Editor, Non-Fiction

Found in: beBee S GB - 2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Full time

Closing date for applications: Sunday 21st April 2024 at 11.59pm

Term: The role is a full-time permanent position

Salary: £29,000

 

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for a non-fiction editor to join Bloomsbury General, the exciting new division formed a year ago under the Bloomsbury Adult Consumer umbrella. 

We publish more commercial fiction and non-fiction than Bloomsbury has traditionally published, ranging across crime and thriller books (under the Raven imprint), romance, bookclub fiction, popular culture non-fiction, and sci-fi and fantasy. Authors include Samantha Shannon, Fred Sirieix, Celia Imrie, Stuart Turton and Laura Purcell. 

Our Head of Bloomsbury General, Katy Follain, needs an Editor who understands and is passionate about the commercial Non-Fiction market. They will report into her, and project-manage new and existing Non-Fiction titles alongside Katy in line with our internal workflows, delivering final files to Production colleagues on time, within agreed budgets and to a high standard. They will work collaboratively with all internal departments so that they have the materials and resources they need to effectively sell and market the books; with authors; with agents; and with freelancers across the business. The role also offers the opportunity to commission 2-3 titles a year. 

The perfect candidate will have a background in commercial Non-Fiction, have excellent organisational and communication skills, a genuine interest in popular culture, promising editing skills, an understanding of working with people in the public eye and the ability to work well independently and as part of a team. They will also be a problem-solver with the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.  Relationships with agents and scouts, while not expected, would be an asset. 

 

Responsibilities

To help edit and publish non-fiction titles acquired by the Head of Bloomsbury General (approx. 8 original titles pa) to an exceptionally high standardTo act as principal contact for authors and agents to ensure a high standard of author-care throughout the publishing processTo manage structural and line edit stages of a book, ensuring manuscripts reach their full potential and on deadlineTo liaise with Rights, Audio, Digital, Sales, Marketing and Publicity to create and deliver publishing plans, including writing sparkling cover copyTo work with the Design department to develop covers that reflect and are in line with the commercial Non-Fiction market To manage picture research, picture budgets & permission-clearing where requiredTo read and report on the high-volume of submissions from authors and agentsTo contribute creatively to the list – including on titles, copy, cover ideas and in generating ideas for books by identifying publishing trends.To run Biblio reports and undertake market research on Bookscan as requiredTo liaise with metadata leads to ensure the highest standards, making constant improvements and meeting targets set by metadata colleagues


Knowledge, skills and experience 

Previous editorial experienceExceptional copyediting ability and attention to detail – always able to spot typos and mistakesUnderstanding of trends and developments in popular culture Knowledge of Biblio and other publishing systems Excellent written and verbal communication skills A growing interest in structural- and line-editingStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independentlyGreat organisational skills to keep concurrent projects running on trackConfident, enthusiastic and hard-working, who is able to self-motivate

 

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

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

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