Vacancy at Pearson Education

This is a unique opportunity to become part of Pearson Education, the world's leading educational solutions provider. For more information, please visit our website www.pearson.com.Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, businessinformation and consumer publishing. With 37,000 employees based in more than 60 countries, we aim to serve the citizens of our brain-based economy wherever and whenever they arelearning - from pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, ourcurriculum materials, digital media tools and testing technologies help to educate more than 100million people worldwide.

PUBLISHING MANAGER  (Jakarta Raya)

Responsibilities:

• To identify new publishing opportunities and work together with the Local, Regional and Global Sales, Marketing and Publishing teams to help create, develop and implement a strategic and profitable publishing plan for this rapidly growing market.
• To work with the Local and Regional Sales & Marketing teams and Local and Regional Finance to prepare project Publishing Proposals, complete with detailed cost analysis and sales forecasts, for approval by senior management.
• To work together with the Local, Regional and Global Sales, Marketing and Publishing teams to carry out systematic qualitative and quantitative research into the Indonesia market in order to define future publishing opportunities.
• Work with the Education ministry, and with our distributor partners, on the development, preparation and submission of materials for adoption into the state education sector.
• To source, develop and manage local and regional writing, editorial, design and multimedia production resources where applicable to develop relevant learning and teaching materials.
• To set up, organize and run local Reviewer/Advisory Groups to shape the direction of our new publishing.                                        

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree from a recognized institution; further qualifications in TEFL/TESOL or related areas preferred;
• An in-depth understanding of the current and future trends in the Indonesian and Emerging Markets education market;
• A deep understanding of the publishing process, scheduling and budget management; and strong track record in publishing learning materials; experience in digital publishing a plus
• The skills required to create, develop and implement a long-term publishing strategy that produces sustainable growth;
• Strong leadership skills to manage and motivate in-house and external editorial resources;
• Exemplary communication skills to interact and work together with the local team, and also represent the local team in regional and global settings;
• The ability to work closely and build relationships with all the relevant functions within the organization including Production, Sales & Marketing, Finance and HR, and externally with key partners;
• A high regard for working in an ethical manner and to be able to embody the core Pearson values

Successful candidates can expect a competitive remuneration package and rewarding career in a challenging environment. If you would like to invest your career with us, please apply by 12th August 2011.Please send your detailed resume in English, indicating current and expected salaries to:human.resources@pearson.com

We thank you in advance for your applications but regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.