Academic Content Developer

Location: Westlake, Cape Town
Salary: Negotiable

About the Role:
Opportunity available for an Academic Content Developer at a publishing house that specialises in creating learning media (both printed and digital) for training providers, colleges and private education centres. The successful candidate would assist the Academic Manager in the development and academic review of textbook and study guide material in the disciplines of Social Science, Media Studies, Business and Management Studies.

Requirements:
Honours Degree in Social Science, English, Media, Education or related field.
Previous lecturing/teaching/tutoring experience.
MS Office and the Internet is a prerequisite.
Experience in academic writing.
Comprehensive knowledge of academic research processes and conventions.

Duties:
Evaluate authors’ work (including textbook and study guide material) and provide constant assistance and feedback
Rewrite sections of authors’ material (including textbook and study guide material) if necessary, to improve the quality thereof
Evaluate academic exercises and memoranda
Revise and design academic exercises and memoranda
Conduct research and write academic material in-house
Assist in the creation of textbook outlines and author briefs
Produce scripts based on textbook content to a high standard to facilitate learning
Transferring information from academic texts in creative ways to create and scaffold unique online learning experiences
Make content understandable, interactive and engaging
Create content that can be applied to real-life scenarios
Copy-edit and review scripts