Senior Project Editor (International Schools)

A leading global publisher of educational products is looking for an experienced Project/Managing Editor to work on a new project, publishing material for International Qualifications. This role is based in their Oxford offices and offers excellent potential for future career progression.

Key duties:

• Project manage a range of innovative resources from editorial handover to publication
• Manage multi-component print and digital projects to produce resources on time and to budget
• Support in-house and freelance publishers in the team in an editorial capacity
• Provide support to the Head of Publishing with workflow and process improvement
• Participate in project planning in order to build editorial budgets, schedules and resource plans
• Edit products or oversee freelance editing of all stages as appropriate
• Communicate effectively with all publishing colleagues to ensure consistent quality assurance
• Mentor more junior editors in the team

Experience / skills required:

• Proven experience and ability to take an editorial lead on complex projects is essential
• You must have demonstrable experience of working in both print and digital formats
• Experience of Educational Publishing is required
• You will have strong and proven project management ability
• Experience of supporting junior editorial colleagues is required
• You will have experience of sourcing and managing freelancers
• The ability to work across multiple simultaneous projects to pressured deadlines is essential
• International curriculum publishing experience is highly desired

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Claire Louise Kemp

Tel:                   01865 339628

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