Commissioning Editor

Roles and Responsibilities

• Commission products and solutions across a variety of subjects such as English Language and Humanities (but not limited to) as required.
• Achieve commissioning targets set in the publishing programme. 
• Gather up-to-date information about developments in education and publishing. 
• Plan and conduct market research to gather feedback on existing products as well as to identify markets for new products. 
• Develop business cases (including budgets, projected sales and revenue) and proposals for new products and present them for approval. 
• Lead contract negotiation and commission (identify, develop, and manage) authors. 
• Evaluate manuscripts. 
• Lead projects and team to ensure adherence to initial concept, quality standards, budgets and successfully delivery proposed publications and solution on time. 
• Manage and ensure standards of development editing so as to deliver products that are competitive, and appealing to the market.
• Ensure implementation of set processes for development editing.
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Sales team for the promotion of products.

Requirements

• Demonstrate a proactive attitude towards learning and adapting to new challenges and industry developments. 
• Good business acumen to leverage market developments, new trends, and business opportunities.
• Strong networking skills within the education community locally and/or internationally.
• Communicate effectively and build positive collaborative relationships with colleagues, authors, and stakeholders. 
• Prioritize tasks effectively, manage deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. 
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude towards learning and adapting to new challenges and industry developments.
• Good business acumen to leverage market developments, new trends, and business opportunities.
• Strong networking skills within the education community locally and/or internationally.
• Communicate effectively and build positive collaborative relationships with colleagues, authors, and stakeholders.
• Prioritize tasks effectively, manage deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.