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Published Division/Department: Publishing Operations
Requisition #: 5870
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: Full Time - Intern
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Permissions

The Rights and Permissions Assistant assists in the processing of requests to include previously published literature in educational products. This position researches and communicates with rights holders for the purpose of obtaining permission for reprinting the material in our products. This includes processing contracts, maintaining database and archival files and preparing reports as required. This position may include some negotiation of fees and preparation of contracts. Projects will include:

•Assist with data entry for basal reading program, including agreement entries, processing payment vouchers and archiving final program hard copy files.

• Assist with the updating of State Standards procedures; enter contractual information in the database.

• Migrate data from previous database into new database and cleanse rolodex data preparation of migration.

• Archive hard copy files for agreements related to Boston office based projects.

Requirements Some College; proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; database applications; excellent written and verbal skills and attention to detail; previous office experience preferred.]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Job-MA-02108/2576709/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Job-MA-02108/2576709/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Intern
Published Division/Department: Trade & Reference Publishers
Requisition #: 5894
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: Full Time - Intern
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Administrative / Executive

Interns play a crucial role in the publicity department at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. They are integrated into the department, joining publicity meetings and participating at publicity department brainstorming video conferences. Specifically, our interns learn how to do the following: -Assist with publicity campaigns for high profile authors; -Learn to create press kits (draft up press releases, conduct author interviews, write fact sheets, etc.); -Learn to contact media and schedule media interviews and arrange author tours; -Pitch phone radio interviews for authors; -Perform blog/website research for a variety of books; -Form partnerships with appropriate organizations for various books; -Track media coverage, compile reviews/interviews/features, and fill review copy requests. -Join at least one in-town author event each season.
Requirements
* Love of books
* Great writing skills
* Out-of-the-box thinking
* Ability to multitask
* Terrific organizational skills]]>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Job-MA-02108/2585557/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Job-MA-02108/2585557/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Intern - Communications
Published Division/Department: Corporate Communications
Requisition #: 5890
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: Part Time - Intern
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Communications

The communications intern will assist the corporate communications team with daily internal and external communications activities to help deliver effective communications across various channels, including the Company blog and newsletter, internal TV channel and intranet, corporate website, as well as contributing to media relations campaigns and event planning. Daily tasks may include:

Research

* Assembling media lists
* Competitor analysis
* Identifying relevant awards opportunities

Copywriting

* Drafting, editing, and formatting internal communications, such as key personnel announcements, web copy, articles of interest, and blog posts
* Press release writing/media briefs

Media Monitoring

* Identifying news trends
* Identifying potential new opportunities

Web Presence

* Social media coordination
* Facilitate building HMH’s asset library

Misc.

* Supporting the communications team with any general office assistance or clerical duties as needed
* Assembling media kits, marketing materials, etc.

Requirements:
The ideal candidate is a college student interested in communications, PR, or marketing. He/she must possess strong written and oral communications skills. Must be well organized, detail oriented, and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and within deadlines. A proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with Adobe Photoshop and web production is a plus.]]>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Communications-Job-MA-02108/2583212/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Intern-Communications-Job-MA-02108/2583212/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Market Research Associate
Published Division/Department: Marketing Shared Services
Requisition #: 5885
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: 1099 Contractor
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Marketing

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is seeking a Market Research Associate to join the Market Intelligence Team.

Position Overview

The Market Research Associate supports the Market Research Manager and Analysts team with project support tasks, including: survey programming & QA, incentive fulfillment, online community member management, recruitment, and other project executional logistics. The MR Associate will also participate in ongoing tasks and occasional process improvement projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilies & Tasks
- Research Project Support: Support Market Research Analysts & Managers with execution of primary market research projects. Example tasks may include:

o Recruitment support (screening calls, interview scheduling, email confirmations)

o Proofing, Programming, and Testing online surveys

o Respondent incentive administration

o Assisting w/research project respondent recruitment

o Pulling data from completed surveys for Analysts

o Coding open ended responses
- General Departmental Support: Participates in various ongoing tasks and occasional “side” projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness. Example tasks may include:

o Managing member questions/issues for online teacher research panel

o Maintaining departmental internal websites – MI Central (stakeholder-facing) and Sharepoint (internal use) – uploading files, updating content, reorganizing, etc.

Requirements:
Skills & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 0-2 years professional experience in a corporate setting; project management experience desired; market research experience a plus.
- Strong attention to detail a must
- Fluency w/Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
- Experience designing, programming, analyzing primary market research instruments a plus (e.g. surveys, discussion guides, interview questionnaires, etc.) (either professional or academic experience)
- Experience w/market research software (survey management, statistical analysis) a plus (e.g. Qualtrics, Perseus, SurveyMonkey, CheckBox, ConfirmIt, Vovici, SPSS) (either professional or academic experience)
- NOTE: For latter two “plus” requirements – experience is not an absolute prerequisite, but willingness and ability to learn quickly are a must

NOTE: This is a full time - temporary opportunity, billed through a third party. The selected candidate will be employed by Zero Chaos, not HMH, but the individual will work on-site at HMH. The initial term is for six months.

About HMH

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a global education company with approximately $2.5 billion in combined revenue. The Company publishes a comprehensive set of best-in-class pre-K–12 educational solutions, ranging from research-based textbook programs to instructional technology to standards-based assessments for students and educators. The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. With origins dating back to 1832, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt combines its tradition of excellence with a commitment to innovation. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visitwww.hmhco.com.

J2W:CB Exp. 06/02/13]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Market-Research-Associate-Job-MA-02108/2576705/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Market-Research-Associate-Job-MA-02108/2576705/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Education Services Business Director (home based,location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5806
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 20% - 30%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Administrative / Executive

The Business Director will help establish the strategy and prioritization of team projects and deliverables; research market, opportunity, and competitive intelligence to validate project direction and priorities; manage the production schedule and pilot details (plus outcomes/efficacy) for service offerings being built; orchestrate the team’s annual calendar of events and activities; lead specific initiatives; and serve as a key point of contact for cross-functional communication and collaboration with Trade, Communications, and other internal teams. The Business Director will also serve as proxy for SVP for internal meetings or other activities, where appropriate/required

Assist with the planning, prioritization, and orchestration of service offerings, working closely with Practice Directors, clients, partners, and internal teams:• Validate addressable market for proposed projects, reviewing market intelligence and competitive landscape – as well as partner inputs – to optimize the pilot work the team undertakes• Provide project management to projects, association interactions, and pilot activities• Assist with planning, management, and benchmarking activities associated with pilots and projects• Track and analyze pilot activities, specifically focused on target efficacy and projected outcomes• Assist with procuring internal resources – budget, content, etc. – for pilots and other projects• Help coordinate partner and association pilots, POCs, and other conference activity
Lead specific team events and assist with coordination of other individual events.• Drive coordination and planning around thought leadership events (e.g., Client Advisory Council)

• Assist with coordination of additional activities (e.g., Colloquy), as needed

• Work with Trade, Marketing, and Communications to raise awareness about and promotion of team activities, recruit appropriate participants in events, and advocate for support and integration

• Serve as POC for CSR team, given the prospect of aligning events or activities for greater impact

• Partner with Sales to provide appropriate sales support, balanced against other team priorities

Help to establish and maintain the team’s annual strategy, production plan, and calendar:• Establish annual goals, working within the team and across HMH teams to prioritize the appropriate projects based on business need, resource allocation, and accounting for cross-team dependencies• Maintain team-wide production schedule and drive on-time, on-budget committed projects• Ensure appropriate coverage and budget for required annual events (internal, external, and ad hoc)• Analyze and help determine which annual partnerships, associations, and memberships are essential Provide additional market intelligence, analysis, and maintain reference and expert roster.• Mine market and opportunity research, and competitive analysis for in-progress or future initiatives• Assist with data collection and analysis of pilot project activity, and for project success post-transition to the LLC, analyzing feedback from sessions for revisions or extensions• Keep list of client and expert (internal or external) references for co-presentations, case studies, etc.• Understand roster of key internal resources, talents, locations, backgrounds, and areas of expertise, current or past, with special focus on services-oriented personnel

Support management of team’s budget (e.g., allocations for memberships, projects, T&E)

Requirements:
Skills

• Self-directed individual with strong teaming, organization, people, and collaboration skills• Excellent project management skills• Proven ability to influence informal project relationships and deliver results in a matrixed organization• Comfortable with a level of fluidity, with the ability to re-prioritize without losing momentum• Strong business, financials, and analytical skills• Negotiation skills – internal and external with associations and partners – to build and deliver data-driven case for appropriate get-gives

Confident with intra- and cross-team communications

Management and Financial

• Manage team deliverables (at a macro level), ensuring all deadlines are met • Assist with management of team budget• Analyze ROI (hard and soft) of annual partnerships and sponsorships to provide continuous YOY improvement in our investments

Ability to breakdown projects and pilots into component parts for project management activity and resource allocation, as well as ability to baseline kickoff metrics and track results for outcomes and efficacy measures

Education and Experience

Required: • Master’s Degree in Business, Education, or appropriately related field to the position• Project management experience • Experience with financial analysis• Experience with services or product development, marketing, and delivery• Experience in Professional Development, Services or Consulting, or related field

Preferred

Preferred:• Advanced degree or certification in project management, finance, management preferred• Experience working in/with government or political organizations, school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other]]>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Education-Services-Business-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559821/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Education-Services-Business-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559821/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Market Research Associate
Published Division/Department: Marketing Shared Services
Requisition #: 5884
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Wilmington
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: 1099 Contractor
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Marketing

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is seeking a Market Research Associate to join the Market Intelligence Team.

Position Overview

The Market Research Associate supports the Market Research Manager and Analysts team with project support tasks, including: survey programming & QA, incentive fulfillment, online community member management, recruitment, and other project executional logistics. The MR Associate will also participate in ongoing tasks and occasional process improvement projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilies & Tasks
- Research Project Support: Support Market Research Analysts & Managers with execution of primary market research projects. Example tasks may include:

o Recruitment support (screening calls, interview scheduling, email confirmations)

o Proofing, Programming, and Testing online surveys

o Respondent incentive administration

o Assisting w/research project respondent recruitment

o Pulling data from completed surveys for Analysts

o Coding open ended responses
- General Departmental Support: Participates in various ongoing tasks and occasional “side” projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness. Example tasks may include:

o Managing member questions/issues for online teacher research panel

o Maintaining departmental internal websites – MI Central (stakeholder-facing) and Sharepoint (internal use) – uploading files, updating content, reorganizing, etc.

Requirements:
Skills & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 0-2 years professional experience in a corporate setting; project management experience desired; market research experience a plus.
- Strong attention to detail a must
- Fluency w/Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
- Experience designing, programming, analyzing primary market research instruments a plus (e.g. surveys, discussion guides, interview questionnaires, etc.) (either professional or academic experience)
- Experience w/market research software (survey management, statistical analysis) a plus (e.g. Qualtrics, Perseus, SurveyMonkey, CheckBox, ConfirmIt, Vovici, SPSS) (either professional or academic experience)
- NOTE: For latter two “plus” requirements – experience is not an absolute prerequisite, but willingness and ability to learn quickly are a must

NOTE: This is a full time - temporary opportunity, billed through a third party. The selected candidate will be employed by Zero Chaos, not HMH, but the individual will work on-site at HMH. The initial term is for six months.

About HMH

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a global education company with approximately $2.5 billion in combined revenue. The Company publishes a comprehensive set of best-in-class pre-K–12 educational solutions, ranging from research-based textbook programs to instructional technology to standards-based assessments for students and educators. The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. With origins dating back to 1832, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt combines its tradition of excellence with a commitment to innovation. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visit www.hmhco.com.

J2W:CB Exp. 06/02/13]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Wilmington-Market-Research-Associate-Job-MA-01887/2576707/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Wilmington-Market-Research-Associate-Job-MA-01887/2576707/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: National Practice Director (homebased , location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5800
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger for Adult Learning/Workforce Redevelopment and Adaptive Teaching markets will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544910/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544910/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: National Practice Director(home based,location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5760
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544915/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544915/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: National Practice Director(home based,location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5803
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger for Teaching with Technology and Teacher & Leader Effectiveness markets will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559820/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559820/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Communications Manager - Sales Enablement
Published Division/Department: Sales Operations
Requisition #: 5913
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Communications

Purpose of the Role: This role is designed to drive comprehensive communication to the sales organization to ensure that all communication is aligned to strategic initiatives and business goals. A critical component of the role is to ensure that communication to the sales organization is monitored and appropriately prioritized.

Job Responsibilities:
- Work with the EVP of Sales, VP of Sales Enablement, and Manager Sales Enablement to develop messaging and communications to the field organization which focus on key initiatives, sales updates, Sales Enablement resources, etc. · Create key partnerships with SVPs, RVPs and other leaders to capture field information as part of broader field messaging. · Work with Manager Sales Enablement, Marketing, and sales personnel to develop and deliver bi-weekly Link & Learn sales communication and strategy series. · Partner with SAVO administrator to provide leadership in optimizing SAVO as a vehicle for dissemination of key sales information. Collaborate to develop an architecture and navigation scheme that makes information easily accessible, and relevant to the sales teams. · Work with leadership in other functions i.e., Marketing, Corporate Communications, Partners, Sales Operations etc. to create alignment and a seamless go to market communications effort. · Serve as the liaison between Sales Enablement and Product Marketing to synchronize messaging and create distinction between communication and training. · Track, measure and report achievements of communication strategies. Skills and Competencies:Relationship Builder: Proactively builds strong collaborative relationships at all levels of the organization. · Does what he/she commits to and meets deadlines. He or she can work through complex situations and deliver the best outcomes possible.· Gains agreement and able to develop a plan of action to achieve the mission. Excellent Communicator: Able to clearly convey information and ideas to individuals or groups through a variety of media that is engaging and enables retention and receptivity.· Excellent writer; able to take complex content and simplify for use by multiple audiences.· Targets message to the audience and provides logic and sequencing for clarity and ease of understanding.· Able to interpret key messages and creates the appropriate response.· Uses sound judgment in dealing with sensitive information and knows what can and cannot be communicated to broader audiences.Drive Best in Class and Continually Monitor and Improve Processes: Able to create goals and objectives for a continuous improvement plan of communication policies that will deliver best in class communication.· Establishes metrics and evaluation loops to determine if communications are effective and meets the needs of the organization.· Initiates dialogue via focus groups with constituents to integrate new ideas that optimize communication effectiveness.Decision Maker: Identifies and understands issues, challenges, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.· Executes judgment, able to assess a situation and makes the call. · Takes immediate action when required to ensure that goals are met, obstacles are overcome and the result is the best possible for the organization
Requirements Requirements:· 5-7 years in a communications role with progressively increasing levels of responsibility.· Proven track record in building and developing communication campaigns · Innovative approach and able to apply the newest communication strategies to the role.]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Communications-Manager-Sales-Enablement-Job-MA-02108/2597444/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Communications-Manager-Sales-Enablement-Job-MA-02108/2597444/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Market Research Associate
Published Division/Department: Marketing Shared Services
Requisition #: 5886
State/Province/County: Illinois
City: Evanston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: 1099 Contractor
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Marketing

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is seeking a Market Research Associate to join the Market Intelligence Team.

Position Overview

The Market Research Associate supports the Market Research Manager and Analysts team with project support tasks, including: survey programming & QA, incentive fulfillment, online community member management, recruitment, and other project executional logistics. The MR Associate will also participate in ongoing tasks and occasional process improvement projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilies & Tasks
- Research Project Support: Support Market Research Analysts & Managers with execution of primary market research projects. Example tasks may include:

o Recruitment support (screening calls, interview scheduling, email confirmations)

o Proofing, Programming, and Testing online surveys

o Respondent incentive administration

o Assisting w/research project respondent recruitment

o Pulling data from completed surveys for Analysts

o Coding open ended responses
- General Departmental Support: Participates in various ongoing tasks and occasional “side” projects to support and improve departmental efficiency and effectiveness. Example tasks may include:

o Managing member questions/issues for online teacher research panel

o Maintaining departmental internal websites – MI Central (stakeholder-facing) and Sharepoint (internal use) – uploading files, updating content, reorganizing, etc.

Requirements:
Skills & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 0-2 years professional experience in a corporate setting; project management experience desired; market research experience a plus.
- Strong attention to detail a must
- Fluency w/Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
- Experience designing, programming, analyzing primary market research instruments a plus (e.g. surveys, discussion guides, interview questionnaires, etc.) (either professional or academic experience)
- Experience w/market research software (survey management, statistical analysis) a plus (e.g. Qualtrics, Perseus, SurveyMonkey, CheckBox, ConfirmIt, Vovici, SPSS) (either professional or academic experience)
- NOTE: For latter two “plus” requirements – experience is not an absolute prerequisite, but willingness and ability to learn quickly are a must

NOTE: This is a full time - temporary opportunity, billed through a third party. The selected candidate will be employed by Zero Chaos, not HMH, but the individual will work on-site at HMH. The initial term is for six months.

About HMH

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a global education company with approximately $2.5 billion in combined revenue. The Company publishes a comprehensive set of best-in-class pre-K–12 educational solutions, ranging from research-based textbook programs to instructional technology to standards-based assessments for students and educators. The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. With origins dating back to 1832, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt combines its tradition of excellence with a commitment to innovation. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visitwww.hmhco.com.

J2W:CB Exp. 06/02/13]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Evanston-Market-Research-Associate-Job-IL-60201/2576706/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Evanston-Market-Research-Associate-Job-IL-60201/2576706/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Sr Lync Telecommunications Engineer
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5449
State/Province/County: Texas
City: Austin
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Information Technology

This position reports to the Director of Enterprise Network Engineering. The position will be used to provide the technical leadership in the implementation of Microsoft Lync, providing the HMH team with an internal expert for this large project scheduled for 2013.

Primary responsibilities include:
• Work with Telecom team to act as technical leader in support of Implementation and operation of Microsoft Lync infrastructure
• Day to day troubleshooting of Microsoft (MS) Lync issues and Administration of Lync user accounts
• Day to day handling of Lync incident/trouble tickets, providing Tier 2 and Tier 3 support
• Day to day administration, support, maintenance and monitoring of the Microsoft Lync 2010 infrastructure
• Analyze and evaluate major system project requirements of considerable complexity
• Determine strategic system development/lifecycle/retirement roadmaps

This position maybe located in any of our main office locations: Orlando, Chicagoland, Boston, Austin

Requirements:
Required Skills
• Deep technical knowledge and operational experience with Microsoft infrastructure technologies: Microsoft Lync, and Active Directory.

• Experience Leading a full Scale Lync Voice environment along with all other parts of the Lync solution.
In-Depth VoIP/Voice experience with MS Lync is a must but knowledge of Avaya, Cisco & Nortel desired
• Media Gateway integration and configuration experience (Audiocodes, Dialogic, NET)
• Experience with designing and configuring dial-plans
• Fundamental understanding of SIP, SIP Trunking, Active Directory and Windows Certificate Services.
• Experience working with Cisco Unity/Call Manager as well as some Routing & Switching knowledge
• Experience with Exchange 2010 including Unified Messaging is highly desired

• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Capable communicator of technological information to business leaders
• Human and systems resource management skills

Qualifications
• Microsoft MCITP Certification in Lync 2010
• At least 5 years experience in enterprise voice systems operations
• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL V3 intermediate or advanced certification
• Masters degree; MBA, finance or operations management.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Austin-Sr-Telecommunications-Engineer-Job-TX-73301/2321547/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Austin-Sr-Telecommunications-Engineer-Job-TX-73301/2321547/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Sr Telecommunications Engineer
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5450
State/Province/County: Illinois
City: Rolling Meadows
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Information Technology

This position reports to the Director of Enterprise Network Engineering. The position will be used to provide the technical leadership in the implementation of Microsoft Lync, providing the HMH team with an internal expert for this large project scheduled for 2013.

Primary responsibilities include:
• Work with Telecom team to act as technical leader in support of Implementation and operation of Microsoft Lync infrastructure
• Day to day troubleshooting of Microsoft (MS) Lync issues and Administration of Lync user accounts
• Day to day handling of Lync incident/trouble tickets, providing Tier 2 and Tier 3 support
• Day to day administration, support, maintenance and monitoring of the Microsoft Lync 2010 infrastructure
• Analyze and evaluate major system project requirements of considerable complexity
• Determine strategic system development/lifecycle/retirement roadmaps

This position maybe located in any of our main office locations: Orlando, Chicagoland, Boston, Austin

Requirements:
Required Skills
• Deep technical knowledge and operational experience with Microsoft infrastructure technologies: Microsoft Lync, and Active Directory.

• Experience Leading a full Scale Lync Voice environment along with all other parts of the Lync solution.
In-Depth VoIP/Voice experience with MS Lync is a must but knowledge of Avaya, Cisco & Nortel desired
• Media Gateway integration and configuration experience (Audiocodes, Dialogic, NET)
• Experience with designing and configuring dial-plans
• Fundamental understanding of SIP, SIP Trunking, Active Directory and Windows Certificate Services.
• Experience working with Cisco Unity/Call Manager as well as some Routing & Switching knowledge
• Experience with Exchange 2010 including Unified Messaging is highly desired

• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Capable communicator of technological information to business leaders
• Human and systems resource management skills

Qualifications
• Microsoft MCITP Certification in Lync 2010
• At least 5 years experience in enterprise voice systems operations
• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL V3 intermediate or advanced certification
• Masters degree; MBA, finance or operations management.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Sr-Telecommunications-Engineer-Job-IL-60008/2321548/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Sr-Telecommunications-Engineer-Job-IL-60008/2321548/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5790
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 10% - 20%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Multimedia Product Development

The Organization

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the largest US K-12 educational publisher in the United States. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visit www.hmco.com

Duties & Responsibilities

Co-ordinate and manage all QA activities for both internal and outsourced testing partners

Work intensively with Project Managers and Software Engineers, coordinating testing efforts within a highly iterative Agile-type development environment.

Responsible for defining the testing scope and framework for all assigned projects; reviewing and approving all Forecasts, Test Plans and Test Cases, including those provided by external test partners.

Establish clear controls and communications procedure with offshore test partner and project developer.

Management of the project bug database and database workflows.

Responsible for project test reporting (both internal and external)

Reporting to QA Manager

Requirements Skills and Experience:

Essential

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent experience.

A minimum of three years Software Quality Assurance Team Leading experience.

Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development lifecycle

Experience working within an Agile/Scrum or similar development environment

Must have experience with test automation in support of Agile/Scrum projects. Some experience of managing automated test frameworks and executing automated test scripts (Selenium WebDriver, Fitnesse, MS Visual Test Studio etc.)

Must be highly process orientated.

Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems and hardware.

Must have extensive experience using generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases.

Requires good problem-solving and analytical skills

Experience with Enterprise level web systems, multi-tiered client/server technology is a must.

Experience with Learning Management Systems, and/or Educational Multimedia products desirable.

Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills

Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills

Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented

Proven track record in project management/resource planning.

Experience working on K-12 courseware development highly desirable.

Experience working with outsourced Development and QA Teams.

Must be a team player

Highly Desirable

Performance and Automated test tool experience

ISEB/ISTQB Certification

*LI-CT1]]>Sat, 04 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2532801/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2532801/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5578
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 10% - 20%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Multimedia Product Development

The Organization

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is the largest US K-12 educational publisher in the United States. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visit www.hmco.com

Duties & Responsibilities

o Co-ordinate and manage all QA activities for both internal and outsourced testing partners

o Work intensively with Project Managers and Software Engineers, coordinating testing efforts within a highly iterative Agile-type development environment.

o Responsible for defining the testing scope and framework for all assigned projects; reviewing and approving all Forecasts, Test Plans and Test Cases, including those provided by external test partners.

o Establish clear controls and communications procedure with offshore test partner and project developer.

o Management of the project bug database and database workflows.

o Responsible for project test reporting (both internal and external)

o Reporting to QA Manager

Skills and Experience:

Essential

o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent

experience.

o A minimum of three years Software Quality Assurance Team Leading experience.

o Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development lifecycle

o Experience working within an Agile/Scrum or similar development environment

o Must have experience with test automation in support of Agile/Scrum projects. Some experience of managing automated test frameworks and executing automated test scripts (Selenium WebDriver, Fitnesse, MS Visual Test Studio etc.)

o Must be highly process orientated.

o Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems and hardware.

o Must have extensive experience using generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases.

o Requires good problem-solving and analytical skills

o Experience with Enterprise level web systems, multi-tiered client/server technology is a must.

o Experience with Learning Management Systems, and/or Educational Multimedia products desirable.

o Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills

o Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills

o Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented

o Proven track record in project management/resource planning.

o Experience working on K-12 courseware development highly desirable.

o Experience working with outsourced Development and QA Teams.

o Must be a team player

Highly Desirable

o Performance and Automated test tool experience

o ISEB/ISTQB Certification

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

Requirements:
Skills and Experience:

Essential

o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent

experience.

o A minimum of three years Software Quality Assurance Team Leading experience.

o Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development lifecycle

o Experience working within an Agile/Scrum or similar development environment

o Must have experience with test automation in support of Agile/Scrum projects. Some experience of managing automated test frameworks and executing automated test scripts (Selenium WebDriver, Fitnesse, MS Visual Test Studio etc.)

o Must be highly process orientated.

o Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems and hardware.

o Must have extensive experience using generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases.

o Requires good problem-solving and analytical skills

o Experience with Enterprise level web systems, multi-tiered client/server technology is a must.

o Experience with Learning Management Systems, and/or Educational Multimedia products desirable.

o Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills

o Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills

o Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented

o Proven track record in project management/resource planning.

o Experience working on K-12 courseware development highly desirable.

o Experience working with outsourced Development and QA Teams.

o Must be a team player

Highly Desirable

o Performance and Automated test tool experience

o ISEB/ISTQB Certification

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

*LI-CT1]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2402096/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2402096/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior SQL Server Developer
Published Division/Department: Innovation in Education Group
Requisition #: 5443
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 10% - 20%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Multimedia Product Development

Job Specification

Department: Engineering

Title: Senior SQL Server Engineer

Reports to: Director, Platform Engineering

Status: Permanent

Location: Dublin

The Opportunity

There is a requirement for a Senior SQL Server Engineer to work within the Technology Product Development Team, in a key role in the design and development of next generation learning management components.

This is a senior development role requiring very strong technical skills in all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server. The Senior SQL Server Engineer will have responsibility for the development and technical implementation of database solutions, collaborating with a team of software engineers, test engineers and a product stakeholder within an Agile software development environment.

Very strong Microsoft SQL Server administration and development skills are essential. Exposure to and knowledge of continuous integration, software release management techniques and interfacing with test engineers as part of any major software development project is expected.

This is a hands-on development and implementation role and requires a strong software development background.

The Senior SQL Server Engineer position reports to the Engineering Manager and is located in our Dublin office.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Participate in all phases of development of transactional and data warehouse systems from definition and design through implementation, debugging, testing and deployment, ensuring application schemas and development are optimal and consistent across solutions.

Collaborate on the design and implementation of transactional data models, development of T-SQL and maintenance of existing T-SQL in conjunction with our .Net Engineering teams.

Design and implementation of dimensional data models incorporating analysis of requirements.

Production of specifications for business intelligence functionality with ETL and reporting components.

Database operational maintenance, capacity planning and implementation of enhancements, including associated documentation of data models and configurations.

Participate in T-SQL code reviews and technical quality standards reviews with the development teams.

Develop and execute meticulous automated unit tests to ensure quality releasable software.

Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management.

Work with both near and far shore development partners to facilitate optimal solutions.

Requirements Skills and Experience:

Essential:

Experienced SQL Server developer with broad understanding of all the components of large consumer facing web applications.

Essential Skills:

* Ideal candidate will have 5 plus years SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2/2012 DBA experience in an enterprise environment.
* 5 plus years T-SQL development experience, with excellent knowledge of best practices.
* ETL and BI solution development and maintenance experience using SQL Server 2008R2/2012, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.
* Experience with T-SQL development/analysis in an environment using ORM tools.
* Experience of Windows Server 2008/2008R2/2012 and Active Directory.
* Requires a very strong level of interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills.

Desirable Skills:

* Experience of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/2010/2012, Team Suite an advantage.
* Experience of VMware/Hyper V.
* Practical knowledge of working within a continuous build environment including working with a Source Control Management tool.
* Experience of agile development processes an advantage.
* Atlassian suite of tools, Confluence and JIRA experience.
* Previous exposure to the educational software environment and familiarity with industry standards and specifications an advantage.
* Experience of internationalisation / localization an advantage.
* Knowledge of Unit Testing.
* Possess excellent communication skills, the drive to succeed and work independently and on a team, with the ability to multi task, and deliver quality results.
* M.Sc. in Computer Science or B.S. and equivalent experience.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

*LI-CT1]]>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Senior-J2EE-Engineer-Job/2324558/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Senior-J2EE-Engineer-Job/2324558/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior J2EE Engineer
Published Division/Department: Technology Product Development
Requisition #: 5775
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Information Technology

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for a Senior J2EE Engineer. This is a team leadership role requiring very strong technical and architectural skills and strong communications. The Senior J2EE Engineer will have overall responsibility for technical aspects of our Learning Management systems, the architectural decisions, estimations, code reviews, daily management of an external software development team, liaising with contractors and outsourced partners, reporting to project managers and managing internal stakeholders. Very strong J2EE Skills are essential as is a working knowledge of Spring and Hibernate. A good knowledge of Oracle or similar relational database and knowledge of web frameworks is desirable. Experience of the eLearning sector would be an advantage. Exposure to and knowledge of software release management techniques and interfacing with a QA department as part of any major software development projects is expected. Individuals will be expected to be familiar with all technical aspects and build procedures of their assigned systems. This Senior J2EE position reports directly to the Platform Manager and is located in our Dublin office.The OrganizationHoughton Mifflin Harcourt’s mission is changing people’s lives by fostering passionate, curious, learners. Sixty million students in 120 countries depend on us for their education. HMH is the world's largest provider of pre-K-12 solutions. We collaborate with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning. With origins dating back to 1832, HMH also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. Duties & Responsibilities:
* Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging, testing and rollout
* Provide technical leadership to an external/internal software development team and take ownership for component design, development and maintenance
* Analyse and estimate change requests as well as new development
* Day to day management of developers on a range of projects
* Responsible for code reviews and technical quality standards from their team
* Weekly Reporting to Department Management
* Assist in defining structured practices especially in source code management, build and release management
* Management of communication between project managers, internal stakeholders and external development teams

Requirements Skills and Experience:
* 7+ years enterprise Java J2EE development experience

* Experience of the Hibernate and Spring Frameworks
* Experience of relational databases, e.g. Oracle, MSSQL, etc
* Experience of J2ee servers e.g. WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss
* Experience of UNIX, preferably Solaris, Linux is a plus
* Software build experience and experience to continuous integration environments
* Practical knowledge of Source Control Management, specifically branching, tagging and merging of different code streams
* Experience of technical leadership of software developers
* Experience of interfacing with project management

* Requires a very strong level of interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Senior-J2EE-Engineer-Job/2504510/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Senior-J2EE-Engineer-Job/2504510/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Intern
Published Division/Department: Trade & Reference Publishers
Requisition #: 5920
State/Province/County: New York
City: New York City
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: Part Time - Intern
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Editorial

Intern will have the opportunity to observe and participate in all aspects of children’s books publishing—from manuscript stage to finished books—and will work with the editorial, design, and marketing departments. Duties include clerical work such as maintaining the archival library and editorial files, logging submissions, and some photocopying. In addition, Intern will have the opportunity to correspond with authors and illustrators, sit in on editorial meetings, screen art and manuscript submissions, and write reader reports. This is a 15 week paid internship starting in June of 2013.
Requirements Previous experience in the publishing industry preferred. Intern should have some previous office experience and a strong interest in books for young people and the publishing industry in general.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/New-York-City-Intern-Job-NY-10001/2602362/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/New-York-City-Intern-Job-NY-10001/2602362/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Automation QA Lead
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5453
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 10% - 20%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Multimedia Product Development

The Organization

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's mission is changing people's lives by fostering passionate, curious, learners. Sixty million students in 120 countries depend on us for their education. HMH is the world's largest provider of pre-K-12 solutions. We collaborate with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning. With origins dating back to 1832, HMH also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers.

Duties & Responsibilities

o Analyze the testing requirements of HMH platform and digital content projects, and formulate a test automation strategy for each project

o Build extensible automated testing frameworks that support.

* The development of parameterized test cases
* Test execution on multiple environments
* User friendly reporting of the results

Present and guide the automated testing engineers in partner companies to develop tests with newly constructed and existing testing frameworks.

Review the automated tests written by the test engineers to make sure they adhere to the established standards. Mentor and guide them to consistently achieve these standards.

Research on new tools that could cater to the challenges, which cannot be met with the available testing tools

Co-ordinate and manage all automated testing activities for both internal and outsourced testing partners

Work intensively with Project Managers and Software Engineers, coordinating testing efforts within a highly iterative Agile-type development environment.

Establish clear controls and communications procedure with offshore test partner and project developer.

Responsible for reporting the testing status and managing expectations to the project stakeholders (both internal and external)

Reporting to QA Manager

Requirements:
Skills and Experience:

Essential

o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent experience.

* A minimum of three years automated testing experience. Should include;
* Leading a team of automated test engineers
* Developing new automated testing frameworks
* Developing and executing automated tests
* Proficient in an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)
* Proficient in commercial and open source testing tools (preferably Selenium RC or Webdriver).
* Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development lifecycle
* Experience working within an Agile/Scrum or similar development environment
* Must be highly process orientated.
* Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems and hardware.
* Requires excellent familiarity with generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases.
* Requires good problem-solving and analytical skills
* Experience with Enterprise level web systems, multi-tiered client/server technology is a must.
* Experience with Learning Management Systems, and/or Educational Multimedia products desirable.
* Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills
* Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills
* Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented
* Proven track record in project management/resource planning.
* Experience working on K-12 courseware development highly desirable.
* Experience working with outsourced Development and QA Teams.
* Must be a team player

Highly Desirable

o Performance testing experience
o ISEB/ISTQB Certification

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

*LI-CT1]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2336196/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dublin-Automation-QA-Lead-Job/2336196/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Automation QA Lead
Published Division/Department: Information Technology
Requisition #: 5807
State/Province/County: Dublin
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Percentage of Travel: 10% - 20%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Multimedia Product Development

The Organization

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's mission is changing people's lives by fostering passionate, curious, learners. Sixty million students in 120 countries depend on us for their education. HMH is the world's largest provider of pre-K-12 solutions. We collaborate with school districts, administrators, teachers, parents and students, providing interactive, results-driven learning. With origins dating back to 1832, HMH also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers.

Duties & Responsibilities

o Analyze the testing requirements of HMH platform and digital content projects, and formulate a test automation strategy for each project

o Build extensible automated testing frameworks that support.

* The development of parameterized test cases
* Test execution on multiple environments
* User friendly reporting of the results

Present and guide the automated testing engineers in partner companies to develop tests with newly constructed and existing testing frameworks.

Review the automated tests written by the test engineers to make sure they adhere to the established standards. Mentor and guide them to consistently achieve these standards.

Research on new tools that could cater to the challenges, which cannot be met with the available testing tools

Co-ordinate and manage all automated testing activities for both internal and outsourced testing partners

Work intensively with Project Managers and Software Engineers, coordinating testing efforts within a highly iterative Agile-type development environment.

Establish clear controls and communications procedure with offshore test partner and project developer.

Responsible for reporting the testing status and managing expectations to the project stakeholders (both internal and external)

Reporting to QA Manager

Requirements:
Skills and Experience:

Essential

o Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or four year degree, or equivalent experience.

* A minimum of three years automated testing experience. Should include;
* Leading a team of automated test engineers
* Developing new automated testing frameworks
* Developing and executing automated tests
* Proficient in an object oriented programming language (preferably Java)
* Proficient in commercial and open source testing tools (preferably Selenium RC or Webdriver).
* Requires thorough knowledge of testing methods and the software development lifecycle
* Experience working within an Agile/Scrum or similar development environment
* Must be highly process orientated.
* Requires excellent familiarity with Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems and hardware.
* Requires excellent familiarity with generic Test management systems and defect tracking databases.
* Requires good problem-solving and analytical skills
* Experience with Enterprise level web systems, multi-tiered client/server technology is a must.
* Experience with Learning Management Systems, and/or Educational Multimedia products desirable.
* Requires strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills
* Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills
* Pro-active, self motivated, results oriented
* Proven track record in project management/resource planning.
* Experience working on K-12 courseware development highly desirable.
* Experience working with outsourced Development and QA Teams.
* Must be a team player

Highly Desirable

o Performance testing experience
o ISEB/ISTQB Certification

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is committed to comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities and we aim to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees

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