Project Editor - Bloomsbury, United Kingdom - The British Museum

The British Museum
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Description

Publishing

Full-time

Permanent

£31,779
per annum

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Friday 25th
August 2023

About the role:

The Project Editor plays a crucial role in the delivery of the Museum's publishing programme.

Working closely within a small, but highly productive, Publishing team and in collaboration with curators and other colleagues, the Project Editor helps to create and shape publications to support exhibitions and make the collection accessible to a general audience, children and families.

The Project Editor coordinates the delivery of specific titles and concepts, including managing titles from initial proposals and costing, through to design development, generating sales material and delivery of publications to Production colleagues.


Key areas of responsibility:


  • Manage the delivery of publications, ensuring they are launched to market on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.
  • Assist the Senior Development Editor with the development of complex, highly illustrated books.
  • Engage creatively with authors and curators in the delivery of exhibition titles in line with the Museum's objectives and expectations.
  • Manage and control delegated budgets for design, illustration, picture and text permissions and editorial costs on allocated titles.
  • Work closely with the Production Controller in the colourmanagement process to ensure the highest possible standard of colour reproduction is achieved.

About you:


  • Degree or equivalent
  • Experience in publishing, media or other editorial area
  • Excellent editorial project management and time management experience
  • Strong copyediting and proofreading skills
  • Ability to problem solve simple issues independently
  • Confident user of Adobe Creative Suite for print publishing particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat
  • Experience of picture research
  • Excellent IT skills and ability to work competently on Mac and PC

About the British Museum:

Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture.

The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.


The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

  • Membership of the civil service pension scheme
  • Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
  • Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behindthescenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Interestfree travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
  • Professional and personal development opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:

For more information about this role, please see the job description.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants.

We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment.

We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.


We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation.

We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and how flexible working could work for you.

**The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
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