What
do you see when you see this picture?
Do you see a great
children's book in the making? A book that will find itself in the
hand's of a child in a remote village? Do you see a child beaming as
she manages to read her first colourful book? Do you see a child
reading this content on a mobile phone? Do you see volunteers telling
the story about the Sun all across the country in thousands of
schools and libraries? Are you already thinking of how you can tell
this story to a child who does not know English? Because at Pratham
Books, we look for potential first. As a mulitlingual publisher of
children's books, we have published 1559 books across 11 languages
and sold over a million books. We're looking for an assisstant editor
with a proven track record, and laods of potential to join the team
and take our mission further. Are you that person?
If you've spotted
at least two typos in this communication, consider yourself
short-listed. Now read on...
Pratham
Books is looking for a creative person to take on the work of an
assistant editor. This is a full-time position at our Bangalore office. The position involves reading and review of new
manuscripts, keeping in touch and co-ordinating with authors,
translators, reveiwers, designers and illustrators, working with the
design team, proofing copy at the layout and print stage, writing
copy for blurbs, catalogs and promotional events. The assistant
editor will also need to co-ordinate with the administrative team for
documentation, records and payments. We expect this person to bring
in new ideas to create interesting books in Indian languages for
children, especially those children who may be first-generation
school-goers.
Preferred Requirements:
Degree in Literature/Journalism/Mass Communication/Media /Language (English/Kannada/Telugu)
* Excellent Communication skills in English and ability to read and write well in either Kannada or Telugu
* Sharp eyes to check copy
* Ability to visualise
* Ability to write copy for blurbs, catalogues
* Ability to multi-task and be a team player
* Ability to maintain and document day-to-day editorial assignments
* Basic computer skills
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please send your resume and sample of work to info@prathambooks.org with 'Assistant Editor – and your name' in the subject line of the email.
And if you are our ideal candidate, you would rush to check
out how the raw illustration at the top of this communication and the story got transformed into a
much-appreciated, freely downloadable, bilingual book, 'The Seventh Sun' here.