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Senior Editor

The National Portrait Gallery houses a unique collection of all forms of portraiture of the people who have made or who are currently contributing to British history and culture. The Gallery attracts over 2 million visits a year and is among London’s most popular attractions, it reaches and engages these, and further UK and global audiences, with its extensive display, exhibition, research, learning, outreach, publishing, digital and national programmes.
 

Senior Editor
Full Time, 5 days (40 hours) per week
£30,000 per annum
Permanent

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Editor to join the Gallery’s Publications team. Reporting to the Managing Editor, the Senior Editor will manage a number of titles from across the Gallery’s publishing programme, from conception to publication. The Senior Editor also line-manages the Publishing Assistant and through that role is responsible for maintaining departmental systems.
 

The successful candidate will be a creative thinker with substantial experience of project-editing complex illustrated books and with a good knowledge of the whole publication process. They will have experience of the commissioning process and of dealing with author contracts alongside all-round editorial experience. They will have a proven ability to manage multiple projects, with competing priorities, simultaneously. The ability to work calmly under pressure to meet deadlines is essential.
 

Full details of this and all other employment opportunities at the Gallery can be found on our website www.npg.org.uk/about/jobs/ or requested by e-mailing: recruitment@npg.org.uk.
 

Closing date for returned applications is 9.00am on Monday 27 February 2017.
We are expecting to hold interviews on Monday 6 March 2017. Please indicate on the application form if you will not be available on this particular date. 

 

The Gallery is committed to equality and is a member of the Employers’ Forum on Disability, Race for Opportunity and the Equality Exchange.

 

Senior Editor

National Portrait Gallery, London
Permanent
Professional
Editorial

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