University Editorial Director

Description

Directs the preparation and production of a wide range of institution publications. In collaboration with senior colleagues, establishes editorial, design, and quality standards for publications and supports their marketing. Develops initial budget requests and reviews and approves expenditures. Oversees author and other client relations activities. Manages staff, makes hiring decisions, provides coaching, training and mentoring, manages performance and determines staffing needs. Education and Experience: Bachelor degree and 5 or more years of experience in a variety of publishing contexts. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.