Product Development Content Creation Team management training
Resume:
Nidhi Mehra
ad7n0d@r.postjobfree.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
I come with a rich experience of 35 years in both teaching and content creation. I started teaching in 1989 while pursuing my post-graduation and taught till 2007. During this, I worked as HOD of mathematics for 15 years at Birla Vidya Niketan, Delhi. At the end of 2007, I moved into corporate for curriculum development and content creation. Here I worked for Indian and International boards and got the opportunity to train teachers in specialised subjects and soft skills. I managed content teams as well as digital to create end-to-end products.
Publishing Manager International Business Cambridge University Press Mar’20 to Present
● Project Planning, Initiation and execution
o Product management – New/revision of titles basis portfolio gap & competition offering analysis o Costing/resource planning basis product conceptualization, development, and author selection
● Author Commissioning & Guidance
o Selecting best fit author keeping marketing and sales views in consideration o Guide authors to develop product as per product blueprint o Oversee author engagement paper work & contract management o Product development scheduling, features and USP’s
● Editorial Team Leadership
o Guide HR in selection of culture fit candidates, training and team mentoring o Assign projects to editors with clear timelines-concept-content planning o Identify processes gaps, bottlenecks and remedial action to improve efficiency and productivity o Plan and execute training & development by identifying team members strengths and weaknesses
● Finance Management
o Prepare financial feasibility of project, guide business planning team basis product features o Monitor and manage product development costs to ensure minimum product development expense
o Determine fees, ensure timely payment processing of vendors and freelancers Head Curriculum and Design Chandra Creatives & Learning Solutions May’19 to Feb’20
● Editorial Team Leadership
o Guide HR in selection of culture fit candidates, training and team mentoring o Assign projects to editors with clear timelines-concept-content planning o Identify processes gaps, bottlenecks and remedial action to improve efficiency and productivity o Plan and execute training & development by identifying team members strengths and weaknesses
● Finance Management
o Prepare financial feasibility of project, guide business planning team basis product features o Monitor and manage product development costs to ensure minimum product development expense
o Determine fees, ensure timely payment processing of vendors and freelancers
● Project development and management
o Review product sample to ensure that it meets the vision of the product o Curriculum Designing
o Ensure content flow-pedagogical development-features-template clarity for best in class product creation
o Validating the subject/content in digital component creation/ print material o Assisting the tech team in creation of digital components such as video, audio etc. Publishing Head New Saraswati House May’18 to Apr ‘19
● Project Planning, Initiation and execution
o Product management – New/revision of titles basis portfolio gap & competition offering analysis o Costing/resource planning basis product conceptualization, development, and author selection
● Author Commissioning & Guidance
o Selecting best fit author keeping marketing and sales views in consideration o Guide authors to develop product as per product blueprint o Oversee author engagement paper work & contract management o Product development scheduling, features and USP’s
● Editorial Team Leadership
o Guide HR in selection of culture fit candidates, training and team mentoring o Assign projects to editors with clear timelines-concept-content planning o Identify processes gaps, bottlenecks and remedial action to improve efficiency and productivity o Plan and execute training & development by identifying team members strengths and weaknesses
● Finance Management
o Prepare financial feasibility of project, guide business planning team basis product features o Monitor and manage product development costs to ensure minimum product development expense
o Determine fees, ensure timely payment processing of vendors and freelancers
● Project development and management
o Review product sample to ensure that it meets the vision of the product o Curriculum Designing
o Ensure content flow-pedagogical development-features-template clarity for best in class product creation
o Validating the subject/content in digital component creation/ print material o Assisted the tech team in creation of digital components such as video, audio etc.
● Product Training
o Conducted teacher workshop pan India creative and effective teaching styles and sensitizing towards different learning styles
o Conducted pan India product demo and sales training Sr. Publishing Manager Cambridge University Press India Ltd Apr’15 – May’18
● Management of Mathematics & Science division
● Project Planning and initiation
● Author Commissioning
● Editorial Team Leadership
● Finance Management
● Project development and management
● Sales Team support
● Product Training
Senior Managing Editor - Mathematics Macmillan India Ltd Jan’12 to Mar’15
● Project Planning and initiation
● Author Commissioning
● Editorial Team Leadership
● Finance Management
● Project development and management
● Sales Team support
● Product Training
General Manager Second School Sep’10 – Jan’12
● Curriculum Mapping
● Leading SME-ID team
● Guide HR to select Subject Matter Experts/ Specialists/Tutors, training and team mentoring
● Validating the subject in digital content creation/ print material
● Work Done – Complete creation of content for classes 4-12 for CBSE and ICSE board
● Videos/content creation for YouTube channel
Curriculum Manager Hurix Systems Jan’10 – Aug’10
● Curriculum Mapping
● Leading the SME team
● Work with HR to test and select Subject Matter Experts/ Specialists
● Train and mentor Subject Matter Experts
● Validating the subject in digital content creation by creating nugget analysis and reviewing its concept map, story board and final nugget
Mathematics Curriculum Designer HMSC Learning Pvt. Ltd. Nov’08 – Dec’09
● Plan the complete curriculum for K-12 including detailed lesson plans and Question Banks.
● Detailed product review of digital content for school solutions and proposed learning centers.
● Prepared lesson plans and complete planner for Learning Centers
● Developing content for K-12 for digital offerings-content outline/design document/story board
● Reviewing the design document developed by vendors and managing project progress
● Developing state of the art MATH LAB solutions for schools Mathematics Manager Greycells18 Media Pvt. Ltd. Sep’07 –Nov’08
● Syllabus development and content creation for classes IX to XII.
● Complete curriculum planning for senior classes with detailed lesson plans and question banks
● Vendor Management - Allot lesson plans, discuss the constraints and requirements, ensure development & return of product material
● Overview and execute necessary changes in course plan and story boards
● Scrutinize lesson plan content to ensure product development as planned
● Contribute essential data to make lesson plan visual friendly
● Plan visual graphics as per requirement in the episode
● Check the scripts to lock it from content perspective
● Review CD of prepared episodes
● Preparing digital question banks for web for classes X and XII
● Review and answer web queries
● Interact with anchors as per requirement to ensure smooth running of the show
● Author story boards
Academic Supervisor Amity International School, Pushp Vihar Sep’06 –Sep’07
● Organizing and coordinating the entire school academic and co-curricular activities
● Supervising teacher work through periodic scrutiny of notebooks and class observations.
● Ensuring record maintenance like attendance registers, marks registers, log book & teachers diary
● Regular interaction with parents to understand their challenges and sharing their ward’s progress
● Organizing excursions and community visits.
PG, HOD Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar Jul’91 – Aug’06
● Organized In-house seminars, exhibitions and Mathematics teachers work coordination
● Mathematics curriculum preparation for all classes
● Work review - class room teaching, examination paper setting, weak –bright student management
● Deputy Superintendent for CBSE exam and other exams like AIEEE, DPMT and IIT
● Head Examiner for CBSE for class X and XII
● In-house workshops and seminars conducted NCERT & SCERT for teacher development
● Organized work in the Mathematics laboratory and coordinated with E-learning
● Admission and counselling In-charge for class XI
● Prizes In-charge - Annual Day, Sports Day and Debate Competitions.
● Back stage management In-charge - annual cultural show
● Tour In-charge - Organized Educational Tours
●
Teacher at SBDAV and MAPS from July ‘89 to May’91
●
EDUCATION
• MBA (HRD), IGNOU, New Delhi, 2002
• M.Ed., Annamalai University, 1992 57%
• B.Ed., Annamalai University, 1991 64%
• M.Sc. (Mathematics), Miranda House, Delhi University, 1990 76%
• B.Sc.-Hons. (Mathematics), Miranda House, Delhi University, 1988 60%
• XII and X from Montfort School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi with 68% and 72 % resp. AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
• First Prize, Excellence in Book Production by The Federation of Indian Publishers
• Received accolades for brilliant Mathematics results in X and XII board exams in all schools. PUBLICATIONS
• ‘Top Score 0 to 8 classes’, Macmillan India Ltd.
• ‘Weekend Mathematics – 6 to 10 classes’, Macmillan India Ltd.
Contact this candidate