SENIOR COMMISSIONING EDITOR – CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS AND NOVELTIES    

Closing date: 7th September

Company: Simon & Schuster UK

Location: London (Central)

Type: Editorial – Children’s Picture books, board books, novelties

Salary Description: Competitive

Reference: S&S UK ED/P CHILDREN’S 

Description:
Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books is one of the leading children’s publishers in the UK, with a record of continuously strong sales and many prestigious awards. It was founded in 1998, and since then has published numerous high quality and bestselling titles and series. Stars on the colour list include Benji Davies (The Storm Whale series), Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Barry the Fish with Fingers, Supertato), Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie (Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, The Worst Princess) and Claire Freedman and Ben Cort (the Aliens Love Underpants series). Simon & Schuster has been shortlisted and highly commended for Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Bookseller Industry Awards.

Job Profile:

We’re looking for a Senior Commissioning Editor to develop and manage picture books, novelties and brand extensions. This is a hugely exciting opportunity to work on, and help to shape a list that’s packed with popular, acclaimed and stand-out books for children.

The Role:

Reporting to the Editorial Director, this role will be responsible for commissioning picture books, developing ideas and concepts in-house and working on our series, novelty and bespoke projects.

We are looking to recruit a passionate and talented editor to continue to build our strong commercial brands, as well as to find and nurture exciting new voices and to grow our market share.

The Candidate Profile:

You will love children’s books and be excited about helping to make books that children will ask for on repeat. You will be a committed, creative individual with excellent editorial skills and a terrific eye for detail. You will have strong market awareness across the UK and internationally, with a track record of successful titles. Author and illustrator care will be a top priority for you, and you will have good industry connections.

We are a small team, so you will be happy to pitch in and you will have fantastic communication, project and time management skills. If this is you, we look forward to hearing from you!

Contact Details:

Please apply by following https://cbs.avature.net/cbssscareers/JobDetail/Senior-Commissioning-Editor/12246, attaching your CV and covering letter with details of your current salary and expectations.

Simon & Schuster UK is an equal opportunities employer committed to the goal of building a culturally diverse workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.