Senior Content Writer & Editor

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Content Writer & Editor with strong experience in children’s

books and children’s publishing.

This is not a conventional content-writing role. We are looking for someone who

understands that creating a children’s book is not simply about writing a good copy. It is

about understanding the child building the right narrative structuring information

appropriately creating moments of curiosity and engagement and working closely with the

design team to bring the complete book to life.

You should be a strong storyteller an exceptional editor highly attentive to detail and

deeply child-first in your thinking.

You will work on books from idea to final execution — developing writing editing refining

and collaborating with designers throughout the process.

What You Will Do

Own content end-to-end

Take ownership of the content of a book from the initial idea through final production.

You will be expected to:

Understand the objective age group format and learning/play intent of each book.

Develop the content structure flow tone and narrative.

Write original stories activities explanations prompts conversations educational

content and other book formats.

Build on concepts and briefs provided by the team while also bringing your own

ideas and creative thinking.

Edit and refine content multiple times based on feedback testing and design

requirements.

Ensure consistency in voice language facts terminology characters and overall

narrative across the book.

Be an excellent storyteller

We need someone who genuinely knows how to tell a story for a child.

You should be able to:

Write stories that are engaging age-appropriate and emotionally resonant.

Create strong openings pacing progression and endings.

Make educational content feel interesting rather than instructional or textbook-like.

Understand how humour curiosity surprise conflict repetition imagination and

emotion work differently for children of different ages.

Translate complex ideas into language that children can naturally understand.

Develop characters situations and worlds that feel relatable to children.

Bring a child-first lens

Everything you create should begin with the question:

“How will a child experience this”

You should be able to think deeply about:

What a child will understand or misunderstand.

What will hold their attention.

What will make them curious enough to continue.

Whether the language feels natural for the intended age group.

Whether the content respects a child's intelligence without becoming too complex.

Whether a page feels engaging overwhelming boring confusing or delightful.

Work closely with the design team

Content and design at Kidureka are closely connected.

You will work alongside designers and illustrators throughout the book-making process to

ensure the content and visual language work together.

This includes:

Communicating the intent behind the content clearly to designers.

Discussing page flow storytelling beats hierarchy visual cues and content

placement.

Understanding how text illustration typography activities icons and visual

elements work together.

Reviewing designed pages and identifying content-related issues in the visual

execution.

Suggesting where content needs to be shortened expanded rearranged clarified or

visually supported.

Collaborating on how an idea can best be communicated to a child through a

combination of words and visuals.

You will not be responsible for making design decisions but you must have strong visual

literacy and understand how content and design come together to create the final

experience.

Be the eye for detail

Children’s publishing requires an extremely high level of accuracy.

You will be responsible for identifying and resolving:

Grammar spelling punctuation and syntax errors.

Inconsistencies in language terminology names facts and formatting.

Age-inappropriate or unclear language.

Repetition and unnecessary content.

Gaps in logic or story flow.

Factual inaccuracies.

Content that does not align with the visual execution.

Small inconsistencies that may affect the overall quality of the book.

You should naturally notice the details that others miss.

Collaborate don't work in isolation

You will work closely with:

Designers and illustrators

Product and publishing teams

Editors and reviewers

Researchers and subject experts where relevant

The expectation is that you will discuss question explain review and iterate rather than

simply complete your part and hand it over.