Editorial Project Manager

Editorial Project Manager

Join our in-house creative studio in Zurich to oversee the day-to-day production of print marketing projects. In this role, you will ensure a smooth, efficient, and timely content creation process for offline marketing materials and smaller ad-hoc projects. This position requires a background in both editorial and project management, with a focus on pushing projects to completion while maintaining high quality standards and coordinating the efforts of designers and copywriters to tight deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Management: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain integrated project plans, defining scope, objectives, and timelines. Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of work for brochures, sales letters, flyers, supplementary materials, and ad-hoc offline marketing projects from brief to delivery.
• Timeline Management: Create and maintain project timelines, identify potential delays across dependencies including editorial, creative, production, translation, and markets, and proactively address issues to keep projects on schedule.
• Communication: Act as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and team members, ensuring clear communication with detailed follow-up on information gathering and updates. Provide regular updates on project status and address any concerns or feedback.
• Content Strategy & Development: Work closely with the entire creative studio, including copywriters, designers, and digital teams, to align projects with the content strategy and goals. Coordinate the creation, editing, and proofreading of written content to ensure it meets both stakeholder and company goals.
• Quality Assurance: Implement quality control measures to ensure that all content is error-free and aligns with the company's product information and brand guidelines. Identify risks early, maintain change logs, manage late requests, and escalate matters that can affect scope, quality, budget, or delivery.
• Team Coordination: Coordinate the work of the creative studio, flagging capacity risks and competing priorities. Work closely with the Print Production Manager and Print Marketing Director to align editorial and production schedules.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in editorial project management, specifically with print-focused projects such as catalogs, magazines, annual reports, or brochures, or in a similar role in a creative agency or content-driven environment.
• Organizational and problem-solving skills; confident in navigating ambiguity with an assertive and professional client handling style.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high editorial standards.
• Proactive and structured under pressure.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams effectively.
• Clear and concise communicator.
• Full fluency in English (writing, speaking, reading).
• Full working rights in Switzerland.

Company Benefits

As a global, mission-driven company, our goal is to open the world through education and cultural exchange. We are an international team with an international audience, offering opportunities to work across regions. Additional benefits include:

• Discounts on EF programs for staff, as well as staff friends and family, for all EF programs.
• Free use of EF Hello, a premium language learning app.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Referral bonus for all referred staff hires (equivalent to 500 USD).
• Discounts with our global hotel and travel partners.
• 15% off our on-site Kita.
• Swiss Travel Halb-tax reimbursement.

Work Environment

This role is fully in-office. Our onsite policy enhances collaboration, company culture, and faster decision-making. Working together in person fosters creativity, spontaneous idea-sharing, and stronger team connections, which we believe is essential for success. At EF Language Abroad, we are dedicated to our mission of opening the world through education, harnessing the power of language learning to deepen the connection between people across the globe.