Hiring For Business Development Editor -
- Packt Publishing
- 2 - 6 years
- India
- 5 years ago
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Job Description
Hi,
Hope you are doing well.
We are hiring for the role of "Business Development Executive".
Exp: 2-6 Years
Overview:
Packt's mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective
learning and information services to IT professionals. We are one of the most prolific and fast-growing
tech publishers in the world with over 4000 books and videos published.
To consistently deliver rich, high quality content to our customers, we need to improve and modernize
our existing developer engagement practices in order to ensure we are engaging and repeatedly
working with expert developers. Reporting to the Associate Portfolio Director, the Business
Development Executive (BDE) is responsible for researching, engaging, and nurturing a community of
developers and introducing them as potential authors and reviewers. The main duties of the role will be
involve working closely with the Publishing Product Manager roles, researching new and emerging
developer talent, nurturing, and delivering leads.
Roles and Responsibilities
- 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 to ensure 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 Packts 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 on-going 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
Desired Candidate Profile
- 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
Perks and Benefits:
5 days working
Flexible working hours
Remote working
Casual work environment
Interested applicants are requested to share updated copy of resume with Neha at ne********s@pa**t.com.
Job Classification
Industry: PublishingFunctional Area: Sales, Retail, Business Development, Role Category: Corporate SalesRole: Corporate SalesEmployement Type: Full timeEducation
Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any SpecializationPost Graduation: M.Tech in CivilDoctorate: Any Doctorate in Any Specialization, Doctorate Not RequiredContact Details:
Company: Packt Publishing Pvt. Ltd.Address: Plot #103, Arena House, 3rd Floor, Road #12,, Opposite Saffron spice hotel, MIDC, Andheri-East, Andheri (East), MUMBAI, Maharashtra, IndiaLocation(s): indiaWebsite: http://www.packtpub.com
Keyskills: B2B Lead Generation Sales Cold Calling Inside Sales Online Lead Generation Business Development IT Sales
Packt Publishing
Founded in 2004 in Birmingham, UK, Packts mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals.Working towards that vision, we have published nearly 4000 books and videos so far, providing IT professio...
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