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Neon Squid creates beautiful non-fiction books for children aged 5–14. We are looking for an experienced and creative Managing Editor to join our small, friendly team to act as paternity cover for six months. You will have an important role in helping us to develop our list. You will directly oversee a Senior Editor and an Editor. You will also be required to help come up with new book ideas and edit your own titles.
Job Responsibility:
Manage the editors: Guide them through the publishing process, helping them to achieve personal and company objectives
Edit: Ensure that the text in our books is to the highest possible standard and works for an international audience
Be a creative spark: Help us to come up with new ideas that we can add to our list, help the team find exciting authors suitable for our books and inject fun into books you review!
Collaborate with designers: Make sure the text and illustrations in our books complement each other
Assist sales and marketing teams: Liaise with other departments to ensure they have everything they need to make our books successful
Present: You will occasionally be required to present our titles to the sales teams
Requirements:
Managerial skills: You must have experience of managing editors and editorial teams, and you must be able to work well with different personality types
Strong editorial skills: You will be responsible for the high editorial quality of our books
Proven experience: You must have worked in children’s non-fiction publishing, bringing creative ideas to life
Adobe InDesign: You must be able to work in the Adobe Suite as you will be doing some hands-on editing
Organisation: You must be able to demonstrate an ability to manage your workload and that of others, and be able to create book schedules
Creativity: We need lots of fun, creative ideas for how to make stimulating educational books for kids
Nice to have:
A passion for science and history
Good at pub quizzes
What we offer:
28 days’ annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
Generous pension scheme
Discounted private medical insurance
Group income protection scheme
Enhanced family pay and leave
Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
2 Volunteer Days per year
75% off all Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
Season ticket loan/advance
Cycle to work scheme
Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships