Longhorn Publishers PLC is a leading publishing company specializing in educational and leisure Publications

and Language Services for the Eastern & Central African region, with subsidiaries in Tanzania, Uganda and
To: ALL
Rwanda. Longhorn Staff
has a business presence in Malawi, South Sudan and Zambia.

The business seeks

From: to fillManaging
Group the following vacancies:
Director
1. Senior Software Developer – 1 position
2. UI/UXDate:
Designer – 1 position
2 October 2019

RE:Software
1. Senior MANAGEMENT UPDATE – INTERNAL MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Developer
• Digital Publishing Department.
Following the decision of management and the Board, I wish to communicate that
• Reporting to the Head
the following of IT & Product
internal Development.
management changes have been made effective October 1
Summary: 2019:
The holder of this role will be responsible to the Head of IT & Product Development with the chief responsibility
Hillary
of developing andSiata will bethe
maintaining moving
Digitalback to Head
Publishing Project Manager
Office as technology
department’s – Tertiary
assets and portfolio.
Sales reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer to spearhead the growth of our
Principal Accountabilities:
Tertiary Segment. In his previous role as Country Manager, he was instrumental
• Write clean, scalable and testable code on a known framework.
in steadying the Uganda business whose performance has started declining.
• Design, document and implement an architecture suitable for all the digital products to scale.
• Scouting the market for talent, recruiting, hiring and onboarding.
Consequently, Charles SSeruwu will take on the role of Country Manager in acting
• Lead and mentor a team of in-house software developers to build world-class digital products.
capacity reporting to Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Charles
• Design and develop a software development process that will be implemented on all software development
has been the Project Lead supporting Hillary on the turnaround strategy of the
projects.
Ugnada
• Managing business. He
and deployment will alsopre-production
of staging, continue to hold his role as
and production Country Manager
environments – release
that ensure
Rwanda.
of quality products.
• Managing technical debt for all digital products.
• RunningSimon
scrumsKasirye will be
and sprints leaving
together the
with company
Product as his contract has come to an end.
Associate.
• Manage Dorah Namayanja
platform will
costs as per therefore
specified handle the on-going publishing projects going
budget.
forward
• Technical andon
reporting will to the Headand
reportperformance
platform of technical
Publishing. We are grateful to Simon for
teams.
services he rendered to Longhorn Publishers and wish him well in his future
endeavors.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s
KindlyDegree
accordin Computer
them theScience
support or they
equivalent degree.
require to succedd in their new roles. We
• 3+ years working experience as a senior software developer.
have every confidence in their ability to execute their mandate.
• Experience in developing for Web, SMS, USSD and IVR applications.
• Active involvement in at least 1 open source project.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with git.
• Deep understanding of architecture design for scale.
• Strong DevOps experience.

Longhorn Publishers PLC P. O. Box 18033 - 00500 Nairobi, Kenya Mobile: +254 722 204 608, www.longhornpublishers.com
Funzi Road, Industrial Area Tel: +254 020 6532579/80 +254 708 282 260
 • Project management experience.
• Ability to work in an agile environment.
• Team collaboration with in-house and remote teams.
• Good knowledge of MySQL and Firebase database systems.
• Hands-on experience in configuring and maintaining Google Cloud Platform based applications.
• Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the company’s mission.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.
• To: analytical,
Negotiation, ALL Staffpresentation & communication skills and attention to detail.

From: Group Managing Director

2. UI/UX Designer
• DigitalDate: 2 October
Publishing 2019
Department.  
• Reporting to the Head of IT & Product Development. 
RE: MANAGEMENT UPDATE – INTERNAL MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Summary: 
The holder of this rolethe
Following willdecision
be responsible to the Headand
of management of ITthe
& Product
Board, IDevelopment to turn ourthat
wish to communicate software into
a pleasantthe
experience
following forinternal
our customers and growchanges
management our customer base.  made effective October 1
have been
 
Principal2019:
Accountabilities: 
• Gather and evaluate user requirements together with the product and engineering team.
Hillary
• Visualize designSiata
ideaswill bestoryboards
using moving back and to Head Office
conversion as Project Manager – Tertiary
funnels.
• DesignSales reporting
UI elements, to theand
mockups Chief Commercial Officer to spearhead the growth of our
prototypes.
• PrepareTertiary Segment.
and present In his
proposals previous
to key role as Country Manager, he was instrumental
stakeholders.
in steadying
• Troubleshoot the Uganda
UX challenges business whose performance has started declining.
(e.g. responsiveness).
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback.
• AdhereConsequently, Charles
to style standards SSeruwu
on fonts, colors will take onasthe
and images perrole of Country
brand guideline.Manager in acting
  capacity reporting to Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Charles
Qualifications: 
has been the Project Lead supporting Hillary on the turnaround strategy of the
• Bachelor’s degree
Ugnada in design,He
business. communications, computer
will also continue science,
to hold his or related
role field.  Manager –
as Country
• Familiarity with coding languages and specialized software programs. 
Rwanda.
• Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer.
• Knowledge
Simon of Kasirye
wireframe tools
will besuch as InVision
leaving and design
the company as software like Adobe
his contract Illustrator
has come to anand Photoshop.
end.
• A strong portfolio
Dorah of projects
Namayanja on therefore
will both web and mobile
handle theproducts. 
on-going publishing projects going
 
forward and will report to the Head of Publishing. We are grateful to Simon for
Skills & Competencies: 
services he rendered to Longhorn Publishers and wish him well in his future
• Strong communication skills.
endeavors.
• Excellent time-management.
• ReadyKindly
for a challenge.
accord them the support they require to succedd in their new roles. We
 
have every confidence in their ability to execute their mandate.
To apply, send your CV and cover letter to jobs@longhornpublishers.com and quote the job title on the
subject of the email by 15 May 2020.

Longhorn Publishers PLC P. O. Box 18033 - 00500 Nairobi, Kenya Mobile: +254 722 204 608, www.longhornpublishers.com
Funzi Road, Industrial Area Tel: +254 020 6532579/80 +254 708 282 260