A highly successful Dublin based educational publisher is looking to recruit an experienced and motivated Senior Project Editor to manage their own programmes within an expanding list. Working on primary and post-primary titles, and delivering print and digital programmes, the Senior Project Editor will manage author relationships and their own workload efficiently and skilfully. This role offers flexible working, which is currently 2 days a week in the Dublin office and three from home.
The Senior Project Editor will liaise with the designers, proofreaders, illustrators, copyeditors, subject matter experts and junior members of staff associated with their projects. Working on high-quality, highly designed titles complete with complex illustrations and diagrams, you will be responsible for providing frequent updates on progress, identifying risks and suggesting solutions.
The Senior Project Editor will work alongside the other members of the Editorial and Digital Teams, as well as liaising closely with the Commissioning, Production and Sales Teams. This is an exciting and varied position and an excellent opportunity for an experienced Editor looking for their next challenge, more responsibility and the opportunity to develop within a dynamic, growing team.
Minimum Requirements:
The successful person will have:
1. Proven editorial experience within publishing, ideally within educational publishing, although candidates with relevant experience from other areas of publishing will be considered.
2. Strong editorial skills with the ability to recognise and develop clear, concise, well-written and grammatically correct material.
3. Solid project management experience within an editorial environment.
4. Strong organisational skills and proven ability to multi-task.
5. The ability to work on own initiative and part of a busy team.
6. An interest in design, digital learning experiences and multimedia, as well as an interest in education.
7. Excellent IT skills (particularly MS Office and Word).
Knowledge of the Irish language would be an advantage but is not essential.
For further information, please send your CV and a short cover letter to: info@redwoodrecruitment.com
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