills, high accountability and dependability, and impeccable attention to detail. This is a remote position, and candidates must reside in the U.S.

Springboard Collaborative closes the opportunity gap by closing the gap between home and school. By enlisting families as teaching partners, Springboard increases students’ access to instructional time, thereby improving learning outcomes. We envision a world in which educators and families work together to help children unlock their full potential. The Curriculum Editor supports this goal by ensuring our curricular and org-wide materials promote impact and empower students and families to succeed. 

The Curriculum Editor will report to the Assistant Vice President, Curriculum & Instruction, and work as part of the Product & Services department. This is a great opportunity to support an entrepreneurial team to maximize the impact of a rapidly growing organization.

You can read more about the requirements, competencies, goals, and responsibilities below. We'd love to have you join us!

This is important

We are an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Springboard Collaborative—it’s at the core of what we do and how we do it. No one can solve a problem better than those who experience it firsthand. That’s why Springboard aspires to hire a diverse team that is representative of the marginalized communities we serve.

We also know that having a diverse workforce makes for a better workplace. Springboard’s hiring process seeks individuals who value diversity across race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and more.

Finally, if you’re passionate about an open role, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed on the job description!

Here are your priorities in the first year:

• Resolve at least 90% of editorial review requests on time and to the requester's satisfaction, ensuring all materials meet editorial, accessibility, and quality standards prior to publication.
• Complete editorial work from backlog through final review, delivering assigned work that meets quality expectations, design specifications, and agreed-upon timelines.
• Strengthen organizational editorial and accessibility practices by facilitating one digital accessibility enablement session per quarter and maintaining current editorial and accessibility guidance for cross-functional teams.

Here are your responsibilities within and beyond the first year:

You ensure the overall editorial quality of organization-wide digital and printed materials, providing editorial support across enterprise materials to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment with organizational standards.

• Edit materials for grammar, punctuation, and adherence to editorial style
• Analyze materials (print and digital) for clearness of expression, logical flaws, repetitiveness, and uniformity of design
• Prepare training manuals, guides, and other support materials for conferences and events.

You maintain a unified style guide for all digital and printed content and serve as an org-wide shared service for editorial support

• Maintain style and format guides for various editing projects across various media (print and digital) and collateral types. 
• Ensure that internal partners are trained in, and adhere to, style expectations.
• Advise internal staff on questions regarding editorial style expectations.

You collaborate with other individuals and teams to develop high-quality materials.

• Consult and collaborate with partners to ensure use cases and expectations are well understood.
• Apply the appropriate level of editorial review—from developmental and substantive editing to copy editing and proofreading—based on the purpose, audience, and stage of development.
• Maintain editorial workflows and systems to ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality editorial support across the organization.

You ensure curricular materials are instructionally sound, accurate, and aligned.

• Apply your content expertise to edit and refine K–5 literacy and math instructional materials, ensuring standards alignment, instructional soundness, and coherence across related assets.
• Conduct research as needed to ensure technical quality and accuracy of materials.
• Work with internal and external subject-matter experts to ensure materials are accurate. 

What you offer us

Here are the competencies we expect the right candidate to have: 

• Writing Precision & Editorial Excellence: You demonstrate technical mastery of grammar, syntax, and formatting to produce content that upholds our organization's professional credibility.
• Brand Integrity & Storytelling: You translate our organizational impact into a unified, high-integrity voice that inspires investment and ensures mission consistency across all channels and stakeholders.
• Professional Reliability: You meet deadlines, deliver high-quality work compliant with the standards of practice, and take ownership of mistakes in your editorial work.
• Strategic Business Partnering: You act as an internal consultant, using your editorial expertise to solve problems and align work with the company's mission.
• Process Reliability & Improvement: You design, maintain, and optimize low-risk, highly efficient workflows for your work and use tools to maximize your operational capacity and ensure quality consistency.

Here are the requirements we expect the right candidate to have:

• You have 3+ years of professional editing experience.
• You have 2+ years of experience editing or working with K-12 educational curricula.
• You have experience creating and/or maintaining style guides.
• You have experience managing editorial workflows and internal processes.

Here are our nice-to-haves for the right candidate:

• You have expertise in the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.
• You have experience as an elementary classroom teacher.

While this description provides an overview of the goals and responsibilities of the Curriculum Editor, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate flexibility and can adapt to evolving needs in an entrepreneurial environment.

What we offer you

Compensation

Our compensation values: At Springboard, compensation equity is integral to how we operate and to our commitment to competitiveness, pay equity, performance-based rewards, transparent & equitable career growth, and progressive benefits.

Compensation for this role: Each role at Springboard is placed in a compensation band with 5 levels. Generally, we expect candidates who meet all the hiring criteria to be offered the midpoint of the band. This role sits within Band 3. The midpoint of this band is $87,188. The actual level of the successful candidate (and corresponding salary) will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, and demonstrated competencies. You may also be eligible for Springboard's bonus program.

Our process to determine compensation: Springboard does not negotiate the offered salary during the offer conversation. Throughout the interview process, we will evaluate your alignment with the compensable factors listed in the job description. From there, we will determine your starting salary on a level within the job band.

Benefits

At Springboard, we feel it is important to take care of our employees, which is why we offer a competitive benefits package. These benefits include the following:

• The usual stuff - Medical insurance with a cash stipend for those who waive Springboard coverage. Options include PPO and High Deductible/HSA.
• We’ll take care of it - We fully cover your short & long-term disability coverage.
• Securing your future - We match up to 6% of your salary in 403(b) retirement contributions after your first twelve months at Springboard.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is important - Four weeks (20 days) annually. At Springboard, time off doesn’t need to be earned to be used. Everyone gets access to their time at the start of the calendar year.
• Holidays! - All 11 federal holidays, two extra floating holidays, weekdays between December 25th and January 1st, and your birthday!
• Under the weather? - We don’t cap the number of sick days available to employees.
• Paid Leave - Parental Leave (12 weeks after the first 6 months of employment). Marriage Leave (five days). 
• Technology - All employees receive a Springboard laptop and an optional monitor. Springboard uses Google Workspace and Asana. 

• We are committed to your development - We provide personal & professional development funding of $2000/year.

• Your wellness is a priority - Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support for stress/anxiety, finance, law, family, substance abuse, grief, and more. 
• Transparency is key - We ensure regular opportunities to discuss individual and organizational development and our commitment to equity. Consistent and structured real-time feedback is foundational to Springboard’s culture.

Location and travel

Applications are welcome from any location within the United States. This role will be performed remotely, with up to quarterly travel required to participate in team and org-wide retreats. Springboard Collaborative’s headquarters office is in Philadelphia, PA.

Springboard requires in-person employees at a Springboard facility or participating in in-person programming or events to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved. Being fully vaccinated means an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of a CDC-authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be asked to provide their COVID-19 vaccination status and proof of vaccination, as required. 

Please note that this employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.