Job Responsibilities

Editorial
Assist in Children's creative projects in the format of educational books and products.
Review, organize and write manuscripts for publications.
Translation from English to Mandarin, and vice versa.
Plan and determine book/product specifications and packaging.
Liaise external writers/translators/freelancers for assigned series/titles.
Complete all assigned projects on time.
Manage books and products quality, time and cost.
Monitor work progress for Editorial and Creative Team.

Creative support
Coordinate with Creative Team on graphic, illustrations, typesetting, layouts and corrections.
Propose and review heading and icon designs.
Check final sample layouts.

Sales and marketing support
Brief Sales & Marketing Team on selling points for newly released products.
Obtain feedback from Sales and Marketing Team on newly released products.
Perform any ad-hoc task related to the department.

Applicant must have Degree or Diploma in Early Childhood Education/ Education/ Language Studies or equivalent with good grades for Mandarin & English in SPM.
Applicant should have 1 to 2 years of editorial experience, but fresh graduate will also be considered.
Applicant must be proficient with Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint and other word processing and publishing software.
Applicants must be fluent in English and Mandarin to handle translation, writing, proofreading and editing in both languages.
Selected applicant will work at Penerbitan Pelangi, Johor.