Graphic Novel Editor

1 week ago

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Rebellion Full time

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION

Rebellion, the UK's leading comic and graphic novel publisher, is looking for a Graphic Novel Editor to join its busy publishing department.


The successful applicant will love working collaboratively with other departments and external stakeholders, as well as have a proactive and positive approach to our titles.

You will be an excellent communicator, have meticulous attention to detail and a desire to research and learn more about our rich and unexplored catalogue of comics.

Relevant experience and proficiency in InDesign or similar desktop publishing software knowledge will be an advantage.

This role is full-time, based at our Oxford headquarters though
remote or hybrid working will be considered. You must be able to legally work in the UK.

Responsibilities:

  • Working closely with designers to brief covers and interior layouts
  • Checking comic strip pages for print
  • Paginating and managing graphic novel projects from concept to print
  • Working closely with editorial, production, rights, marketing and sales teams to ensure all metadata is accurate and up to date
  • Budget and schedule management
  • Proofreading printready PDFs and inputting corrections
  • Assembling advance title information for new books and writing cover and sales copy, inputting that into our database.
  • Generating special edition and merchandise ideas
  • Manage artist, colourist, letterer and other freelance relationships, scheduling and invoicing
  • Attend weekly meetings to review book schedules and discuss any issues
  • Work with marketing to promote the book by submitting content for both print and online announcements and giving feedback where appropriate

Requirements:

  • Good professional experience in a publishing environment
  • Excellent knowledge grammar and copy writing
  • Familiarity with Indesign useful but not necessary as training will be given
  • Excellent initiative, selfmotivation, organisational and problem solving skills
  • An eye for design
  • Experience working with artists useful but not necessary
  • Excellent communication skills, as well as team working and the ability to accept and follow feedback
  • A passion for comics and graphic novels

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

  • 26 days holiday + Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years
  • one day each year until you reach 31 days)
  • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
  • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
  • Enhanced Family Leave
  • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme
  • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Plus loads moreincluding a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events

About Us
Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere.

We love what we do, and we have fun doing it As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.


Find out more about us here


Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success.

We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent.

We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do.

We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance.

We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion.

Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better.

We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

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