Managing Editor

time left to apply End Date: April 2, 2025 (4 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102462

Title: Managing Editor

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About the Brand

Macmillan Education provides world-class content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats to support students, teachers and institutions in lifelong learning. Visit macmillaneducation.com and follow @MacmillanEducation / @MacmillanELT

About the Role

You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality, on-time, and within-budget print and digital components for our ELT courses. You will manage components and assets from final/developed content to handover of final files and go live, working across both internally resourced and fully outsourced (packaged) projects. You may also be required to provide some editorial support during product/content development and post-publication maintenance and updates.

You will work closely with colleagues in Publishing Operations and across other functions as part of a project team to ensure that titles are delivered on time, to brief, and within budget.

Role Responsibilities:

1. Manage the Delivery Team workflow of the course from approved manuscript through to publication.
2. Prepare manuscripts, design, media and digital assets for production, as required.
3. Participate in copy-editing and proofreading stages as required, including checking, editing and finalising artwork briefs and audio scripts.
4. Work with Publishing to create and maintain supplementary documentation including style sheets, page plans, archive handover documents and authoring templates as required.
5. Coordinate proof circulations and digital releases. Collate multiple sets of feedback and work with Publishing team to capture resolution to queries.
6. Ensure that all tasks are completed to brief, taking responsibility to alert the project team to any issues/risks if needed.
7. Liaise between Digital Operations and Digital Content Editors on delivery of components. Manage the sign-off of each course component.
8. Work with the Project Manager, Senior Managing Editor and Publishing to manage detailed schedules for all the components of a project or a number of projects.
9. Engage, brief and pro-actively manage Delivery Team suppliers, as required, and according to the needs of the project.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

1. Educated to a degree level or equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Knowledge of ELT markets, publishing and/or teaching.
3. Strong organizational and editorial skills (copyediting and proofreading).
4. Knowledge of publishing processes for print and digital.
5. Competent with all main Microsoft Office applications.
6. Experience of working across multiple regions in cross functional project teams.
7. The ability to manage a varied workload.
8. Strong communication and negotiation skills.
9. A recognised ELT/EFL qualification and/or teaching experience.
10. The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
11. Experience of managing multiple components simultaneously in a publishing environment.
12. Willingness to learn and fully engage with company systems.

TO APPLY: Please submit your CV in English

Application Deadline: April 2, 2025

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About Us

We are a global and progressive business, founded on a heritage of trusted and respected brands – including Springer, founded in 1842, Macmillan, founded in 1843 and Nature, first published in 1869.

Nearly two centuries of progress and advancement in science and education have helped shape the business we are today. Research and learning continues to be the cornerstone of progress, and we will continue to open doors to discovery through trusted brands and innovative products and services. Springer Nature Group was created in May 2015 through the combination of Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media.