Senior Editor

7 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Pearson Inc. Full time

**About the role**

The International Curriculum team is seeking a **Content Developer (Senior Editor/Commissioning Editor) **to join our team to develop innovative and market-appropriate resources for international schools worldwide and will be responsible for commissioning, developing, project managing and delivering on time and to budget an ambitious publishing programme.

You will commission, project manage, and develop the content of a range of publishing and curriculum projects, working with other members of the publishing and editorial team and other key stakeholders.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Carry out quality assurance, ensuring that feedback to authors/consultants is timely and clear and that content delivered meets the brief and delivers the identified learner outcomes.
- Manage projects through to publication, delivering on time and within budget.
- Working with cross-functional teams including Rights and Permissions, Design, Media and Technology.
- Contribute to publishing proposals, perhaps leading on some of these.
- Develop an understanding of our markets and the learners’ needs to support the development of quality materials.
- When required, conduct hands-on copyediting, development editing and proofreading of resources, ensuring they fully meet market needs.

**What we are looking for**:
As a Content Developer, you will have a background in education or educational publishing, preferably for the international schools market and experience of working with editorial vendors as well as other external resources. Experience of hands-on content editing and quality assurance is desirable.

You will have good communication and teamwork skills, be organised and self-motivated, and have the ability to work independently.

**Your Reward & Benefits**

We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programmes meet the different needs of our diverse teams and their families too. There are a range of options, too many to list here, but when you join our Pearson family you can look forward to:

- A starting holiday of 25 days plus UK public holidays and you’ll earn 1 additional day’s holiday per year you work with us.
- Generous pension scheme where we match and double what you contribute.
- Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible work policies.
- Stock/share purchase options.
- Healthcare and dental plans, and an employee wellbeing assistance programme for you and your family to help balance work, family, and personal life.
- Cycle to work program, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts.

**Role location**: This is a hybrid role and will allow for home working as well as from one of our offices based in either Oxford or London. Some international travel may be requested on occasion.

**Salary**: £32,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oxford OX4 2JY United Kingdom



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