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Andrew_Dareys -

Located in Beijing, China)

Ignite! Learning is an innovative educational media publishing company and an industry leader in
educational software and hardware solutions. Ignite!’s experience with developing and delivering
software, media, and hardware has enabled us to create an all-in-one educational device
(Curriculum on Wheels – “COW”) that is changing the way the world learns. Ignite’s success
with the COW in the United States is directly reproducible in other countries through the
propagation of our proven development and delivery processes and technologies—customized to meet
the needs of specific localities.

The Senior Director of Product Development will be responsible for building and leading a
China-based team that will create localized media content and software. The initial project will
be focused on the development of media-based English Language Learning content. The successful
candidate will hire all required staff, and manage the entire production process for this effort.
Assistance will be provided by our Chinese business partners and by our international business
development team. The Senior Director will have full support of our US-based functional experts.

Compensation negotiable, including Incentives (Bonus, ESOP)

Responsibilities include:

- Hire and manage personnel (content developers, curriculum experts, etc.)
- Direct strategic decisions regarding product format and content
- Align product development efforts with local market needs
- Effectively manage projects (timelines, milestones, budgets, resource planning, etc.)
- Set quantifiable project goals and continually monitor progress to ensure success
- Focus on team building, training and guidance of all personnel
- Communicate and liaise between the Chinese and American teams on all matters
- Capture and transfer Ignite!’s proprietary knowledge, assets and methods to the Chinese team
- Perform general business management (finance, marketing, sales, etc.)
- Bridge communication between US management team and Beijing based local investor base when needed

Required Experience:

- Pro-active, self-starter with entrepreneurial fortitude and a passion for success
- Fluency in English and Mandarin
- Exceptional product and project management skills
- Ability to work in an unstructured environment
- Basic finance skills (i.e. cost allocation & forecasting)
- Excellent interpersonal, people and presentation skills
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively communicate vertically and horizontally (upper management, peers, staff)
- Adept in market analysis and matching market needs with business plans
- Background and/or familiarity with education, film, animation or creative arts fields
- Understanding and sensitivity to cultural differences between US and China

Please send all enquires about this job posting via email to:

Andrew J. Dareys R.
Director – International Business Development
adareys@ignitelearning.com



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trevelyan -

You should market it as "真牛!"










Andrew_Dareys -

Be more specific. What you are trying to say is anyway unreadable:Your response appears as 2
squares (not alphabet characters)










imron -

Those two squares are actually Chinese characters. You will need to enable the display of Chinese
characters in order to be able to see them properly (if you're using XP, see Regional and Language
Settings under Control Panel).

It's basically a cross-language play on words, using the Chinese phrase "真牛" zhen1niu2 which
is slang for being really great, and literally translates into English as "really cow".










kudra -

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Quote:

The LA Times has a lengthy piece on the use of No Child Left Behind Act funds to buy educational
programs from presidential brother Neil Bush's company Ignite!

So what I don't get, is given the elder Bush's presumed connections in China, why Ignite! is
looking for talent here on . roddy is evidently bumping up against if not moved
into the stratosphere of political guanxi.










Andrew_Dareys -

Ignite! learning is just like any other company in the market. The search for talent begins in the
market place, which is why the company is looking to hire talented professionals with specific
knowledge of and experience in the education sector in China.










roddy -



Quote:

Ignite! learning is just like any other company in the market.

Don't put yourself down, I'm sure you do a lot of good work . . .










Andrew_Dareys -

good work? Excellent work.












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