Exceptional Senior Manager for Publishing Company

We are looking for an Exceptional Senior Manager for our Publishing Company (full-time, fully remote, most of team in Asia GMT+8 time zone)

WHO WE ARE
Scare Street is a horror publishing company based in Wyoming, U.S., dedicated to helping fellow horror lovers experience sleepless nights. We’ve been around since September 2015 and have published over 200+ e-book and paperback titles along with 150+ audiobooks (and counting!). Check us out at: ---------- /

ABOUT THE ROLE
We’re looking to hire a dedicated and strong full-time Senior Manager to manage our different departments' day-to-day operations, create and execute content acquisition strategies, and make a lasting impact. The role will largely be spent on day to day operations, business analysis, and people management with the remaining time spent on high-level strategy to ensure that organization meets its KPIs and important objectives.

You will be working closely with our CEO as his right-hand man or woman in all the strategic and day-to-day matters relating to cost-benefit analysis, budget management, forecasting needs and making sure all departments are running smoothly. You will also be working hand in hand with different Operations Leads and their respective teams; empowering all tea ---------- mbers to keep everyone accountable, productive and focused so that they can be the best version of themselves.

Many of our tea ---------- mbers have been with us for many years and our ideal candidate is looking for a stable, long term position where they can learn and enhance skills to see the immediate progress and positive results of every hard work.

Our current departments and genres consist of: Horror, Romance, Fantasy and Coloring Books.

KPIs - We will be publishing e-books, paperbacks and audiobook versions of our novels and anthologies. Your main task is to establish and monitor each team's KPIs on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

DAILY AND WEEKLY TASKS

The average day and week will consist of a mixture of the following tasks:

OPERATIONS

- Provide high level recommendations to the CEO on business opportunities and strategic planning for continuous improvement
- Coach and empower employees in accordance with the company's business strategy and overall strategic vision
- Oversee all business operations in a fast-paced environment
- Create, develop and monitor effective KPIs for internal and external procedures
- Maintain a positive, supportive, and growth-oriented culture while maintaining employees and management responsible to corporate rules, procedures, and requirements
- Looks for ways to improve quality, efficiency, and performance, as well as reduce expenses and increase profitability.
- The go-to person and be able to come up and recommend best solutions to operational challenges
- Developing plans to lead the company's future in the right track
- Driving the organization's operational capacity to exceed customer satisfaction and retention targets, as well as company objectives
- Provide content and assist with some management of marketing campaigns

- Create SOPs and put stronger business processes in place

- Assessing and implementing improved procedures and new technology, as well as coordinating with management on their implementation

HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGY

- Ensure our annual goals will be completed on time or ahead of schedule
- Discover avenues to increase the sales in each department
- Discover ways to improve flow of operations
- Constant communication with CEO and tea ---------- mbers especially in a remote environment
- Create harmony and positive relationship between the tea ---------- mbers
- Optimize processes to improve efficiency
- Work closely with different department leads to maximize on going production and flow.
- Observe and understand current company flow to identify and implement areas of improvement
- Prioritizing projects to balance out employees’ tasks and responsibilities

KEY SKILLS AND VALUES REQUIRED

- Proven experience as Senior Manager or relevant role
- 2+ years of experience working in project management and operations in a leadership capacity
- Self-starter who get things done successfully without oversight.
- Understands how a publishing business operates including human resources, finance, marketing and etc.
- Naturally oriented, organized and always has a positive attitude.
- Competency in strategic planning and company growth
- Has a natural sense of urgency
- Tech-savvy, resourceful and comfortable with online work
- Exceptional organizational and leadership skills
- Strong understanding of data analysis and performance metrics
- Ideally with expertise and experience in using different software and tools such as; Basecamp, Google Drive, Gmail, Sheets, Docs, Social Media platforms, Hiring platforms and etc.
- Embodies the values of ownership, accountability, growth orientation, team player, problem solver
- Fluent or Native English speaker (written and verbal)
- Very high attention to detail and quality of work
- Very high level of organization and ability to prioritize
- High standard of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Proven ability to manage and lead a team
- Able to think and implement new set of standards if necessary
- Flexible and versatile on different possible situations
- Prior publishing experience in KDP and other platforms is a plus
- Positive attitude and a desire to work with a fun, high-spirited team


BENEFITS
Compensation: $1,200 per month along with bonuses according to quarterly and annual milestones reached.
Rate is dependent on expertise and skills.

Full Time: 40 hours per week. Some weeks may be 50 hours per week or include weekend work depending on product launches. This can be minimized with proper ---------- more graveyard shift: Coordinate with tea ---------- mbers during normal working ---------- tonomy: Work whenever you want as long as you deliver the results.

After the initial training period and you’re in sync with the team, work whenever you want as long as you get the work done. Our operations team is based in GMT+8 in the same time zone as Manila and a 1pm - 5pm team overlap has proven to be most effective to coordinate with the CEO and team leads.

Stable: Many of our tea ---------- mbers have been with us for multiple years (for good reason!)

Learn and Grow: As long as you show an aptitude to learn, we’ll guide you and provide resources for you to learn new skills and grow.

Impact: This is a key role where you can see your immediate impact on the business and the lives of our customers.

“Are you up for the challenge? This is going to be a very complex and tough role. We are looking for an individual who is really hardworking, detail-oriented, success-driven and passionate. If you are this person, do not hesitate to apply.”

HOW TO APPLY
If interested, fill out the application form below which has the full job description and a set of basic questions. We will be reviewing applications, scheduling interviews and sending job offers to the right candidate within a span of 2 weeks so apply now!

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