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Editor, Penguin Random House Children's Education

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Penguin Books Limited Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an Editor to join the Education team in Penguin Random House Children's for a 9-month fixed term contract, covering a period of parental leave.

In this role, you will help to develop world-class reading series and learning materials for learners of all ages.

As part of the wider team, you'll think ambitiously and creatively about what children, parents and teachers around the world want from our books, in order to build confidence and instil a lifelong love of reading and learning.


The Role

Reporting into the Senior Commissioning Editor, this role will support the team in delivering key reading series, as well as being responsible for commissioning online and supplementary materials.

You'll be involved in all stages of content development to turn a concept into a finished product, managing multiple book titles and projects simultaneously.

You will take the lead on briefing authors, freelancers and consultants, manage costs, work to schedules and coordinate prompt delivery of final files to Production.


What you'll bring

We're interested to hear from people who have experience in project managing multiple books at one time, are confident with the ins and outs of the publishing process and are excited to get stuck into the world of Education publishing.

A demonstrable interest in how children learn to read is desirable.

In addition, you'll bring:

  • A creative mindset and an organised and calm approach
  • The ability to work autonomously using initiative
  • The ability to communicate clearly and concisely to a wide range of people
  • The ability to multitask and handle competing priorities
  • Strong administrative and budgetmanagement skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • An interest in the education market and the needs of children, parents/carers and teachers
  • An interest in learning objectives and relevant curricula
  • A desire to solve problems and find solutions
  • Efficiency at learning new systems and processes

About the Education team

The Education department is home to carefully crafted graded readers for children learning English as a second or foreign language, in addition to reading series _Read It Yourself and Key Words, and _the award-winning _Learn with Peppa_ early learning range.


We think ambitiously and creatively about what children and teachers around the world want from our series in order to build confidence and a love of reading, and each print series is accompanied by online teacher and student support material, including audio and video.


About Penguin:
We're the UK's largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher.

Here, you'll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success.

Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

Salary:
Circa £33,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus benefits.

Competitive benefits package:

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.


Our benefits include:

  • Financial discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
  • Wellbeing healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
  • Lifestyle taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

Hybrid working:

We're experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team.
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important.

For this role we expect that you will need to attend the office for in person meetings at least twice a week.

The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company:
Penguin Books Limited

Country:
United Kingdom

State/Region:
London

City:
London

Postal Code:
SW11 7BW

Job ID: 267525

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