Senior Publisher (contract)
A leading educational publisher based in central London is looking for a Senior Publisher for a 1 year maternity cover contract, starting in October. You’ll have responsibility for developing new print and digital products across the primary English and Humanities subject lists.
Key duties:
- Develop strategic plans for your lists including instigating and commissioning new projects for teaching and learning / curriculum resources
- Commissioning print and digital project, taking advantage of new technologies
- Influencing and shaping the strategic direction of the publishing activity, especially for new markets, international and custom opportunities
- Line management of 2 staff
- Prepare and agree frontlist, backlist and online sales and margin budgets and forecasts and responsibility for meeting budgets
- Maintain and develop strategic partnerships with third parties
- Maintain detailed market and customer knowledge and identify opportunities
Experience / skills required:
- Solid commissioning editorial experience within schools educational book publishing is essential
- Good track record of building and managing a list of content across print and digital – ideally in primary education
- Excellent project management experience including setting budgets across a list
- Some line management experience is required
- Commercially aware and financially astute
- Effective and persuasive communicator with internal stakeholders and high level of author care
- Good knowledge of the UK education market and current trends
For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodate.co.uk
Contact: Claire Louise Kemp
Tel: 01865 339628
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