Publisher: Commerce needed at Maskew Miller Learning

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Contribution to Product strategy

• Commerce Subject Matter Expert
• Research and understand market.
• Maintain relationships with Curriculum officials and external stakeholders.
• Generate Commerce products and services according to a pedagogical framework based on policy documents for all the subjects relevant to Grade R – 12.
• Research and analyse curricula, policy documents, evaluation criteria, local pedagogy relating to but limited to submission and tender requirements.

Financial Management

• Prepare product budgets for sign-off (forecast costs).
• Manage product costs within approved budgets.
• Respond to budget queries and changes.
• Sign off and approvals of work as per schedule of authority Generate product or service concept/vision for all components 

Content Development

• Develop detailed specific product/service plan.
• Develop design spec and cover briefs.
• Develop detailed instructional design/digital brief.
• Develop detailed author/Subject Matter Expert (SME) commissioning brief.
• Recruit appropriate authors/SMEs. This includes the development and retention of market-leading content developers and subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Work closely with authors/freelancers to create products or services based on the relevant pedagogy.
• Commission content/service according to detailed product plan.
• Manage the development of print and digital content.
• Provide continuous support during the writing/content development process.
• Contribute to development of content for marketing material, including creating the product value proposition.
• Review quality and conformity and provide feedback until content is approved.

Project Management

• Create project schedule (forecast time).
• Responsible for the overall deadline of projects. This means ensuring that projects are completed by the agreed due date.
• Remain up to date with all admin duties and foster best practice.

Production Support

• Ensure that the vision for the product is carried through the entire publishing production process 

Support and guide Managing Editors during production phase by: 

• addressing content/author queries 
• approving final artwork and photo selection 
• reviewing first draft and artwork pages
• Signing off and approving master set files

Testing/trialling/market research

• Develop prototype/sections/full product for testing/trialling/research purposes 
• Validate prototypes/sections/full products 
• Analyse and apply research feedback to improve product and services

Relationship with external stakeholders

• Develop relationships with Ministry officials and external stakeholders 
• Brief external SMEs, consultants, freelancers as needed.

Develop good practice

• Develop pool of excellent content developers/SMEs capable of responding to the needs as they arise 
• Develop skills of content developers/SMEs through training

Follow new trends and developments

• Stay abreast with new trends and developments in products/services, pedagogy and market needs

Project Lead responsibilities

• As required, to perform the role of the project lead

Digital

• Manage the development of digital content.
• Concrete understanding of Learning Design best practice and principles for digital learning.
• Good understanding of instructional design and user-experience design best practice and principles – when & how to employ specialists.
• Collaborate with the Design and Digital Development team to develop digital content / products.

Educational Requirements

• Relevant tertiary degree in the subject matter of accounting

Experience Requirements

• Three to five years teaching and/or publishing and/or market related experience in Commerce.