Malaysia Lifestyle&Business Guidebook 2024
Guidebook for Japanese residents in Malaysia, publishing schedule management, advertisement design, content planning and writing, design.
- Mega Global Media Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Each year, publishing a guidebook totaling about 400 pages with information on living in Malaysia. The contents are renewed every year. I devise the chapters, determine the flow of the overall contents of the book, update the contents, decide on new pages and pages to be dropped, and create a table layout. After that, I assign and manage subcontracted writers. In my case, since I was capable of graphic design as well as editorial work, I switched roles between DTP design and advertising design to ensure that work proceeded efficiently and flexibly. I was also in charge of coordinating printing schedules with printing companies, selecting paper, negotiating prices, and color proofing at the press.
Project History of Involvement
2020-2021 edition: My first involvement as editor-in-chief, partly managed the contents
2022 edition: Completed management of all content.
2023 edition: My successor, the editor-in-chief, is in charge of the main management. I support specific chapters such as Education.
2024 edition: Once again I managed all the content, only the business chapter was written by a specialist.
I structured the chapters into a total of approximately 400 pages and created a flat plan. Ad placement positions in page, were also determined based on each client's contract terms and product category.
