
Operations Associate
Sketchy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $75,000 - $85,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Lead and coordinate editorial and content-production functions, managing a team of subject-matter experts, faculty contributors, artists, and other contractors to ensure smooth and high-quality content creation.
- Oversee the full content lifecycle—from curricular design through production, QA, packaging, and release—ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and aligned with Sketchy’s quality standards.
- Proactively manage task and assignment workflows across all content programs, maintaining clear tracking, prioritization, and communication throughout the production pipeline.
- Establish, optimize, and maintain content operations processes, including cross-team handoffs, operational documentation, guidelines, and templates that support scalable production.
- Utilize tools such as Airtable, spreadsheets, and workflow trackers to drive transparency, organization, and efficient project execution.
- Provide clear reporting on content progress, resourcing, risks, and timelines to internal stakeholders and program leadership.
- Review learner and SME feedback—through comments, surveys, focus groups, and other channels—and recommend or execute content updates as needed based on input, science changes, or evolving style guides.
- Partner with team leads to identify, onboard, and support the resources (people and tools) necessary to meet production goals.
- Solve operational problems, clear blockers, and guide team members and stakeholders with strong content operations and project-management practices.
Requirements
- 3+ years experience as a project manager, managing editor, or production manager in content development and production
- Extremely process-oriented and able to continuously identify opportunities for process improvements to become increasingly efficient and cost-effective
- Highly organized manager with strong administrative skills
- Strong project management skills
- Experience working with and developing workflows in Airtable
- Willingness to manage up and across, politely but firmly
- Ability to track work against multiple priorities and manage a complex production schedule
- Excellent communicator, both oral and written
- Ability to learn new techniques, skills, and tools on the job
- Comfort and mastery with collaboration in a remote-workforce environment
- Eager attitude for working with cool people to make awesome new things
- BA or similar degree in a relevant field
- Certification in project management systems (e.g., PMP) and copyediting experience preferred, but not required
Benefits
- 100% Individual Health Coverage - We got you covered!
- Equity - From day one, you’ll have a stake in our future growth.
- 401(k) - We support your financial future with up to 5% matching.
- Annual Company Retreat in Cool Places
- Flexible Time Off
- Annual Work Anniversary Stipend
- Monthly Wifi & Phone Reimbursement
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementcontent developmentcontent productionworkflow developmentprocess improvementadministrative skillscopyediting
Soft skills
organizational skillscommunication skillsproblem-solvingteam managementadaptabilitycollaborationleadership
Certifications
PMP