At Pratham Books, we believe in the power of stories – good stories. For well over a decade we have strived hard to reach children across India with a variety of award-winning stories across 18 Indian languages. With our digital crowd-sourcing platform – StoryWeaver we now share the power of stories with a global community of educators, parents, authors, illustrators and translators.

StoryWeaver is a digital repository of openly-licensed, multilingual children's stories. It allows its users to read, create and translate stories into Indian and international languages in the hope that children across the world can read quality stories in a language of their choice.

Currently, we're looking for a full-time, Junior Editorial Assistant to join our Digital Team in Bangalore.

As a Junior Editorial Assistant at StoryWeaver, this is what will keep you busy:

• Working with graphic designer to help design and adapt books and other content  for StoryWeaver

• Uploading books on StoryWeaver which involves tagging stories and images in a way that makes it accessible to users

• Co-ordinating with the administrative team for documentation, records and payments (contracts, work orders, etc)

• Identifying open repositories/opportunities to bring more stories onto StoryWeaver

Preferred Requirements

• Degree in Literature/Journalism/Mass Communication/Media /Language

• Good communication skills in English

• 1-2 years of work experience; freshers may also apply

• Ability to multi-task and coordinate between different stakeholders

• Capable of working within a team and tight deadlines

• Tech-savvy

• Sharp eye for copy

• Love for languages

• Be a good team player

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please send your resume to [email protected] with 'Junior Editorial Assistant for StoryWeaver' in the subject line of the email.

We look forward to hearing from you!

 

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Pratham Books is a not-for-profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s hand’ and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in India.

In the last 13 years we have published over 3000 books and printed over 14 million copies and 16 million storycards. Last year Pratham Books' increased its footprint by going digital. As an industry leader we were one of the first publishers in the country to open license our content. All this content in now available on StoryWeaver, our digital platform that hosts stories in 59 languages. The stories can be read, translated, versioned or downloaded for free. With both the print and digital initiatives being scaled, Pratham Books is looking for a Studio Manager to take the lead of its print, production and digitization processes.

Job Description

As a Studio Manager you will be driving the management of a busy studio that can change from a quiet environment to one full of freelancers and multiple projects all running at the same time. Your job will be to manage the studio and production schedules as well as the day to day administrative responsibilities of running the studio of a reputed publishing house. 

This is a job that requires attention to detail, organisation and time management. Clear communication and multitasking skills are a must. We require an individual who is motivated, knows how to manage the requirements of book production that can require multiple cycles of reviews and adaptations for different platforms. Ability to prioritize workload to manage the studio schedule within the budgetary requirements. 

You will work closely with the Editorial team to ensure timely delivery of all aspects of production for print and digital books -  from layouts to pagination, optimizing image quality and proofreading to readying artworks, uploading digital books and QC (quality checking). 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with editorial groups to create the final files for production of both print and digital formats of our books

• Upload the digital books on StoryWeaver

• Prioritize and manage timely output

• Supervise the design and production team

• Develop work procedures, establish quality standards and be responsible for releasing the final files

• Schedule daily studio workload, coordinate approvals from different teams, manage version control etc

• Train and monitor studio staff in all relevant skill areas.

• Liaison with cross functional teams

• Maintain an efficient  archiving system

• Maintain accurate records of work in progress for billing  

Must have

• Experience of working within a creative agency / publishing house

• A working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite 

• Experience in leading a mid-size team consisting of layout artists, DTP, Photoshop and artwork people

• References to previous work 

Pay: Subject to level of previous experience

Location : Bangalore

Interested candidates are requested to send in their resume to [email protected]

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At Pratham Books, we believe in the power of stories – good stories. For well over a decade we have strived hard to reach children across India with a variety of award-winning stories across 18 Indian languages. With our digital crowd-sourcing platform – StoryWeaver we now share the power of stories with a global community of educators, parents, authors, illustrators and translators.

StoryWeaver is a digital repository of openly-licensed, multilingual children's stories. It allows its users to read, create and translate stories into Indian and international languages in the hope that children across the world can read quality stories in a languages of their choice. .

StoryWeaver is looking for an intern for our Digital Content  

Project Details

Migration of Pratham Books stories in multiple languages in digital formats onto StoryWeaver

• Working on our language content for StoryWeaver

• Publishing our stories on digital platform by ensuring a visually appealing layout

• Working with external agencies and proofreaders.

• Uploading books on StoryWeaver which involves tagging stories and images in a way that makes it accessible to users

Are you the intern we're looking for?

This is the perfect project if you're a college student or a graduate looking to add some work experience to your resume.

The ideal candidate will

1. Have good understanding of English and any one (or more) of the following  languages: Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.

2. Have an eye for editing and love for languages and children’s stories

3. Works well with a team

The internship will be for a 3-month period and the intern will receive an honorarium. The role requires the intern to be based out of Bangalore and work from our office.

Please send your resume to [email protected] with 'Intern - Digital Content for StoryWeaver' in the subject line of the email.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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