IT Content Commissioning Editor – Graduate Trainee

IT Content Commissioning Editor â€" Graduate Trainee

IT Content Commissioning Editor Graduate Trainee

Location: Birmingham , West Midlands (County) Salary: Unspecified Competative Salary + Bonus + Pension Date posted: 08/06/2012 18:02 Job type:Permanent Company: Packt Publishing Ltd Contact: HR Team Ref: Totaljobs/IT Content C-Grad Job ID: 53724369

Are you a computer science/IT grad or developer who doesnt want to spend all day writing code? Put your sought-after skills to good use at Packt Publishing, a leading international IT content publisher. Were looking for a tech-savvy graduate who can share our passion for helping IT professionals the world over do their jobs better through our innovative range of books, ebooks and other new products. If youre commercially aware and looking for a varied, exciting, challenging and autonomous role with real responsibility from day one, you could be right for the IT Content Commissioning Editor role.

The organization

Packt is a leading and highly respected IT publisher publishing on a range of technologies and market segments. We aim to serve the information needs of communities of technical professionals through building up a deep understanding of the essential knowledge they need to do their jobs, bringing them targeted, specialized content. We publish innovatory books and other content on new technologies, from the best writers. Our business model allows us to publish on many areas that other publishers cannot, and we have grown our business by spotting these opportunities.

Detailed role description

As an IT Content Commissioning Editor youll play a pivotal role from concept to market in the creation, commissioning and publication of a portfolio of digital and printed content to address the information needs of IT developers and professionals in a variety of technologies and markets. Our products range from best-selling books written by leading industry figures, to articles, online libraries, e-learning content and a wide variety of emerging products. Youll be personally responsible for selecting content that will sell in your market, and as such youll be given responsibility for research, building relationships with writers and content creators, and communicating via a variety of social media to engage with and build online customer communities.

Other responsibilities include:

Ensuring high quality and on-time publication. Undertaking a range of marketing and customer engagement activities, working with our marketing and sales team, to contribute to successful sell-through.

After full training, youll be joining one of our Publishing Divisions where your focus will be on learning the key skills required to commission content, which youll be doing right away. We expect graduates to progress in their careers to Business Management roles, so this is the first step along that road. Packt values individual development highly and we operate a structured career development scheme, fairly unique among smaller employers, so career progression is assured and youll be challenged, and learning, as you grow with us at all stages of your career. At the same time, you will get all the advantages of working for a smaller employer, including significant responsibility, seeing your work impact directly on the business results, new opportunities that emerge continuously with business growth and a flat management structure no layers of bureaucracy.

This is a highly independent, autonomous role, if you enjoy being given freedom to decide how to work to deliver your goals, this role is for you. You will not be micromanaged, and you will definitely not be required to make the tea, copy edit, or proof-read this isnt the typical entry level graduate publishing job!

The person

For this role, were looking for someone with a genuine desire to deeply immerse themselves in a customer segment within the IT community and an understanding of how to communicate and engage with these customers.As such you will be someone who is fascinated by developments in technology, online communities and social media. You will probably have a degree in Computer Science, IT, Sciences, or other related areas although this isnt essential. You may already be active as a blogger, writer, etc, on tech topics.

Desirable Requirements:A good degree in Computer Science, IT, Maths, or other related technical/scientific subjects.Essential Requirements:If you feel you otherwise meet the criteria but do not have a degree as specified above, we will consider candidates without this background, but you must be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in the industry through other activities, work experience, etc.A passion for understanding new developments in technology and an insight into the mindset of people who work with technology Strong project management and team skillsExcellent relationship building skillsResults orientedDrive, initiative, flexibility and openness to changeEligible to work in the UKSummary

The IT Content Commissioning Editor is a superb opportunity for a technical graduate who would like to work within the IT publishing industry. Working for a small and fast growing company allows flexible and rapid career growth and development for talented people, as well as the opportunity to take on more challenging and responsible roles at an earlier stage.