Number of Position: 1

Location: Islamabad

Salary: 50,000 – 100,000 PKR/ month

Reports to: Marketing Lead

The candidate’s main responsibility will be to plan, direct and coordinate marketing research activities for our education products and initiatives. The candidate should be an independent worker with a pro-active approach who is able to engage colleagues and the public with initiatives. An excellent command of English is required. The candidate should further understand the intricacies of various marketing platforms and enjoy social media. Experience in the education sector is a plus.

 Tasks include (but are not limited to):

• Market analysis and research
• Study market conditions to examine potential sales of Knowledge Platform’s products
• Develop a database of low-cost schools in Pakistan
• Manage social media and online communities
• Develop launch strategies for our various products. Includes pitching to journalists, media, bloggers
• Design and implement marketing campaigns
• Maintain a database of and outreach to media personnel and influencers
• Develop marketing collateral including case studies and brochures
• Writing press releases, and external and internal communication
• Reporting on results of marketing and other initiatives

Required Skills:

• Ability to work independently in an agile environment
• Pro-active, self-starting work approach
• Marketing and PR experience
• Have knowledge of a wide range of marketing techniques and concepts
• Detail-oriented, organized and able to multi-task
• Excellent English writing and communication skills
• Extensive experience in social media (and enjoys using it)
• Takes initiative and is able to work well under pressure
• Brand management experience
• Has some experience working with events and media

What Knowledge Platform offers

We offer you a position where you can grow, show initiative, and be part of a dedicated team. Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject “Marketing Executive”

Number of positions: 4

Knowledge Platform is a state-of-the-art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online.

Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy and education minded consultants to enter Math assessment questions into our templates. The Math questions will be between Grades 6 to O-levels.

The work requires entering hand-written math problems and their workings to a Word Template. The Math problems need to be entered in LaTeX, which is a mark-up language like HTML. This allows the Math problems to be uploaded to Knowledge Platform’s Learning Management System, and allows the workings to be edited. LaTeX can be learnt when starting, but the candidate should understand formatting and tagging information in a mark-up language and be able to quickly understand LaTeX. Candidates should research LaTeX before applying.

Skills required for the position of are:

• A rigorous and uncompromising attitude to quality and precision
• Experience with working in teams
• The capacity to work with tight deadlines
• Proficiency in Math is an asset
• Experience in education is an asset
• Strong proficiency in MS Office
• Proficiency in LaTeX is an asset
• Proficiency in working with shared online drives, such as Google Drive

Conditions and applications

Knowledge Platform is looking for consultants who can work for four months from home. The ability to regularly come to the office in Islamabad is an asset. Knowledge Platform offers a compensation of 30,000-50,000 PKR/month depending on the consultant’s experience. The consultant is required to have their own laptop with MS Office installed, and have an internet connection that allows them to work on shared online drives.

Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Math Assessment Consultant. Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Maliha Javed Khan (mkhan@knowledgeplatform.com).

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.

Number of positions: 1

Knowledge Platform is a state of the art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online.

Knowledge Platform’s biggest CSR initiative, Learn Smart Pakistan – is a digital learning platform for students from grades 6 to 12 that offers a variety of educational material, fun and exciting educational games, as well as virtual practice challenges structured on the Pakistani board exams to its users.

If you enjoy communicating with people both online and offline, we would love to get to know you better! To be a successful intern, you will need to showcase our products to your friends and family to generate new users for us and meaningful learning outcomes for students across Pakistan. You will also be required to help with the day to day operations of Learn Smart Pakistan and manage Knowledge Platform’s social media presence.

Skills/conditions required for the intern are:

• Stellar communication skills
• Passion for education
• Recently graduated from High School or College
• Eagerness to learnConditions and application:

Knowledge Platform offers a dynamic work environment, with highly educated colleagues eager to support you and the opportunity to learn from the leading company in educational technology in Pakistan. The interns will get a compensation of PKR 10,000 per month along with branded merchandise! Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com, with the subject Application: Learn Smart Pakistan Intern. Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Arisha Akbar (aakbar@knowledgeplatform.com).

Number of positions: 1

Knowledge Platform is a state of the art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and students-at-large via free & easy-to-use online platforms.

Knowledge Platform is currently looking for a motivated, creative and a tech-savvy Graphics Designer to complete the graphic and printing requirements of the Marketing department. The applicant will be responsible for creating various marketing materials for our education product, Learn Smart Pakistan.

The applicant will be responsible for interpreting and applying brand standards consistently to all materials produced and develop marketing and promotional materials including presentations, newsletters, email/social media campaigns under the direction of the Marketing Lead. The applicant as a part of the Marketing team to create content in an iterative process. The applicant may also be required to help with photography and video shoots to assist the Marketing team with their promotional activities.

The position will be for 12 months or 18 months initially, but can be made permanent if the candidate performs well. The first 3 months is probationary.

Skills required:

• Expertise and familiarity with several relevant authoring tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Camtasia, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Animate, PowerPoint, GoAnimate, Articulate, etc.
• Work experience with video editing (Premier Pro, After Effects etc.)
• Familiarity with special effects, 3D and compositing
• Creative mind and storytelling skills
• Experience working with educational institutions or projects preferred
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player
• Degree or certification preferred
• At least 2 years of experience

Conditions and application Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. For this position, the expected salary range is 70K-80K.

Whom do you contact?

Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Graphics & Media Designer (Marketing).

Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Arisha Akbar aakbar@knowledgeplatform.com

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately!

We are looking for a Senior System Administrator to join our IT department. Candidate should have an extensive background working with Microsoft Servers (Windows 2008R2/2012, SQL 2008R2/2016, TFS), Azure, O365 and Network. The job requires strong attention to detail, team building, interpersonal and communication skills, and strong customer service skills.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Administer Azure App/Cloud Services, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server IaaS implementation, Availability sets, Azure Networking, Express Route, DNS, Load Balancing, Storage
• Administer Office 365 Users, Groups, Exchange Online, Sharepoint Online, Skype for Business OneDrive & licensing
• Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, secure, and fault tolerant systems on Azure
• Design, install, configure and manage internal and customer facing Windows servers, network devices and firewalls.
• Active Directory, DHCP & DNS management
• Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, Backup/Restore and security.
• Administration and configuration of Microsoft IIS
• Administer LAN/WAN and troubleshoot network issues including back bone infrastructure issues
• Develop and implement project plans, risk assessments and contingency plans
• Design and implement monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions that will make a hands-off environment
• Monitor companywide server environment
• Monitor and respond to critical emails/issues off hours and provide after-hours support for Infrastructure related emergencies as well occasional weekend maintenance
• Assist with hardware, firewall, telecom and software vendor evaluation, recommendation and negotiations
• Interact with customers and staff at the technical level, as required.
• Ensure the smooth deployment of new applications

Qualifications/Minimum Skills Required

• 2+ year administering Office 365/Azure
• 4+ years administering/managing Windows Server/SQL server/IIS/Active Directory/Group Policy/DHCP/DNS
• Experience in App/Cloud Services, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server IaaS implementation, Virtual Machines, Availability sets, Azure Networking concepts, Express Route, DNS, Load Balancing, Storage
• A solid understanding of LAN/WAN networking and ability to troubleshoot network issues including back bone infrastructure issues
• Experience in High Availability architecture and Disaster Recovery principles, patterns and usage
• Understanding about the challenges and considerations to be catered for migrating applications from on-premise to Azure. Understand solution architecture which meets HA, DR, Availability, RPO and RTO requirements of the application
• Good grasp of standard protocols like TCP or IP, SSH, RDP, etc.
• Proficiency in PowerShell
• Experience in extending Active Directory Domain Services to Azure
• Experience in O365 Exchange Online, Sharepoint Team sites, Skype for Business, OneDrive and licenses
• Microsoft IIS administration and configuration
• Experience in MS SQL Server Administration, backups, restores and recovery models, Performance Tuning and Optimization
• Experience in Plesk Panel
• Understanding of operational concepts like change management, on call rotations, escalations, uptime, etc.
• Strong work ethic, with a passion to determine root cause of problems/issues
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication and documentation skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams
• 4 year Completed Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• MCSA: Cloud Platform and/or MCSA: Office 365 certifications a plus

Conditions and application

Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. For this position, the expected salary range is 100K-150K.

Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Sr. System and Network Administrator

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.  The deadline to apply is 25 November 2018.

Positions: 1

Knowledge Platform’s biggest CSR initiative, Learn Smart Pakistan, is a digital learning platform for students from grades 6 to 12 that offers a variety of educational material, fun and excited educational games, as well as virtual practice challenges structured on the Pakistani board exams to its users.

We are looking for an enthusiastic design intern who can create graphics and media in various tools, to be used in our educational videos, social media pages and games. Designing marketing material and maintaining consistency and safeguarding standards between the videos will be an important part of the position. The applicant will work closely together with content managers, content developers and content creators in an iterative process.

Skills required for the position of Design Intern are:

• Expertise and familiarity with several relevant authoring tools: Camtasia, Adobe Premiere, PowerPoint, Vyond (formerly GoAnimate), Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator etc.
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player
• A passion for education
• Experience with both print and digital design will be considered an asset
• The intern should be able to bring their own laptop

Conditions and application:

The selected candidate will receive a compensation of PKR 10,000 per month. Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com, with the subject “Application: Learn Smart Pakistan Intern”. Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Zehra Hasan (zhasan@knowledgeplatform.com).

Number of positions: 1

Knowledge Platform is a state-of-the-art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online. Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy and education minded team members to create learning content, games and assessments for Grades 6-8, and other Grades. The positions will be for 12 months or 18 months initially, but can be made permanent if the candidate performs well. The first month is probation.

The applicant will create graphics and media in various tools, to be used in educational content such as videos, games, interactive modules and assessments. Designing characters and maintaining consistency and safeguarding standards between the videos will be an important part of the position. The applicant will work closely together with content managers, content developers and content creators in an iterative process.

Skills required for the position of Graphics & Media Designer are:

• Expertise and familiarity with several relevant authoring tools: Camtasia, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, PowerPoint, Vyond (formerly GoAnimate), Articulate, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign etc.
• Experience in education
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player
• Degree or certification preferred
• At least 2 years of experience
• Experience with both print and digital design will be considered an asset

Conditions and application

Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. For this position, the expected salary range is 70K-100K.

Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Graphics & Media Designer.

Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Sabahat Muhammad (smuhammad@knowledgeplatform.com).

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.  The deadline to apply is 15 November 2018.

Number of positions: 2

Knowledge Platform is a state-of-the-art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online. Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy, and education-minded team members to create learning content and simulations for age groups of 9–12, 13–17, and 18–29 on Financial Literacy. The positions will be a contractual position for 8 months. The first month is probation.

Financial Literacy is an important life skill. In Pakistan, many children and adults lack basic knowledge about, budgeting, banking, compound interest, et cetera. Knowledge Platform is creating accessible, playful, and gamified content for the three age groups on Financial Literacy, both for a classroom setting and for online use.

The applicant will be responsible for creating age-appropriate educational content in the form of games (simulations). They will work together with graphic designers and the content team.

Skills required for the position of Game Developer are:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Multimedia, or related disciplines
• 2+ years’ experience of development in HTML5, Adobe development tools, and Web/Mobile Technologies
• Proficiency in development of games and simulations
• Excellence in problem-solving and programming skills are required
• Proficient in object-oriented concepts
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player

Conditions and application

Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. Only applicants with portfolio/projects will be considered. For this position, the expected salary range is 60K–120K.

Please send your CV and portfolio to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Game Developer.

Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Sabahat Muhammad (smuhammad@knowledgeplatform.com).

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.

 Number of positions: 2

Knowledge Platform is a state-of-the-art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online. Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy, and education-minded team members to create learning content and simulations for age groups of 9-12, 13-17, and 18-29 on Financial Literacy. The positions will be a contractual position for 8 months. The first month is probation.

Financial Literacy is an important life skill. In Pakistan, many children and adults lack basic knowledge about, budgeting, banking, compound interest, et cetera. Knowledge Platform is creating accessible, playful, and gamified content for the three age groups on Financial Literacy, both for a classroom setting and for online use.

The applicant will be responsible for creating age-appropriate educational content in the form of games (simulations). They will work together with graphic designers and the content team.

Skills required for the position of 2.5D Game Designer are:

• Bachelors/Masters in Digital Art/Animation/Game Design/Multimedia or related disciplines
• 2+ years experience in development in Game Design/Graphic Design
• Strong knowledge and understanding of creating a 2.5D background and props in perspective
• Experience in game design with a strong portfolio
• Proficient in creating and understanding isometric and axonometric views
• Excellence in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
• Experience in animation will be an asset
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player

Conditions and application

Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. Only applicants with portfolio/projects will be considered. For this position, the expected salary range is 60K-120K.

Please send your CV and portfolio to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: 2.5D Game Designer.

Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Sabahat Muhammad (smuhammad@knowledgeplatform.com).

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.

Number of positions: 1

Knowledge Platform is a state-of-the-art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online. Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy, and education-minded team members to review and create learning content, games, and assessments for Grades 6-8.

This position is a temporary consultancy position for 5 months, with the consultant working largely from home. There will be one permanent position after the consultancy period.

The consultant’s responsibility will be twofold: 1) translating voice-overs of instructional videos (Grades 6-8 Science and Math) to Urdu, and 2) assisting in the recording of the Urdu voice-overs. Translations should be effective, and help students in their understanding. Sometimes a rephrasing in Urdu is required, rather than a literal translation, to make the video effective in Urdu. The ability to do voice-overs is an asset, but not a requirement.

Skills required for the position of Consultant—Translator of English Voice-over to Urdu are:

• Excellence in Urdu drafting
• Excellent understanding of the English language
• An excellent ear for creating natural sounding Urdu instructional voice-overs
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office
• Good interpersonal skills and collaborative team-player
• Proven autonomy in working and delivering
• A good voice for voice over is an asset
• Good command of Camtasia is an asset
• Relevant teaching experience is an asset

Conditions and application

Knowledge Platform offers a remuneration of 70K-100K for this position.

Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Consultant—Translator of English Voice-over to Urdu

Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Caspar Groeneveld (cgroeneveld@knowledgeplatform.com).

We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately. The deadline for applying is 20 August 2018.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a dynamic person with exceptional designing and implementation skills. The role is quite challenging as it requires a mix of modern web/mobile designing, responsive conversion of designs and design of exceptional infographics. Depending on experience or capability, we can offer the Design Lead position (to manage the whole team of designers and animators).

Experience Required: 

4 to 8 years (with an exception for highly talented young individuals who can apply with less experience)

Salary: 

Better than market depending on skills and talent

Skills Required:

• Modern responsive web designing
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Graphics designing skills with “wow” factor
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Frontend development for responsive design
• Visual Studio
• Working with cross functional teams

Job Responsibilities:

• Able to develop modern product wireframes and UX design.
• Incorporate Ul/UX best practices in the website and mobile designs.
• Able to translate design elements into highly efficient and clean UI using HTML, CSS (Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation etc.) JavaScript, and JQuery.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Able to create info-graphics for digital and print reports
• Create graphics and design layouts for web, mobile, print, social media and other digital uses.
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross functional teams to come up with the design solutions.
• Design marketing collateral such as brochures, e-books, visiting cards, backdrops etc.
• Apply design ideas on relevant software ranging from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop etc.
• Design aesthetically appealing designs and UI elements.
• Great sense of composition, colors, typography, and layout to design, PSD to HTML.
• Collaborate with development team on projects and services, as well as take the lead role in new projects.
• Must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and meet strict deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Whom do you contact?

Please send your CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com. We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.

Number of Positions: 09

Locations: Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Gujrat, Faisalabad and Gujranwala

Salary: 35,000 – 50,000 PKR/month

Reports to: Learning Solutions Lead

Primary responsibilities of this role are to:

• Develop in-depth understanding of Company`s product
• Ensure targets for deployment of Knowledge Platform`s blended learning solution are met
• Assist teachers to use digital content in conducting lessons in class, and provide recommendations on best teaching practices
• Provide support and feedback after solution deployment
• Provide trainings and conduct learning workshops/boot camps
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Devise and present ideas and strategies to improve the support and engagement processes
• Create reports and plans for the prospective clients
• Any other tasks as may be required from time to time

Required Experience and Skills:

• 1-3 years of experience
• Experience in teaching will be preferred
• Experience in customer support is a plus
• Strong communication and IT fluency
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Pro-active, self-starting work approach and must be a team player
• Detail oriented, organized and able to multi-task
• Takes initiative and able to work under pressure

Education/Eligibility:

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Engineering, CS/IT, Education, Business Administration or related discipline
• Travelling: 70% travel required

Training Period:

Selected candidates will undergo extensive training of 1-2 months at Knowledge Platform`s Islamabad office.

Please send your CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject ‘Training and Support Coordinator-<City Name>’

Number of Positions: 1

Locations: Rawalpindi

Salary: 35,000 – 50,000 PKR/month

Reports to: Learning Solutions Lead

Primary responsibilities of this role are to:

• Develop in-depth understanding of Company`s product
• Ensure targets for deployment of Knowledge Platform`s blended learning solution are met
• Promote the company’s product by addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Provide feedback and support after solution deployment
• Provide trainings and conduct learning workshops/boot camps
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Devise and present ideas and strategies to improve the Business Development processes
• Planning and oversee new business development initiatives
• Create reports and plans for the prospective clients

Required Experience and Skills:

• 01 – 3 years of experience
• Experience in marketing and sales will be a plus
• Experience in customer support is a plus
• Strong business development skills required
• Interest/Experience in teaching will be preferred
• Strong communication and IT fluency
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Pro-active, self-starting work approach and must be a team player
• Detail oriented, organized and able to multi-task
• Takes initiative and able to work under pressure

Education/Eligibility:

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in Marketing, Management, Engineering, CS/IT, Business Administration or related discipline
• Travelling: 70% travel required

Please send your CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject “Regional Coordinator-Rwp”.

Number of positions: 2   Knowledge Platform is a state of the art education company, using technology to bring top quality educational content to classrooms and online. Knowledge Platform is currently looking for motivated, tech-savvy and education minded team members to create learning content, games and assessments for Grades 6-8, and other Grades. The positions will be for 12 months or 18 months initially, but can be made permanent if the candidate performs well. The first month is probation. The applicant will be responsible for uploading created content into the Learning Management System. Often, the content will require adjustments to prepare it for upload. Math assessments need to be coded into a markup language such as LaTeX.   Skills required for the position of Content Management Executive are:

• Tech-savvy and proficient with markup languages
• Precise and careful worker
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related preferred

Conditions and application Knowledge Platform offers a competitive package and conditions. For this position, the expected salary range is 30K-45K. Please send your motivation letter and CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with the subject Application: Content Management Executive.   Specific questions about this position can be addressed to Caspar Groeneveld (cgroeneveld@knowledgeplatform.com). We’re looking to start the hiring process immediately.

Number of Positions: 1 Location: Islamabad Salary: 50,000 – 80,000 PKR/ month Experience: 1+ years Reports to: Lead Games and Mobile Apps  

Requirements:

• 1+ years of development experience in HTML5, Adobe development tools, and Web/Mobile Technologies.
• Outstanding problem solving and programming skills are required.
• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Multimedia or related disciplines.
• Basic knowledge of game development.
• Strong object oriented concepts.
• Highly self-motivated individual with strong commitment to meet deadlines and ability to work independently.

How to Apply

• Only applications with portfolio/projects will be considered
• Send your CV and portfolio to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com with “Mobile App & Game Developer” in the subject heading.

Number of Positions: 1 Location: Islamabad Salary: 40,000 – 80,000 PKR/ month Experience: 0-3 years Reports to: Technology Lead

Requirements:

• Fresh to 3 years of experience in development using Microsoft based web technologies.
• Strong analytical competence and problem solving skills.
• Experience of developing scalable web applications using C#, ASP.Net MVC, Web API, SQL Server.
• Solid understanding of HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Angular Js.
• Strong OOP concepts and implementation experience.
• Good Knowledge of SQL Development (Stored Procedures, Views, Query Optimization, etc.)
• Experience of software development using Agile methodology is desired.
• Highly self-motivated individual with strong commitment to meet deadlines and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science/Software Engineering.

To apply send your CV to jobs@knowledgeplatform.com