Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Leadership

Led by President, CEO and Director Jack Lynch, HMH’s executive team brings a unique combination of vision and experience in education, technology and publishing to the Organization. With passion and drive, our leaders are guiding the Company’s transformation from a traditional content publisher into a fully integrated learning company that combines the best in quality educational content with the most effective digital solutions, professional services and more to support all teachers and learners.

 Meet HMH’s Leadership Team here.

Social Impact

At HMH, we believe is it essential to support our employees and local communities, prioritize sustainable business processes and address the social challenges that face our customers around the world. We take a holistic approach to our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives by working with organizational partners that share our goals, making cash and in-kind book donations, and sharing employee talent via volunteerism, allowing for broader impact and deeper community relationships.

In 2016, we donated nearly 1 million books to 244 organizations, volunteered over 9,000 hours in our communities, and supported more than 700 nonprofit organizations through our matching gifts and volunteerism programs.

For detailed information about HMH’s CSR program, read our 2016 Annual Report.

Key initiatives include:

• Partnerships and In-Kind Contributions: HMH demonstrates its commitment to changing lives through learning by donating funds, best-in-class educational content and award-winning books to communities with limited access to resources. HMH has forged local and national partnerships with nonprofits dedicated to changing educational outcomes in underserved communities. In Boston, our home for more than 180 years, we partner with Boston Public Schools and nonprofit organizations, such as the Boys & Girls Clubs, City Year and more. Nationally, we work with First Book to make donations across the country.
  
  
• Community Investment Councils: Community Investment Councils (CICs) are cross-functional employee groups that engage colleagues in volunteer opportunities and charitable campaigns that improve the communities where they live and work. HMH has CIC chapters 12 major offices and distribution centers across the US and Ireland, each group committed to serving the local community.
  
  
• Volunteerism:  Our Volunteer Time Off (VTO) policy provides benefits-eligible employees with two work days of paid volunteer time per calendar year to serve charitable organizations that matter to them. Many employees choose to use their VTO days during HMH Volunteer Week, a Company-wide campaign to improve the communities where we live and work. Learn more here.
  
  
• HMH Cares: HMH Cares, HMH’s matching gifts and volunteerism platform, enables employees to support nonprofit organizations of their choice through both giving and volunteering.
  
  
• Sustainability: Our Paper Procurement and Usage Policy, deemed industry-leading by the Rainforest Action Network, outlines HMH’s commitment to responsible and reduced environmental impact, including specific goals to achieve by 2018.

Benefits

At HMH, we are proud to have a positive, welcoming workplace. We understand how important it is that our team members feel supported and confident - our employees are at their best when they are healthy, happy and secure. This is why we are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits and perks.

For detailed information about our benefits plan, please see Our Benefits Brochure.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our continued success requires that our company reaches more customers in more languages and countries than ever before. Our customers increasingly demand products and services that are relevant to their information needs and respectful of their cultures. To meet these needs, we must ensure that we are sensitive to—and accepting of—the diverse nature of our customers around the world.

We believe that one way of meeting our customers' needs is through diversity in the workplace. Changing demographics in the US and elsewhere fundamentally affect the make-up of the HMH employee population. We must ensure that our culture, attitude and systems are in alignment with these changes.

We want to develop and encourage the potential contributions that all our people bring to the Company. In order to do this, we must first recognize the value of the broad and rich variety of experiences, ideas, and skills our colleagues offer the business.

We believe that there is an ongoing business benefit to our customers, employees, and communities when the Company is not only free of illegal discrimination but also inclusive with a diverse workplace.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all of its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, ancestry, religion, creed, disabilities, military status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, genetic information, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law with regard to any term or condition of employment. 

Military

At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, we value the service and commitment veterans and their families provide to their countries. We encourage returning service members, reservists, and military spouses to search our full-time, temporary and internship positions to become part of the HMH community.