Job Description:

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.

The Ascend Learning Healthcare Segment leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The copy editor ensures editorial and process excellence for the development and maintenance of Ascend Learning assessments, printed products, and online learning tools. This is accomplished by effectively collaborating with the content, media, and other teams, suggesting changes to enhance readability, conciseness, and style of online and print content targeted to students studying for professions in health care. In addition, the copy editor must develop expertise in Ascend products, their use in the marketplace, and the processes and tools used to deliver them.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS office location. Remote will be considered within the continental United States.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Review and edit copy at various stages of the production process to ensure content is free of errors, easy to read, and fits the product’s editorial style.


• Suggest changes to enhance readability, conciseness, and style of online and print content targeted to students studying for professions in health care.


• Implement and verify updates using a proprietary content management system.


• Collaborate with other teams to create polished text, image, and video assets.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. 


• Two years’ editing experience.


• Edit and proofread using APA and house style.


• Demonstrate technical experience including HTML, CMS platforms, and Microsoft Office.


• Independently troubleshoot and solve problems using available resources.


• Execute a variety of editorial tasks with minimal supervision.


• Communicate clearly and effectively via internal messaging, email, and working drafts.


• Follow instructions carefully and thoroughly.


• Plan and organize work, set priorities, and direct own activities.


• Take accountability for projects and quality in a fast-paced environment.

BENEFITS

• Flexible and generous paid time off


• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance


• 401(k) employer matching program


• Parental leave


• Wellness resources


• Charitable matching program


• Hybrid work


• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)


• Community outreach groups


• Tuition reimbursement

Fostering A Sense of Belonging

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.

About Ascend Learning

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

 

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