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Location: San Francisco, CA
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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>Associate Producer Multimedia - ChemistryJob ID: 2012-12332# of Positions: 1Posted Date: 8/14/2012Job Location: US-CA-San FranciscoPosition Type : Regular Full TimeCategory: Professional DevelopmentAbout this JobOverviewPearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.Pearson, the world''s leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.Please upload a cover letter for this position entitled "Cover Letter for Job 2012-12332." Resumes without cover letters will not be considered.  Please note that we likely will hire for this position no sooner than January 2013. ResponsibilitiesMedia Project Management* Manage book-specific web sites and course management systems, interactive media development, and online projects in coordination with book development and production from signing through go-live/release to make media an integral part of the book story* Manage schedule coordination, budget tracking, product design and implementation, and tracking of project details* Manage cross-functional teams, including media vendors, authors and freelancers* Manage communication between diverse teams (editorial, production, media, product management, marketing) to ensure media products meet core teaching and learning challenges and are delivered on schedule and on budget* Facilitate the creation of media demos for class-testing, market seeding, and sales presentations as needed* Additional duties as assignedMedia Strategy* Work with marketing to prepare competitive analyses and product feature descriptions for media products* Additional duties as assigned* Work on market research and outreach projects in collaboration with editors and the market development team, including the creation of surveys and the planning of focus groups for assigned projects; includes writing questionnaires and follow-up questions* Evaluate potential media projects and competitive media offerings and advise acquisitions editors upon request* Support acquisitions editors in signings where media plays a critical a roleSales/Marketing Support* National sales meeting preparation support (review marketing materials, provide samples as necessary, create walkthrough scripts of media, etc.)* Review and provide feedback on multimedia references in brochures, prefaces, or back cover copy* Upon request, attend national conferences. Responsibilities may include: research competitor media, coordinate focus groups, demonstrate Pearson media, attend educational lectures on how media is being used in and out of classroom* Spend a minimum of one day each year on campus speaking directly with professors, attending lectures, meeting with students, etc.* Respond to queries within 24 hours by either providing a solution, or directing queries to the appropriate person* Resolve queries as they are escalated from sales reps, professors, as well as Customer Technical SupportTasks include:* Write media plans, including key website and project planning documents, launch memos, and multimedia asset spreadsheets* Create Requests For Proposals (RFP) and solicit bids from vendors* Set up, own, and monitor budgets and schedules for media projects* Hire and manage cross-functional teams, including media vendors, content-providers, freelancers, full-service project management vendors and quality assurance vendors as needed, and write freelancer contracts and agreements* Facilitate communicati

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