Job Title: Digital Content Specialist
Location: Remote-Preference toward St Louis or Philadelphia (central or eastern time zones)
Duration: 12 Months (Possibility of Extension)

Job Description:

Purpose of the Role: Digital Content Specialist (DCS) assists the Digital Content Manager with the development and deployment of market critical, innovative learning content in various client products such as courseware, Adaptive Quizzing and other critical digital products. These products play a key role in the adoption of client’s market leading franchise titles that serve the Nursing and Heath Education faculty and students.   This individual manages assigned digital projects from inception to production release utilizing digital content workflows, authoring tools, and technologies as appropriate. Serves as the day-to-day contact for internal and external digital content development partners including Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Instructional Designers (IDs), and global content vendors throughout the development process. 


Main Activities and Responsibilities: 

• Manage day-to-day digital content development
• In conjunction with the Digital Content Manager, plans digital content development and delivery cadence.
• Plays a key role in stand-up meetings with the internal and external content development partners.
• Ensures lead and peer review SMEs are delivering work products per schedule.
• Proactively identifies potential issues with SMEs and works with the Digital Content Manager to find alternative approaches to mitigate risks.
• Oversees reviews from SMEs, consolidates reviews, queries SMEs and outsourced vendors as appropriate to ensure quality on-time content delivery.
• In conjunction with the Digital Content Manager and other internal participants develops and/or brings forth suggestions for improving existing writing, assessment, and instructional design guidelines.
• Performs high-level review of all stages of outlines, assessments, and content storyboards and sends them to the appropriate partners for detailed review.
• Coordinates with other participants and/or drives permission and art research as needed.
• Coordinates classification mapping, EAQ, and ancillary mapping tasks as needed with the help of internal and external resources.
• Coordinates delivery of build content and oversees UAT fixes and ensures gold delivery of assigned course product.
• Plays a key role in ensuring on-time delivery.

  
Effective communications

• Provide / support / maintain timely communications between internal and external teams
• Establish ongoing communication plans
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal colleagues and outsourced vendors
• Provide guidance on the impact to the timeline of any proposed changes to functional scope

  
General Knowledge and Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of health education markets
• Product development process
• Product development lifecycle including multiple approaches such as agile, waterfall, and iterative
• Project coordination skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications

  
Required Education and Experience:  

• B.A./B.S. in English or related area required.
• Two or more years’ experience with digital content development preferred. 
• Experience with media (online courses, multimedia, etc.) a plus.
• Self-starter with strong organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Flexible and creative approach to problem solving, resourceful, decisive, with attention to detail.
• Work independently without close supervision.
• Able to foresee and avert problems. Manage SMEs and interact professionally with SMEs and colleagues.
• Manage several complex projects simultaneously.
• Be flexible to deal with high velocity situations without feeling overwhelmed.
• Take ownership of projects throughout the content development process.
• Knowledge of publishing process and MS Office. Some familiarity with EPUB, HTML5, HTML, and XML.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 21.17/hr.