Editor/commissioning Editor, Templar Books

**Job title**:Editor/Commissioning Editor, Templar Books

**Reports to**:Publishing Director

**Location**:HYLO, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y

**Working pattern**:Hybrid - minimum of two days per week in the office; up to

three days per week from home

**Imprint**:Templar Books

**Department**:Editorial

**Salary range**:£30,000-£37,000 per annum, depending on experience

**General Summary**

Bonnier Books UK is looking for a highly creative and talented editor or commissioning editor with a special interest in non-fiction to join our Templar Books imprint. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to further their career in publishing and work across a broad range of projects.

Founded in 1978, Templar publishes original, illustrated children’s books designed to inspire curious minds. From vibrant board and novelty books to high-end, commercial picture books and non-fiction for the primary school age range, Templar creates innovative and creative books for _all _readers. We have a reputation for cleverly conceived concept publishing with an emphasis on paper innovation, stylish design and contemporary illustration for an international audience.

**Key responsibilities**
- Managing all aspects of own titles throughout the publishing process, ensuring books publish on time and to the highest standard
- Taking responsibility for all commercial aspects of book projects, e.g. costings, contract negotiation, budgets and schedules
- Developing new concepts, reviewing submissions and acquisitions as well as commissioning and briefing authors and illustrators
- Developing and establishing new author/agent relationships
- Writing sales material and back cover copy
- Coordinating out-of-house editorial processes, e.g. freelance editors/packagers, researchers, fact-checkers and proofreaders
- Working closely with colleagues in design, sales, marketing, foreign rights, production and business affairs to ensure the smooth process of titles at all stages
- Representing and promoting own titles, including presentations at sales conferences
- Identifying publishing opportunities, maintaining own market awareness, and developing and proposing new book ideas to contribute at creative meetings

**Qualifications and Experience**
- At least three years’ in-house experience working as an editor or commissioning editor on illustrated children’s books, including negotiating and preparing contracts, scheduling and budget management
- Experience and passion for nurturing authors, editing texts and commissioning commercial titles, as well as an ability to brainstorm and develop innovative ideas in-house
- A strong eye for illustration, confident in developing flat plans and detailed illustration briefs, in collaboration with design
- Excellent copy-editing and proofreading skills
- Experience of working with freelance editors and packagers
- The ability to work confidently in InDesign
- Knowledge of Biblio or similar publishing management system
- Knowledge and experience of co-edition publishing
- Great organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects to tight deadlines

Competitive Salary

Working with a team of passionate, talented people

Internal learning and development programmes

Career Development opportunities

Fun social events

At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together. We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere. We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country’s leading publishers.

The offspring of Bonnier Books, a family-owned top-15 world publisher headquartered in Sweden, we are inspired by a rich literary heritage but not bound by convention. We think in generations rather than quarters, and strive always to operate in an open, curious way that contributes to the future of the planet and its people. As a climate-neutral publisher we are an active participant in the Science Based Target initiative, committed to a strategy to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.