Manager, Editorial Development and Partner Relations

Division | Product & Ecosystem Development
Location | Kuala Lumpur
Experience | Minimum 3 years
Vacancies | 1 position

Closing date | 05 April 2010

Responsibilities

• Support development of product and content vision
• Manage existing relationships and develop new relationships with key content partners and sources
• Maintain relationships with content sources (e.g. news sources, local bloggers, entertainment information and listings, classifieds information, user-generated content)
• Develop working plans for robust user-generated content ecosystem and ensure cross-departmental implementation
• Continually evaluate content sources and complete product and make suggestions for its improvement
• Continually develop fresh sources of dynamic content
• Communicate necessary in-house style and standards to content sources
• Work closely with other internal departments to ensure capabilities are clearly communicated and content-related needs are met
• Work closely with programming operations team to ensure efficient delivery of content into back-end systems
• Aid in other aspects of product development and management and operations as needed

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably with an MBA
• Minimum 3 years in content development and consumer-focused traditional media, web or wireless product development, preferably in Malaysia or ASEAN region
• Experienced in consumer research, business and content development
• Experience with media, web and wireless providers preferred
• Intuitive understanding of local content ecosystems, with experience in Malaysia preferred
• Committed to learning and continuous improvement

Skills Required

• Strong entrepreneurial drive and instincts
• Detail oriented with ability to work at a fast pace
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• A good team player and willing to work long hours if needed