Editor

About Us
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford, which furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

The Education Division provides books and resources across Primary, Secondary, Trade and Children's markets, both for the UK and for customers around the world. We are passionately committed to our mission to educate and inspire through book, board, and screen.  

The Primary Department is dynamic and creative and is responsible for growing a range of print and digital resources as well as established brands that include Oxford Reading Tree, Project X, Read Write Inc. and Numicon.

About the Role
We are looking for an Editor to join our Primary English team on a fixed term contract for 6 months and help us build our market-leading primary resources.

Responsibilities will include:

• checking manuscripts and proofs
• liaising with a variety of suppliers including authors and freelancers
• maintaining schedules, budgets and quality control
• helping to manage, support and quality control editorial freelancers
• maintaining an awareness of customer needs.

About You
The successful candidate will:

• have editorial skills and experience in digital and print
• have a keen eye for detail
• be able to work under pressure and to manage several things at once
• be a good project manager
• enjoy working in a team
• be an excellent communicator
• have a genuine interest in primary level resources
• be able to demonstrate market awareness of primary education
• be educated to degree level or equivalent with excellent English language skills.

Salary dependent on skills and experience.

If you have any queries regarding this position please contact adela.pike@oup.com

How to apply
To apply please visit our careers page or follow this link: https://jobs.oup.com/uk/jobs/vacancy/assistant-commissioning-editor-0351-oup-uk---oxford/369/description/

Closing date: 26th March 2018