[Corpora-List] Job Opportunity: Digital Development Manager, Dictionaries, OUP

[WHITELOCK, Pete]

Job Title: Digital Development Manager, Dictionaries,
Global Academic Business, Oxford University Press

Location:  Oxford, United Kingdom, OX2 6DP
Closing date for applications: 23 September 2011
Applications to: http://ukjobs.oup.com
Queries to: judy.pearsall at oup.com
Salary: depending on skills and experience


Job description

Are you a talented and innovative apps developer with ideas about apps for dictionaries and language? If so, Oxford University Press may have the job for you. As the world's most successful dictionary makers, we are seeking to recruit a Digital Development Manager to lead mobile and digital dictionary development within our wider Language Technology group.

As Digital Development Manager you will be responsible for individual and composite digital projects, gathering requirements and defining scope, and working with inhouse project managers and external contractors to deliver a range of mobile and other applications such as APIs to time and budget. You will have strong development skills across a range of platforms and an excellent knowledge of the market and how it is changing.

You will work with editorial, marketing, and data teams to maximize the potential of Oxford dictionary and language data and create cutting-edge functionality in digital products. A flexible and dynamic approach to problem solving, good communication skills, and an ability to interact effectively with contractors, editors, and marketers are essential.



Skills and experience

Essential:
*       Educated to Degree level or equivalent
*       Excellent project management skills
*       A background in mobile application development, internet software, or games
*       Sound knowledge of the wider apps market beyond a single platform or technology
*       Experience of using or deploying Internet APIs
*       Experience of handling and transforming structured data; good data skills: XML, JSON
Desirable:
*       Understanding of lexical data
*       Knowledge of languages other than English





Pete Whitelock
Head of Language Engineering, Dictionaries
Reference Department
Academic Division
Oxford University Press




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