In MBPR’s March webinar, Agents: Unclassified, panelists Eric Smith, Mari Kesselring, and Jennie Goloboy draw back the curtain on the publisher-agent relationship. Eric Smith is a literary agent and Young Adult… Read More →
In MBPR’s March webinar, Agents: Unclassified, panelists Eric Smith, Mari Kesselring, and Jennie Goloboy draw back the curtain on the publisher-agent relationship. We’ll discuss agent career paths, agent services, best-practices… Read More →
Summary: The HR Generalist will be responsible for all aspects of employee relations and will specifically oversee benefit administration, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and development, and related compliance. The HR Generalist is key to enhancing employee morale and fostering a positive company culture.
As an essential member of our team, the expectation is that you will reside in the Minneapolis area and be available to work in the office at least three days per week.
Duties and Responsibilities
Employee Relations
Coordinate monthly and annual company events and facilitate participation and related details.
In coordination with Wellness Coordinator, direct and coordinate various activities designed to promote well-being and to maintain a high level of employee morale.
Field employee issues, for example work complaints or harassment allegations.
Support management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues.
Support management in the progressive discipline process. Monitor process.
Support management through employment termination process. Prepare employee separation paperwork (voluntary and involuntary) and conduct exit meetings to review and discuss any specific reasons which may have led to the separation.
Summary: Responsible for substantive editorial work on assigned YA nonfiction titles, including working with authors and doing appropriate research, fact checking, and copyediting. Works to ensure assigned titles meet Lerner quality standards, communicating with production designers, designers, and photo researchers as needed, keeping projects on schedule as they move into production.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Substantively edits assigned young adult nonfiction books. This work includes communicating fully and frequently with authors to get the best possible revisions; doing research, rewriting, fact checking, and copyediting; and finding consultants and fact checkers. Review titles with imprints’ Editorial Director to make ensure consistency with the overall brands.
Work closely with designers on illustrations, photo selection, and layout. Work with lead editors and designers to review, request changes to, and approve illustrations and photos—internal and covers—for single titles. Communicate during all stages of art with author for feedback.
Executes assigned editorial tasks, including creating indexes, styling manuscripts, applying for CIPs, keywording, researching, fact checking, writing sell sheet copy, and assisting with cross-reads as needed.
Assist YANF editorial department and perform miscellaneous administrative duties in other ways necessary, including copyediting, proofreading tasks, and research tasks as needed.
Create style sheets (including double-checking terms), generate keywords, index word lists, and create .csv files for single-title nonfiction, trade titles, and school/library titles where appropriate.
Draft cover copy, jacket copy, and sell sheets. Draft marketing copy and flap copy for trade titles.
Stay informed about industry trends, monitor blogs, tweets, and other social networking venues that discuss children’s books, and children’s book authors/illustrators, and the use of digital content in the educational sphere.
Perform special projects or other related business duties assigned by immediate supervisor and/or other management as required.
MBPR is grateful to have had Andrew Williams as our keynote speaker for a webinar about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring and Retaining Employees. Andrew discussed strategies for companies to foster a diverse workforce and encourage inclusivity at all levels of employment. He also spoke about ways to proactively source candidates from underrepresented communities and promote diversity in job postings.
For twenty-five years, Andrew Williams has worked at the intersections of cultural anthropology, educational equity leadership, community-based learning, and global education to advance racial justice, environmental justice, food security, and health equity in the United States and abroad. Williams has served as faculty at DePauw University, as Director of the Posse Foundation, and as Executive Director of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs. Before his arrival at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Andrew was Assistant Vice-Chancellor at the University of Minnesota Rochester providing strategic leadership for efforts to center access, equity, and public health in the university’s vision of health sciences education. As the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s first Director of DEI, Andrew leads the execution of the organization’s DEI strategy, including efforts to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, expand access to treatment services, and advance health equity.
MBPR is grateful to have had Andrew Williams as our keynote speaker for a webinar about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring and Retaining Employees. Andrew discussed strategies for companies… Read More →
Cultivating an inclusive culture is a priority for many companies. But what are the steps we need to take to accomplish this goal? And how do companies evaluate DEI training and ensure its longevity?
In MBPR’s January webinar, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring and Retaining Employees, keynote speaker Andrew Williams will discuss ways companies can develop and improve DEI policies, especially in relation to the hiring and retention of employees. He will also describe ways to proactively source candidates from underrepresented communities and promote diversity in job postings.
For twenty-five years, Andrew Williams has worked at the intersections of cultural anthropology, educational equity leadership, community-based learning, and global education to advance racial justice, environmental justice, food security, and health equity in the United States and abroad. Williams has served as faculty at DePauw University, as Director of the Posse Foundation, and as Executive Director of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs. Before his arrival at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Andrew was Assistant Vice-Chancellor at the University of Minnesota Rochester providing strategic leadership for efforts to center access, equity, and public health in the university’s vision of health sciences education. As the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s first Director of DEI, Andrew leads the execution of the organization’s DEI strategy, including efforts to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, expand access to treatment services, and advance health equity.
This webinar is $5 for MBPR members and students and $15 for nonmembers. When you register via the Eventbrite link, you will receive further instructions on how to attend.
MBPR was pleased to welcome keynote speaker Claire Cucchi for a thorough introduction to data privacy as part of our November 2022 webinar. She guided a discussion on data privacy’s increased importance, a review of the collection and sharing of data, and steps companies can take to build and/or improve their data privacy programs.
Claire brings over 20 years of senior-level operations experience to Capstone, a leading content creator for digital solutions, children’s books, and literacy programs for school libraries, classrooms, and at-home reading. Before joining Capstone, where she currently serves as the company’s Data Privacy Administrator, Claire designed, implemented, and maintained the data privacy program for Buncee, a digital creation & communication tool for students, teachers, and administrators. There she ensured that Buncee maintained compliance with contractual obligations as well as federal, state, and international regulations. Claire continues to prioritize the protection of personal information by driving process change and privacy-driven policies, in addition to supporting practices that provide transparency, data minimization and limitation, and an individual’s right to control the use of their personal information. Claire studied International Business and Finance at American University in Washington, DC, and also served as a council member for the Eastern Suffolk BOCES School Library System.
MBPR was pleased to welcome keynote speaker Claire Cucchi for a thorough introduction to data privacy as part of our November 2022 webinar. She guided a discussion on data privacy’s increased… Read More →
To kick off our 2022–2023 season, MBPR hosted an in-person event at Open Book, our first since spring of 2020! Our panel featured three paper and printing professionals discussing, of… Read More →
