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Senior Editor, Colour Publishing - Childrens (12 month FTC)

🏢 HarperCollins Publishers 📍 London, England 💼 Subsidiary or Business Segment
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£12 - £12
£1 - £1 / mo
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Location Base
London, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
Single tax filer baseline
Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

    Team: Children's

    Salary: 12 month Fixed term contract

    Location: London, UK - Hybrid

    Closing: 1:00pm, 7th Apr 2023 BST


Perks and benefits

Healthcare
Retirement benefits
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Extra holiday
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Paid volunteer days
Flexible benefits scheme
Cycle to work scheme

Introduction to the role

Reporting to the Picture Book Publishing Director, this is a key role in the Colour team. The Senior Editor will have editorial management responsibilities for a range of projects across print and digital and will support both the Editorial Director for Heritage Brands, the Picture Book Publishing Director and the Colour Publisher on major picture book titles and brands. They will not commission but will be actively involved in the entire process of creating new picture books, liaising with authors and illustrators and creating new formats and titles for the relevant brands e.g Judith Kerr, Brambly Hedge, Percy the Park Keeper etc. They will work on creative pitches for new brands and custom publishing, thus providing valuable experience and opportunities for creativity and an opportunity to work on some of the bestselling and most beloved children’s literary brands.

Key tasks and accountabilities

  • Full editorial responsibilities for a range of major colour titles and brands, including digital formats – briefing authors and illustrators, feeding back on texts, roughs and layouts, collating assets, writing new content where appropriate, structural editing, managing approvals and licensor / estate relationship in conjunction with the Publishing Director/Editorial Director, overseeing schedules, copywriting and writing design briefs

  • Creating activity and novelty formats based on existing content and assets, working with production to constantly innovate and evaluate existing formats

  • Seeing titles through from manuscript to finished copies, ensuring given titles are delivered on time, with accuracy, to budget and to specification

  • Managing out-of-house writers, freelancers or packagers

  • Liaising with licensors and estates on titles in progress, managing approvals and material for update meetings or licensor requests, maintaining standards of excellent 3rd party relations

  • Supporting on pitches – creatively feeding in ideas on brands and creating new ideas for custom publishing, coordinating design and wording of pitch documents.

  • Managing relevant editorial listings (AIS, BIC, Metadata keywords)) Acquisitions forms, P&Ls) to ensure accurate and up-to-date title/list information is available internally and externally

  • Editorially managing and completing copy for key selling documents such as Bologna and Frankfurt guides

  • Pro-actively looking at backlist, anniversary and reissue opportunities across the list of titles and brands. Ensure the creation of profitable and commercial titles from our backlist, to bring in incremental income and strong brand awareness as well as to tie in with anniversaries and key cultural moments

  • Supporting the Publishing Director, Editorial Director and Publisher in preparing documentation for key meetings, ensuring all relevant paperwork is accurate, complete and circulated on time.

Experience required

  • Strong and proven track record in editorial and project management in children’s books

  • Experience of seeing a book through from manuscript to final copy

  • Has worked on brands and picture books across multiple formats

  • Relevant children’s book market knowledge

  • An understanding of multi-platform brands

Skills required

  • Exceptional editing skills and attention to detail

  • Extremely organised, efficient, self motivated, able to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously

  • Strong author/illustrator/licensor care and interpersonal skills

  • Good design eye

  • Genuine and demonstrable interest in children’s publishing

  • Excellent communication skills across all levels in order to present solutions to senior editorial team, liaise effectively and decisively with Design, Marketing, Sales and Production in-house, and with 3rd parties externally

  • Awareness/understanding of budgets and costings – while not having P&L responsibility you will need to understand and be informed by all aspects of the financial context of publishing

  • Team player

  • Solutions-focused

  • Consumer-facing approach – we lead, rather than following, and we publish the books children love

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office)

  • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

  • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

  • Private healthcare cover and life assurance

  • Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

  • Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC

  • Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

  • Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

  • Charitable donation matching and volunteering day

  • We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

  • Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

  • Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our People Advisor at Laura.welford@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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