Website Packt
Type of Job: Permanent Work From Home – Full Time
Requirements & Responsibilities:
Core:
- Own the acquisition of expert technical reviewers as per the demands of the book pipeline, acting as the key point of contact to nurture relationships and build a pool of expert reviewers.
- Author Lead Generation: Connect with the developer community and generate expert author leads from within the community who are interested in writing books for Packt
- Managing Potential Author Pool: Build and manage a pool of potential authors who are interested in working with Packt. Periodically engage with the pool to keep the relationship intact for future projects
- Working alongside Senior Editors and Project Managers, be responsible for ensuring technical feedback is delivered effectively and addressed appropriately
- Take responsibility for meeting both acquisition and tech quality targets and ensuring tech reviews are complete, valuable and incorporated into our books
- Project manage the supply of author leads and technical reviewers for both books and book proposals when required
- Communicate daily with editors, authors, and reviewers to facilitate the technical review process for your team
- Ensure reviews have been completed as per Packt’s Technical Review Guidelines and escalate issues and risks to the Portfolio Director
- Compile information on the performance of technical reviewers to identify poor performance
- Work with the Portfolio Director and Publishing Product Managers to improve reviewer acquisition methods
Responsiveness and Improvement:
- Consider and suggest ideas for improvements, sharing this feedback with others in a constructive manner
- Conduct regular reviews of what and who is required to make a project successful and make ongoing improvements
- Help colleagues, customers and corporate partners to understand changes and why they have been introduced
Decision Making:
- Examine complex information and obtain further information to make accurate decisions
- Explain clearly, verbally and in writing, how a decision has been reached
- Provide advice and feedback to support others to make accurate decisions
Growth:
- Take ownership of your individual development by identifying capability needs and consistently achieving development objectives.
- Take responsibility for the quality of your own work and seek opportunities for improvement through continuous learning
- Encourage and be open to developmental feedback from others
Delivering at Pace:
- Take ownership of problems in your own area of responsibility
- Remain positive and focused on achieving outcomes despite setbacks
- Check your own performance against outcomes, make improvements or take corrective action when problems are identified
Competencies:
- You will have a tech or acquisition background with 2+ years of research/publishing experience
- You will be able to deliver on both acquisition and quality targets in a fast-paced environment
- You will have excellent relationship management skills
- You are comfortable using a combination of intuition, experience, and expertise to identify potential problems and able to take corrective action quickly
- You will have strong project management skills
KPIs Responsibility and Target:
- Technical Reviewer Targets: Sign TRs – Base 4 titles and Target 6 titles
- Author Lead Targets: Generate author leads (outline 1st drafts) – 3 titles
- Tech Insight Calls: Base 3 and Target 4
Benefits:
You will also have access to a range of flexible benefits that are designed to help you make the most of your time with us
- Bonus scheme
- 5 days working
- Permanent work from home
- Flexible hours: choose how, when and where you work
- Gross Salary (Monthly)- 35k – 48K
To apply for this job please visit apply.workable.com.