Wednesday 17 November 2010

Editpub course 2011

Applications are invited from Honours Graduates in any discipline for a PG Certificate Course in Editing and Publishing to be conducted by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, from 17 January to 15 April 2011. Classes will normally be held four days a week from 6-8 p.m. Applicants have to appear for a screening test on 4 January 2011, at 5 p.m., to be held on the first floor of the UG Arts Building. Course fee: Rs 6,500. Applications may be made on plain paper or by email to culture@school.jdvu.ac.in, addressed to the Director, School of Cultural Texts and Records. Paper applications should be submitted to the School of Cultural Texts and Records, (UG Arts/ Science Building, 3rd floor, near Film Studies Department) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days. Last date for receipt of applications: 31 December 2010.

Amlan Dasgupta,
Director, School of Cultural Texts and Records
Jadavpur University

Thursday 9 September 2010

OUP Wants You!

Oxford University Press New Delhi urgently needs recruits for editorial posts. Any of our ex Editpubbers who are between jobs or yet to get a job are encouraged to apply. Send your CVs to Bharti.Saxena@oup.com

Sunday 9 May 2010

People wanted for Trisys

Trisys communications urgently needs copywriters and editors to work in corporate communications and advertising. Email Mudar Patherya mudar@trisyscom.com with your CVs

Friday 16 April 2010

Vacancies at Dorling Kindersley

Dolring Kindersley have the following vacancies. If anyone from present or past years of Editpub would like to apply, please send me your cv at rimibchatterjeeATgmailDOTcom, or comment here, and I will forward it.

Dorling Kindersley India is looking for suitable candidates to fill up the following vacancies:
For our DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION we require:

A) 5 Assistant Editors/Editors– (depending upon skill set) –
The ideal candidates should:

* Be graduates/post graduates with 2-3 years of relevant working experience.”
* Possess knowledge of XML and/or HTML


* Be fast, on-screen English-language editors and proof readers.


* Be able to cope well with managing high workloads, tight deadlines and working as part of a diverse team.


* Have an aptitude and enthusiasm for learning new technologies.
* Tech-savvy freshers with excellent written and verbal English communication skills may also apply.



B) 2 programmers/ Software Engineers:

The ideal applicants should fulfil the following requirements:

Experience
2-3 years

Education
Graduation – B.Tech/BE – Computers/Graduation with computers/PG – M.Sc. – Computers/MCA


Job Description

* Participate in the design, development and maintenance of production systems for conversion of Book content into electronic formats.
* Maintaining the required level of quality work throughout the project – from initial test material to final output.
* Liaison with others in the team and department to deliver projects and support technical issues.
* Maintain version control to ensure code quality, scalability and maintainability.
* Maintain Content Management System.
* Development and commissioning of new projects, as directed,


Desired Profile

* Version control and configuration management
* Excellent presentation and communication skill
* Experience developing web based and/or interactive media products
* Proper SDLC understanding
* Knowledge of Agile and test driven development methods
* Database Design experience
* Quality assurance


Extensive experience in the following areas:


o XML, XSLT, XPATH, XQUERY, DTD
o VB.NET, C#.net, ASP.net
o IIS
o RAD tools like Macromedia Dreamweaver, XML Spy or similar XML editor
o RDBMS preferably Microsoft SQL server
o Javascript, VBScript, Perl
o HTML, XHTML and CSS
o Open Packaging Format (epub) and Kindel (Mobi) e-book development
o Interactive multimedia development with Flash


Candidates with knowledge of MAC OS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and iPhone SDK will be given preference.

C) Assistant Graphic Designer:

Candidates should have:


* Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks skills
* Flash animation skills.
* Webs designing (to include advanced HTML skills)
* 1-2 years of experience would be good but freshers with the above skills may also apply.


The deadline is Wednesday, 21 April 2010. People who have already mailed their CV in the last six months need not reapply as we will be using our database.

Monday 12 April 2010

Pearson shortlist

The following candidates have been shortlisted for Pearson posts:
1. Shayani Bhattacharya
2. Athena Mondal
3. Nayantara Mazumder
4. Parameshwari Sircar
5. Darshana Ghose
6. Suchismita Bose
7. Anukta Ghosh
Jaishree Sharma, the HR head, will be coming to Ju on the 13 April that is tomorrow at 4pm to meet the shortlisted candidates. If your name is on this list, be at the department before 4 tomorrow.

Sunday 4 April 2010

CVs on Monday

All of you intending to sit for the test/interview with Pearson, please bring your CVs on Monday, that is TOMORROW. Ex students can bring them on Tuesday.
There will be a signup sheet with me for interview timings.

Saturday 3 April 2010

Urgent Revision of Timings

Pearson's timetable requires us to push forward the presentations to 2pm on Monday 5 April. Likewise, the interviews will begin at 2pm on Tuesday. We will have two rounds of copytests: 2pm for the first batch, and 4pm for latecomers. On Monday I will have an excel spreadsheet with time slots. Please come to me during the presentations and sign up for your preferred timeslot for interview on Tuesday.

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Pearson Coming to JU

At long last, we have finalised the dates for Pearson to come and interview the candidates from Edit Pub. They will be here over 5,6 and 7 April. On 5 April from 4 to 8pm we will have the final presentations by current students. This means about forty minutes per 'company', and 8-10 minutes per person.
On 6 April from 4pm we will start with a half-hour copy test for all the prospective interviewees. Then interviews from 5.30pm.
Ex-students of the course are welcome to present themselves for the copy test and interview. They should arrive on the 6th by 4pm.
If there is any overflow of interviews, we will continue from 4pm on 7th April.
All events in the AV Room of the English Department, JU.
To sum up:
5 April 4-8pm Project presentations by current students. Ex students need not come for this but can sit in and observe if they wish to do so.
6 April 4-4.30pm copytest
4.30-8pm interviews
7 April 4-6pm interviews.

Thursday 14 January 2010

And another...

Do you have a passion for new technology, especially in how it relates to education? Are you as interested in the medium and delivery modes of content as you are in the content itself? Do you have the ability to discern good visual electronic design, with a fundamental appreciation of the user experience? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, we want to talk to you.


The Higher Education division of Pearson Education is hiring a new media editor in its Noida office, responsible for researching and evolving digital educational solutions. New Media editors develop and enhance e-products by creating supplementary media for textbooks, introducing and updating areas of the Pearson Education Web site, publishing content on the Web Publishing System, and creating and editing new content.



The ideal candidate has excellent English-language skills, aptitude and enthusiasm for new technologies, the ability to manage time and meet strict deadlines, and possess familiarity with Flash, Java, CSS, HTML, XML, metadata, and SEO.



For the right person, this is a fun and fulfilling position. If interested, please get in touch with the HR department for details. (You may also refer your friends/acquaintances.) Please mail your CV with a covering letter to harinder.kaur@pearsoned.co.in. The last date for application is 30 January 2010.

Vacancy at Pearson

Are you interested in transforming education and educational texts? Do you have a passion for reading, writing and discussing books? Are you a quick learner willing to take on new jobs and develop new goals for education publishing? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, we want to talk to you.


The Higher Education division of Pearson Education is looking for development editors at Noida, Chennai and Chandigarh, responsible for shaping manuscripts into rich and innovative textbooks. Development editors take theory and instructional test and—through a detailed process of review, feedback and testing—design course-defining and market-oriented learning solutions for the Indian and international higher education markets.


The ideal development editor has the ability to understand and facilitate a student’s needs, an author’s goals, and an instructor’s requirements, and synthesize them all into a successful textbook. They possess excellent language and editing skills, are creative and detail-oriented, are organized and able to maintain tight schedules, and employ superb communication skills.


For the right person, this is a fun and fulfilling position. If interested, please get in touch with the HR department for details. (You may also refer your friends and acquaintances.) Please mail your CV with a covering letter to harinder.kaur@pearsoned.co.in . The last date for application is 25 January 2010.