Managing Editor (12 month FTC)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Managing Editor or the right Senior Project Editor to join the H&S Editorial team. Working on some of the biggest and most exciting non-fiction books in the business, you will oversee our diverse list of mono and colour books, managing the project editorial team and ensuring that our books publish on schedule and within budget.

We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of the editorial process, and a passion for managing and supporting editorial teams to create books of the highest quality.

Reporting to the Exec. Director of Publishing Operations, you will be responsible for:

• Managing three members of the project editorial team.


• Overseeing the publishing programme for Non-fiction and Yellow Kite, from accepted manuscript to final files, allocating and balancing work across the department.


• Project editing selected titles from manuscript to final files, maintaining high quality standards and keeping to budgets.


• Maintaining the freelance database, recommending suitable freelancers and ensuring freelancers are working to a high standard.


• Ensuring editorial best practice across all imprints and maintaining high editorial standards as well as meeting deadlines.
  
  We are looking for a motivated candidate who can demonstrate extensive knowledge of a book's life, with experience that covers illustrated as well as narrative publishing. You will have management experience and a passion for organisation and smooth-running processes.


The ideal candidate will be an excellent problem solver, with a meticulous eye for detail and good communication skills, forging strong relationships with the editorial teams, freelancers and other departments.

With over 150 years of ground-breaking publishing from book lovers, original thinkers and market leaders, our unwavering mission has been to publish the most compelling voices in every genre. We continue to find new ground, new audiences and new voices with every title we publish. We are passionate readers and believe in the power of words to change lives.

Hodder & Stoughton is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds., The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

£35,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits),
• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)


• Generous pension schemes


• Rent deposit loans


• 2 community days per year


• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)


• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards


• Cycle to Work scheme


• Eye care vouchers


• Wide-ranging training library


• Development programmes (including mentoring)


• Up to 70% off book purchases


• A charity bookshelf


• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks


• Season ticket loans


• And much more!


The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.