Senior editor, Children’s Education

Closing date: 20th September 2024

Salary: £30,750 - £36,400

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Passionate about education and storytelling? Bloomsbury Publishing’s Children’s Education team is looking for a talented senior editor to shape the next generation of educational books.

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Editor with relevant publishing experience to join the Children’s Education team, working across a range of secondary, primary and early years materials that include teacher resources, professional development titles, children’s fiction and non-fiction, and illustrated picture books with an educational theme.

The successful candidate will have experience in the education market, will be up to date with the latest education initiatives and be passionate about creating books for practising teachers that are fit for purpose, innovative and commercial. They will be enthusiastic and creative, with a firm commitment to creating high quality educational books for the UK and International markets.

Knowledge, skills and experience 

• Established editorial experience within educational publishing. 
• Thorough knowledge of the English language, high standards of accuracy and a keen eye for detail.
• Strong visual awareness.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills and a rigorous, self-motivated approach to briefing, meeting deadlines and managing schedules and budgets.
• Working directly with authors, illustrators, agents and third parties.
• Project management of the life of all components of a project, ensuring it is running to schedule and budget.
• Developing, copy editing and proof-reading manuscripts and layouts to house style.
• Briefing covers according to key dates and schedules, making sure cover copy is suitable for the end buyer and stands up against competition.
• Working with production to ensure they have the information they need with regard to formats, specifications and finishes, and updating them regularly during the life of a project.
• Awareness of print procedures, cost limitations and profitability of a project.

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). Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Tuesday.

Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern 

• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

 Other Benefits

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.

To apply

• Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the URL detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Monday 23rd September.
• As part of your covering letter please include a short paragraph describing an education book published in the last 5 years that you have been impressed by and why.

For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal. Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

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

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