Senior editor, Audio

Closing date: 24th September 2024

Salary: £39,000 - £46,300 depending on skills and experience

Contract: The role is a full-time permanent position

Bloomsbury’s award-winning audio team are looking for a new senior audio editor, passionate about the audio format, to help support the next phase of our growth. 

You’ll be responsible for title selection and production for a wide range of titles, primarily across our Head of Zeus list – with opportunity to work more broadly across our programme of publishing. You’ll have an eye for detail; ensuring your titles keep to budget and publish on time, without compromising on quality and creativity. 

The Senior Editor will be responsible for leading on the audio productions for our Head of Zeus publishing: creatively casting, managing processes and workflows, selecting appropriate titles for the audio programme, and liaising with agents/authors/in-house colleagues to ensure top-quality productions. 

Great at building relationships both internally and externally, you’ll be confident in negotiating with agents, dealing with studios and building a rapport with colleagues across the business, representing audio in cross-department meetings. In incumbent will be required to spend time in both the Bloomsbury and Head of Zeus London offices.

Please note this is not a technical, sound design or studio-based role.

Knowledge, skills and experience 

A creative and passionate audio professional, comfortable juggling multiple projects and changing priorities. 

You’ll be experienced in audio and/or publishing processes, great at building relationships and have a commercially minded approach to decision-making. 

• An agile, proactive approach, with great prioritisation skills.
• A strong understanding of the changing audio market.
• A creative mindset, with a passion for great audio content.
• Well organised, thorough and able to prioritise tasks and time plan effectively. 
• A proactive approach to communication; ensuring relevant teams across the business are engaged and abreast of our audio publishing at a title level.
• Strong relationships across the audio industry with voice agents and studio production talent. 
• An ear for casting, and a diverse approach to finding the right voice for every book.
• A keen understanding of the audio market, and key trends

Additional information

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). With some days working at our Farringdon office: 5-8 Hardwick Street, 1st Floor East, London EC1R 4RG. Allocated office days for this role are: Tuesday and Thursday

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via clicking the 'Apply' button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 24th September 2024.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK – Bloomsbury Publishing do not sponsor visa applications.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.