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EDITORIAL MANAGER – Hindi
About us:
LEAD is the market leader and the first edtech UNICORN of 2022. It is the fastest-growing School EdTech company in India. Fortune has recognized us as one of India’s top 24 Employers of the Future in June 2022. We partner with Affordable Private Schools across the country and empower them with the tools and resources that transform them into centers of excellence. Our enhanced performance monitoring tools, dedicated lesson plans, and tech-based solutions enable educators to provide students with the best education.
Our mission is to provide excellent education to every child. We have seen rapid adoption growing 13X over the last two years with our School Integrated System implemented in over 3500 schools across the country.
LEAD at a glance:
LEAD – Growth Highlights:
- Raised $100 Mn in a Series E round and became the first Ed Tech Unicorn of 2022 (Business Standard – LEAD becomes first edtech unicorn of 2022)
- Our co-Founder & Co- CEO Smita Deorah is the only leader from India to win the
Power of Women (POW) 2022 award held in the USA! (ASU+GSV Summit)
- LEAD has won in the ‘Most Innovative Product/Service‘ sub-category, (‘Unicorn’ category), at the Businessworld Unicorn Awards 2022
- We are building a B2B + At-home Learning business, which is a US $14B market opportunity across 120 Mn Private School students in India, alone.
- Education Leadership Award by American Leadership Board in 2018.
- Best School Management Award in 2019.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Purpose of the Job:
An Editorial Manager is responsible for managing a team of copy-editors and leading them through the editorial processes in the development and publishing of educational content for Classes Pre-Primary to 10. They will work closely with the leadership to review the current processes, design and set up new editorial guidelines for the team to ensure quality work. They Will also be responsible for planning and allocation of work, reviewing the team’s work and chalking out a learning and development plan for continuous professional development of the team. The Editorial Manager will also be responsible for the final review of print material to ensure good quality print content.
The candidate must have a proven track record in copy-editing, developmental editing, quality assurance, a great work ethic, ability to adhere to deadlines and an experience in team management. They should be open towards working with different teams and functions and have a creative, solution-oriented approach.
Must:
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the team, Plan and assign the work; track the team’s work .
- Review the team’s work and give feedback.
- Plan out and execute learning sessions for professional development of the team.
- Proofread Hindi content for textbooks, lesson plans and other support materials to make sure the final product is error-free and eminently readable
Should:
l A Master’s degree in any discipline, with command of Hindi and strong editing skills.
l At least 8-11 years of experience in print or digital publishing, in different editorial roles.
l Experience in proofreading, content writing and quality assurance in publishing.
l Experience in team management, mentoring and training freshers and junior editors
Nice:
l Background in school education.
l Independently communicate with authors/reviewers/vendors/freelancers regarding translation/editing queries
Department: Hindi Team
Location: Mumbai, Delhi(NCR), Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore
