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Commissioning Editor, Children's Books

Title: Commissioning Editor, Children's Books

Reference: TE0460 

Opportunity type: Permanent, Full-time 

Working hours: 35 hours a week  

Salary: £30,000 per annum plus great benefits  

Location: London - Tate Britain, The Lodge 

Closing date: 21 October 2018 at midnight 

Tate Publishing is one of the world’s leading publishers on the visual arts, responsible for publishing exhibition catalogues and other art books for Tate. We aim to bring the best new writing on art and the highest quality reproductions to the widest possible range of readers. Click here...for more about Tate Publishing.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced and dynamic children’s book editor to join Tate Publishing based at Tate Britain on a fulltime, permanent contract. 

We are looking for an outstanding creative and organised editor to take the highly successful and award winning illustrated children's list published by Tate to the next stage. Working closely with the editorial and commercial teams within Tate, as well as with gallery colleagues, you will deliver a programme of internationally selling and visually appealing illustrated children's books, both fiction and non fiction.

The successful candidate will have worked in a commercial publishing house, with a proven track record of commissioning strongly selling authors and illustrators. You will have experience of working on a number of projects simultaneously and demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative skills. 

If this sounds like your dream role, we’d love you to apply on our website. In addition to a spectacular place of work, we offer great benefits, including discounts in our shops and cafés, Employee Assistance Program, Cycle Scheme and free entry to exhibitions for you and your family and friends.

Commissioning Editor, Children's Books

Full-time, Permanent
Children's Publishing, Professional, Publisher
Commissioning Editor, Editor

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