Associate Development Editor

Job Description

Reporting to: Publishing Manager

Key responsibilities

• Conducting research on market trends, studying competition
• Conducting product presentations and workshops
• Adept at customer interaction and consolidating existing high-value relationships
• Finalizing the project timelines and budget for a particular product
• Interacting with prospective users and gauging the impact of the proposed product
• Finding new ways to make the product portfolio grow by understanding industry trends
• Analysing global products and customization as per local needs
• Value addition to existing products (Reprints/Revisions)
• Creating new product ideas with a strict eye on the P&L
• Conducting product training sessions across India
• Responsible for managing projects to ensure the highest quality control standards as per ideal TAT (Turnaround Time)
• Content development, author management & vendor management
• Accountable for final quality, accuracy, budget, schedule & program goals
• Identifying risks to schedule, budget, scope and ensure project completion
• Project Management: coordinating with design team for book covers & layout, production team & manufacturing team to ensure on-time delivery of content
• Exposure to digital product development

Publishing

• Design, develop and deliver resources as per the pedagogical practices and curriculum requirements of the target market
• Prepare and maintain publishing-related documents
• Evaluate key competition and prepare detailed competition analysis for new series as well as revision
• Develop sample chapter templates with all the features
• Evaluate manuscript and outline the manuscript development process and its delivery
• Work with authors to finish the project in time as per the approved scope and budget
• Responsible for content accuracy, all varieties of editing of the resources we publish
• Interact with freelancers, content developers, reviewers and authors to finalise the book(s), digital components, teacher support material
• Sign off the handover of the final print-ready PDF of the book(s) and final deliverables of the digital components to the product development team as per the pre-approved scope of work

Budget

• Responsible for delivering the projects within the budget allotted
• Compliant as per the processes established by Cambridge University Press while dealing with freelancers, content developers, subject matter experts, suppliers and vendors

Customer Connect

• Aware of the new developments in the K12 segment of publishing
• Understand government guidelines and policies related to education
• Keeping an eye on all the major developments of CBSE/ICSE boards; understanding their guidelines and policies
• Understand the pedagogy and nuances of the subject
• Understand the user environment of the target audience
• Deliver product training to the target customers
• Client communication in Custom projects

Working with Author/s

• Work with authors to complete the projects as per the approved scope, budget, schedule and key quality measures
• Maintain cordial and productive relationship with authors

Working with Product Development team

• Work closely with the team to deliver the components basis the approved pub plan
• Provide relevant content input and info to help them finalise the templates, QA matrix/checklists
• Finalise the components as per the QA matrix/checklists

Working with Sales and Marketing teams

• Aware of the marketing strategies for the promotion of the books
• Ready to travel with the sales team for the promotion of the books
• Product training of the sales team and the target user

Key Skills

• Strong team player
• Subject matter expert in the field of SST
• English language proficiency is a must
• Advance-level proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Adobe PDF
• Self-driven and enthusiastic
• Ready to adapt and learn
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Capable of meeting deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Qualification

• Master's in History/ Geography/ any subject in the Social Sciences stream from a premium university or educational institute

Work Experience

• Minimum 4-5 years in a competitive work environment

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of commonly used video and audio editing software
• Strong editorial skills
• Exposure to assessment creation and implementation
• A degree/diploma in Publishing
• Exposure to educational products in the international markets
• Teaching experience in Social Studies