Commissioning Editor - Abingdon, United Kingdom - Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

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Abingdon, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world.

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis is one of the world's largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works.

We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we've been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge.

We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications.

This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values.

Because that's the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description:

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Commissioning Editor (Editor I or II) to join the Business, Economics and Law Textbooks team as maternity cover.

You'd be working on Routledge's prestigious Textbooks in Business and Management, specifically in Marketing, Strategic Management, Research Methods, Fashion and Luxury Management.

This would be a great opportunity for you to progress your career and take the next step up as a commissioning editor.

What we offer in return:

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. You will be joining a thriving business, working alongside an exceptional group of people. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable.

We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture.
Competitive salary
25 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off for your birthday.
3 additional discretionary days for Christmas each year
4 paid volunteering days each year
Employee assistance programme offering 24/7 wellbeing support
Bonus and commission (if applicable)

Share Match

Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
Pension scheme
Life assurance, plus optical and medical care.

The role will involve working closely with the Business, Economics and Law Textbooks team in the UK, and with authors and series editors globally, and will require line-managing an editorial assistant.

Being 'you' at Taylor and Francis:
Help us progress human progress through knowledge As a commissioning editor you will aid in our mission by:

Meeting annual commissioning and revenue goals, commissioning new books and revisions of backlist titles across a range of text types to respond to market needs;
Identifying market opportunities and recruiting academic authors and editors to meet those; evaluating proposals for quality, content and market viability;
Proposing quality projects to publishing committee, including compiling an internal proposal document and preliminary financial costing;
Extensive digital networking, with the expectation of some domestic / international travel as part of your commissioning strategy on this global list;
Negotiating contract terms with authors and/or their representatives to arrive at favourable agreements;
Working closely with the Business, Economics and Law Publisher to develop and maintain strategy for the list;
Working closely with authors, and editorial, production, marketing and sales colleagues to ensure goals are met.

Qualifications:

What we're looking for:
- a self-starter who can work swiftly and independently to establish momentum on the list, while also liaising effectively and collegiately with team members globally.
- the ability to identify significant publishing opportunities.
- excellent networking skills
- strong commercial awareness and the ability to interpret financial data
- superb team-working skills for working with internal and external contacts at all levels, and for line management of an editorial assistant
- previous experience of commissioning academic books and familiarity with all aspects of the book publishing process.

Additional Information

Training And Professional Development:

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