Associate Director, AP Editorial Quality

Title: Associate Director, AP Editorial Quality 

Division: College Board –AP&I 

Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office) 

Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team

AP® is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education. With almost 40 courses in a wide variety of subject areas, AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. The AP program is rapidly expanding its development of instructional and assessment products under the leadership of the growing Assessment Production team. The team currently consists of three talented and collaborative professionals with expertise in a variety of domains that are integral to the assessment production process. 

To support the continued production of high-quality teacher- and student-facing materials, the AP Program is looking to fill the role of Associate Director, AP Editorial Quality. 

About the Opportunity   

The Associate Director, AP Editorial Quality will ensure all AP assessment materials are consistent in style and reflect the high level of quality AP teachers and students expect from the College Board. This team member should have editorial expertise and a keen eye for detail as well as the ability to project manage and collaborate with others to produce work of the highest quality.  

As part of the AP Assessment Production team, your impact will be significant. You will copyedit and proofread AP Exams and instructional resources for both print and digital formats and oversee the work of contract copyeditor partners. You will apply and help shape AP’s style guide and work with content experts to ensure all AP assessment materials are consistent and error free. You will act as an expert on all editorial matters and be fully accountable for the editorial quality and accuracy of all reviewed publications.  

As Associate Director, AP Editorial Quality, you are an integral member of the cross-functional team building and delivering AP Exams. You are a collaborative, insightful, and highly-motivated professional, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for educational opportunity. You are not shy about digging into ambiguity and you are quick to propose more efficient ways of getting things done. 

In this role, you will:  

Conduct editorial reviews of AP Exam items and instructional resources (50%) 

• Serve as overall global editor and copyeditor of AP assessment items and associated materials  

• Ensure all content is clear, concise, grammatically correct, and consistently adheres to stylistic conventions established for each course  

• Work closely with content teams to ensure assessment items are error free 

• Apply general AP assessment style guidelines 

• Support the development of AP course-specific guidelines 

• Verify citations and source information as needed 

• Become a proficient user of a variety of authoring and content management platforms 

• Work with the Director, AP Editorial Quality to create and maintain an in-house assessment style guide 

Plan and facilitate reviews, including supervision of external consultants (30%) 

• Establish scope and timelines in collaboration with Assessment Production colleagues and other cross-functional teams; estimate the time and level of effort required to complete projects 

• Monitor workflow, prioritize projects, and adhere to deadlines that are established through mutual agreements  

• Make informed, independent judgment calls on content and style issues; escalate issues and steer to higher-level resolution when needed 

• Identify and train external consultants to complete copyedit and proofing tasks when additional editorial capacity is required 

• Backread and provide quality control for all externally-reviewed assessment products 

Proof and perform quality control checks on secure AP Exams  (20%) 

• Work with content teams to ensure that all AP Exams  adhere to defined specifications for layout and presentation, in both print and digital formats 

• Complete iterative reviews of AP Exams as they are revised, as needed 

• Proofread AP Exams and support publications and/or systems that need cross-checking and/or integration 

• Perform "copy-to-copy" comparisons of alternate versions of AP Exams to standard or digital versions 

• Ensure the above reviews result in error-free assessments and related materials