The Company

The Role

This multifaceted role of Content Quality Assurance Manager is in charge of making sure that any publishable content that involves writing are free of any errors, whilst ensuring that texts are engaging and accessible to the readers. It involves correcting grammatical and spelling errors and also looking at the work and fixing any problems with style and tone. As a content quality assurance manager it is his/her role to ensure that material is clear, consistent, complete and credible, and that copy is well written, grammatically correct and accessible. He/she will take the initial material, or the copy, go through the visuals and make it ready for publication.

• Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors when it comes to copy. From a visual perspective, he/she will ensure that the visuals used are apt.
• Sub-editing text written by a number of document creators to ensure consistent house style.
• Working with IT-based publishing systems and databases, as well as via the internet, CD-ROMs or from paper manuscripts.
• Liaising regularly with document creators, and events and activations team.
• Checking that document creators have provided all the required materials and paperwork.
• Resolving queries directly with the author of the report/document, e.g. style and text inconsistencies.
• Coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team.
• Daily follow up with media agency we are dealing with.
• Prepare contracts and agreements of third party production companies based on the approved templates. Ensure that detailed SLAs are put in place should a third party vendor be chosen for a project.
• Work with the Legal and Finance department to develop standard contract templates and review any terms of business, which are not as per the approved standards.
• Monitor contract compliance to ensure they are in line with company terms and escalate any risks or contractual risks.

The Person

• Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Publishing/Publishing studies coupled with experience in media/electronic media
• Should have had experience working in news agencies, magazines, newspapers, or press offices, Government experience.
• A thorough knowledge of both English & Arabic language (both written and spoken).
• Ability to comprehend the written word must be exceptional. They should understand the rules of grammar and punctuation and should be meticulous with a keen eye for the smallest details.
• Reading comprehension.
• A methodical working style.
• Concentration, accuracy and great attention to detail.