Lead Publisher: Languages - Cape Town, South Africa - Maskew Miller Learning Recruitment

Maskew Miller Learning Recruitment
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Job Desciption:


Lead Publisher:

Languages:

About Maskew Miller Learning:


Maskew Miller Learning lends its name from the most trusted and recognisable publisher in South African history - Maskew Miller.

At Maskew Miller Learning, we believe that learning allows people to move forward in life, enabling them to have brighter futures.


We are a B-BBEE - Level 1 contributor, providing education solutions ranging from early childhood learning to professional certification, curriculum-based print materials, e-learning content and tools, as well as teacher training.

We publish in all 11 official languages and have the widest range of CAPS-approved content trusted by teachers.

Our quality educational resources and materials are used in schools, TVET colleges, higher education institutions, and home and professional environments.

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Main purpose:


The Lead Publisher for Languages Portfolio leads and manages the Functional Content Development and publishing process/function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the content creation for a product or service for the Languages portfolio consisting of African languages, English Language and Afrikaans Language.

Working in-house as part of a project team.


Key Duties and Responsibilities:


Management/Leading:


  • Lead the Languages team of Publishers and Managing Editors to ensure business strategy and objectives are met (direct line management)
  • Develop and mentor Publishers, Managing Editors and content developers/SME's for Languages, to meet their full potential by upskilling/reskilling as required to meet current and future role responsibilities effectively
  • Collaborate with leadership to manage capacity of team
  • Mitigate and manage potential risks

Contribution to Product Strategy:


  • Research and analyse curricula, evaluation criteria, local pedagogy, submission/tender requirements
  • Generate product or service pedagogy framework based on policy documents above
  • Review and analyse competitor products/services
  • Generate product or service concept/vision for all components

Financial Management:


  • Prepare product budgets for signoff (Forecast costs)
  • Manage product costs within approved budgets
  • Sign off and approvals of work as per schedule of authority

Control the flow of work through tracking of work-in-progress:

  • Tracking between various internal and external team members.
  • Updating schedules during the editorial and production process to ensure clear guidelines during the publishing process.

Content development & Publishing - Manage a list of titles/products:

  • Develop detailed specific product/service plan
  • Develop detailed instructional design/digital brief and cover briefs
  • Develop detailed author/SME commissioning brief
  • Recruit appropriate authors/SMEs
  • Commission content/service according to detailed product plan
  • Provide continuous support during the writing/content development process
  • Review quality and conformity and provide feedback until content is approved. This includes critical review of our products vs competitor products
  • Backlist maintenance manage reprint corrections; respond to customer queries

Project Management:


  • Create project schedule (forecast time)
  • Ensure that project is completed by due dates

Production Support:


  • Responsible for the overall deadline of products and projects
  • Support and guide Managing Editors during production phase by:
  • addressing content/author queries
- approving final artwork and photo selection
- reviewing first and artwork pages
- signing off and approving master set


Testing/trialing/market research:


  • Develop and validate prototype/sections/full product for testing/trialing/research purposes
  • Contribute to development of content for marketing material, including creating the product value proposition

Relationship with external stakeholders:


  • Develop relationships with Ministry officials and external stakeholders
  • Attend relevant workshops, conferences and other events to stay up to date with the Languages curricula
  • Work closely with authors/freelancers to create products or services based on relevant pedagogy

Digital:


  • Manage the development of digital content
  • Concrete understanding of Learning Design best practice and principles for digital learning

Educational Requirements:


Experience Requirements:


  • At least five years teaching and/or publishing and/or market related experience in Languages
  • Experience in managing inhouse and freelance staff
  • Proven record of success in delivering multiple complex projects

Skills and Competencies:


  • Highly organized
  • Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals
  • Proven research, analytical and problemsolving skills
  • Allocating decisionmaking authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate others to maximize the organization's and individuals' effectiveness
  • Clea
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