Specialist - Publishing Operations

Job ID: 113705Type of role: Full-timeInterest: Internal roles / CommunicationsSkill group: CSSAFunctions: OperationsRegion: AllLocations: Atlanta (United States) | Boston (United States) | Chicago (United States) | New York (United States) | Toronto (Canada) | Washington DC (United States)Compensation Range: $118,900 - $176,800Compensation Range Canada: $125,600 - $157,000Posted (LinkedIn): 2026-10-16Created: 2026-10-23Apply: you'll work withYou are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact. In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference. When you join us, you will have: Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.What you'll doYou will oversee end-to-end production and management of a large, heterogenous pipeline of content published on McKinsey.com by the practices that make up our Winning with Technology (WWT) marketing communications group. Through development, support, and execution of creative communication plans and tactics, you will build awareness of McKinsey’s capabilities, knowledge, and assets. You will help protect the firm’s reputation, punctuate its expertise, and contribute to bringing campaigns to life across the WWT group globally. Due to the rapid evolution of AI, agentic AI, and adjacent technologies, which our McKinsey partners and experts in WWT publish on regularly, this role is integral for ensuring time-sensitive and high-quality outputs within several distinct areas. You will manage publishing priorities, setting and delivering on deadlines, monitoring daily progress, anticipating potential issues, and reallocating resources quickly and proactively to minimize bottlenecks and optimize time to publication. Your keen ability to sense urgency, prioritize tasks, and bring organization to all you do will be a valuable skill set in the team’s effort to build awareness of McKinsey’s distinctive knowledge and strengthen our multichannel strategy for our tech and AI content. You’ll be part of McKinsey Global Publishing (MGP), McKinsey’s largest publishing group, and work with a ~100-person team of editors and production staff. MGP works with McKinsey authors to develop and publish distinctive content across an expanding array of print and digital platforms, including McKinsey.com and the McKinsey Insights app. MGP includes experienced editors, copy editors, designers, multimedia producers, and web producers that help McKinsey colleagues create and publish their insights in the form of articles, reports, videos, podcasts, blogs, interactives, email newsletters, and more. You will collaborate closely with WWT, which is made up of communications and publishing professionals focused on developing compelling content and external and internal campaigns for QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey; McKinsey Technology; and Growth, Marketing & Sales. These practices have some of the most robust editorial pipelines in the firm. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.Artificial intelligence systems (AI) may be used to assist recruiters in the screening and/or assessment of candidates for this role. AI is neither the sole determinative factor at any stage of the application process nor the decision-maker. All AI-generated assessments are reviewed by a McKinsey recruiter before any decision is made regarding a candidate’s candidacy.Your backgroundBachelor’s/university degree or equivalent required5+ years of related professional experience A good understanding of global business trends and knowledge of one or more industriesMastery of Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel); experience with content management systems (eg, Air Table) Familiarity with AI tools and platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot)Exceptional organizational skills with ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, administer complex processes, meet deadlines, and liaise with internal and vendor editors and designers Strong experience in copyediting and proofreading, preferably for an English-language publication or a professional-services firm Excellent attention to detail while managing high volume of work Ability to engage with staff—across all tenures, in geographically dispersed locations—confidently and tactfully; skilled at achieving consensus to move projects forward Ability to work independently in a low-structure environment Outstanding critical reasoning and problem-solving skills, including ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions