We have a great opportunity to work as an Associate Marketing Manager for a world leading publisher of books and journals in Oxfordshire. This is a maternity cover contract, working on Education, Arts, & Humanities journals.

Key duties:

• Set and meet all usage targets for a list of journals
• Plan, implement and deliver marketing campaigns
• Build and maintain successful relationships through management of key Society titles
• Create marketing collateral in support of campaigns, presentations and conferences
• Line manage a team co-ordinators

Experience / skills required:

• Experience planning and implementing marketing campaigns is essential
• Previous experience of marketing within an academic publishing context is required
• Prior journals marketing experience is highly desired
• Prior line management experience is desired but not essential
• Excellent communication skills are essential

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Claire Louise Kemp

Tel:                   01865 339628

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

At Macmillan Science and Education’s vibrant new campus head office in King’s Cross, London we have some exciting opportunities for publishing experts who want to join us to ‘achieve great things’. That doesn’t just mean interesting things. It means important, life-changing things, like changing the way people learn and teachers teach.

Join us at one of the best-known international publishing groups in the world and we’ll give you the opportunity to develop your ideas, space to connect with others, room to grow your career and time to progress and succeed.

Browse our available roles at http://jobs.macmillan.comand remember to keep checking back as new opportunities are being added all the time.

A highly successful and innovative publisher of English Language Learning courses based in Central London is now seeking a Head of Pedagogy to join their team in directing the publication of engaging content and building a strong network of online teachers around the world.

The Head of Pedagogy will be an expert in English Language Learning and will drive the thinking on content being developed for these online courses, ensuring this is receptive, productive and interaction. With a strong network and understanding of the ELT market the Head of Pedagogy will be expected to build and expand a global tutor network, ensuring they are trained to deliver pedagogy effectively. This role will also be responsible for coming up with new and innovative ideas for learning in order to enhance the learning journey for the consumer – this might be through new technologies or new learning approaches from doing research across the market.

The successful candidate will have strong experience working within English Language Learning as well as expertise in the pedagogical process and an understanding of how people learn, and engage with content. Fantastic communication skills are absolutely essential with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships tutor communities across the world. Any understanding of the Brazilian market and/or fluency in Portuguese would be an advantage in applying for this role.

To apply for this position, please contact Esme Richardson at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: e.richardson@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

A vacancy has become available at a leading academic publisher for a Product Manager to join their growing and thriving team. This role will be responsible a range of products simultaneously that might be at varying stages of development.

Product Manager – Academic Publishing – London - £Competitive + Bonus + Benefits – Ref: 13169NT

Our client; a global academic publisher, is looking to recruit a dynamic and vibrant Product Manager to join their Online Products Team. This role will drive product improvements and new product launches through the appropriate processes and will be accountable for successful decision making.

The key responsibilities of the Product Manager include:

• Building and maintaining a deep understanding of who is using a given suite of products and for what, by analysing data; conducting market research and developing user/buyer personas and key use cases.
• Working closely with editorial colleagues in development of successful products.
• Generating and gathering ideas for improving given products and prioritising feature development and product changes.
• Leading development projects for enhancements and new product builds; as well as defining requirements and working with Publishing Technologies department on schedules and communications with the external vendor.
• Working with the Product Analyst group and cross-functional teams to optimise discoverability, mobile delivery, accessibility, and use of semantic technologies in line with the product vision and core use cases.

In order to be successful, the suitable candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Education to degree level or equivalent.
• 2-3 years successful product management experience.
• Experience within publishing; preferably academic.
• The ability to develop and communicate a product vision and overarching strategy.
• Ability to be pro-active when problem solving and prior experience of web analytics tools.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, bonus, plus benefits package along with the chance of joining an innovative organisation, making a real difference in the industry whilst advancing your career.

If you feel that your skills meet the requirements of this Product Manager position and you would like to be considered for the role please send us your CV today.

Refer a friend for £250- if you know the perfect person for one of our roles, let us know at greenhillgroup.com. If they are successfully placed within that role we will give you £250 as a thank you*. Please see website for terms and conditions.

Greenhill Publishing specialises in recruiting for Academic, STM, ELT, Digital Content and Professional Publishers/Information providers across the UK and internationally, focusing on Sales, Marketing & Editorial related vacancies from Graduate to Director level.

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If we do not contact you within one week of your application, unfortunately we are not able to assist you in your search for employment at the present time.

Greenhill only advertise a small proportion of sales, marketing & publishing roles on this site. Please take a look at our website or contact us, in confidence, to discuss other opportunities with our experienced sales & marketing consultants.

Our client, a leading illustrated book publisher based in London and are looking for a Head of UK Sales to look after all book trade sales.

As Head of Sales, you’ll be looking after all the traditional bookseller’s for example; the Waterstones Account, Indies, Amazon Account etc as well as managing a Key Account Manager.

We want a bright, proactive and enthusiastic individual with drive and ambition who can hit the ground running.  In this particular role, for the right ambitious person who performs well, there is the genuine long term opportunity for career advancement to eventually become sales director for all UK sales.

The publishing list is a super collection of quality illustrated titles and imprints which includes leading illustrated brand names and a great mix of fast selling branded non-trade books that are ideal for the retail book trade.   

If you are looking for your next move in publishing sales management, and still want a great hands-on role in a very non-corporate publishing environment, then this role could be right for you.

You’ll be based in London and the publisher offers a very competitive salary. Please contact Greg Evaristo with your CV in confidence to discuss this role. Either email greg@gregorymartin.org or call mobile 07798 791 309

Our client, a leading publishing outsource company, currently has a vacancy for a Books Production Editor to work with their client in Oxford.

This position will involve overseeing the production of new titles from receipt of authors’ manuscript through to delivery of the final product. The ability to work with budgets and negotiate prices is an important part of this role. The successful candidate will need to be competent in working with database tracking systems, adapting to new IT systems and also in proofreading and copyediting.

This will be a full time position working for our client,  but will require you to spend 3 days a week at their clients office in Oxford.

Key Responsibilities:

• Commissioning, preparing material for, assessing and managing external suppliers
• Liaising with authors, commissioning editors, project managers, freelancers, printers and designers
• Assessing the quality of artwork and sample pages prepared by authors/suppliers
• Providing authors and suppliers with relevant information and necessary support
• Preparing material for text and cover printers
• Controlling schedules, budgets and quality of the end product
• Prioritisation of workload and working to deadlines, with the ability to multi-task

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working within a books or journals production editorial environment, with the ability to communicate effectively both inside and outside of the company. The ability to work effectively when under pressure, both under your own initiative and as part of a team, is essential. An aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with customers is essential. The successful applicant should be able to competently use Outlook, Word and Excel, possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Apply online or send an up to date CV to:

James@morganhealey.com

+44 (0)1827 373750

http://morganhealey.com

Leading experts in STM Publishing & Digital Content Recruitment

We are seeking to recruit a Commissioning Editor with a passion for education to join a highly motivated cross-functional team focusing on the UK education market.  Working within a dynamic team environment you will develop profitable blended and appropriate market-leading materials for a range of courses and examinations.

Tasks include identifying and initiating appropriate and profitable multi-media projects and proposals, commissioning materials on time, within budget and to a high standard, working with editorial and production teams to ensure that projects are planned, developed and managed to production and working with sales and marketing teams to ensure products are communicated effectively to market.

You will bring dynamism, creativity and commercial/business understanding. The successful candidate will be educated to degree level and/or have experience of teaching in UK education. Experience of book and online publishing in educational mathematics is desirable. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to work within teams and under your own initiative and have an excellent strategic/market sense with dedication to business growth.

Benefits include a generous staff incentive scheme, flexible working, free life assurance, free healthcare cover and a contributory pension scheme, 28 days’ annual leave, subsidised restaurant, free on-site gym and sports facilities, and season ticket travel loans. Our offices are based in Cambridge, ten minutes from the train station.

To apply, please complete the online application by clicking on the following link https://www.networxrecruitment.com/Jobs/Advert/103222 by 7 September 2014. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and motivated Editor, looking for a new challenge in a new area with a lot of scope for development within the role.

The Company

Our client is a London-based organisation that aims to build a comprehensive online library of corporate training videos for all disciplines of professions. They have already filmed their first few training courses, with many more in the pipeline.  They are now looking to expand their Content Development team in order to significantly increase capacity over the coming years.

The Role

The Script/Project Editor will be responsible for working with the Instructors who include professional corporate trainers, business school professors and practitioners, in order to produce a script for each training course.  The instructors will provide the initial draft of the script for each course, which you will then use as a basis for preparing the final script. The script editing process will include conducting background research on the topic of the course, adding and removing content from the script as needed; polishing the language and tone of the script and producing storyboards and other supplementary materials that will later be used in the final editing of the course videos.

The Person

This is a very interesting and responsible role which will grow and develop, and the successful person will be of graduate calibre with some proven editorial experience within a professional/B2B/academic publishing background. You will have experience of working/interacting directly with authors in an editorial capacity and the ability to quickly research a topic and then prepare original text based on this research.  Some training or hands on experience in instructional design would be useful, but is not essential. You will need to be an organised person with a strong command of the English language, both written and spoken, confident in dealing with people, especially authors, and able to work to deadlines.

For further details of this role which is currently available, please forward a CV with a short covering letter, outlining your interest, availability and salary expectations.

Our client, a well-established independent trade publisher in London, is looking for an experienced editor to work on a range of Children’s non-fiction projects. This role is ideal for a self-starter and team player with solid experience of working at editor level on a similar trade list.

Key duties:

• Contribute and develop new book and product ideas to proposal stage
• Manage the budget and schedule to ensure books are produced on time and to budget
• Take on administrative and list-management tasks
• Liaise closely with sales and publicity, present titles at sales conferences
• Research and keep up-to-date with children’s book market trends

Experience / skills required:

• Solid editorial experience within children’s trade non-fiction book publishing
• Excellent hands-on editorial skills
• A proactive approach and the ability to work both independently and as a team member
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A working knowledge of InDesign would be advantageous

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to catherineroney@atwoodtate.co.uk.

Contact:            Catherine Roney

Tel:                   020 7487 8228

Closing date:     Applications ASAP, please

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

A leading independent publisher in London is looking to appoint a Children's Editor. You will work on a range of children's books, specialising in activity, non-fiction and craft titles.

You must have previous relevant experience in children's publishing and will have excellent editorial skills in proof reading, copy-editing and project managing of books. You should have experience in project managing book projects through the editorial process and will commission authors, illustrators, liaise with designers and look after budgets. You will be expected to work on multiple titles at once, all of which might have tight deadlines. The successful candidate will be highly creative, have a strong eye for detail and be passionate about children's books.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step in your children’s publishing career, please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss this further!

Closing date: CVs asap, please!

To apply for this position, please contact Chelsea Vernon at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: c.vernon@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Senior Training & Information Management Lead to manage the provision of information management across the global journal services department at a global academic publisher.

Senior Training & Information Management Lead – Journals – Oxford - £Competitive + Bonus + Benefits – Ref: 13171NT

Our client; an industry leading academic publisher is now recruiting for a Senior Training & Information Management Lead. This role will be responsible for directing the provision of service delivery training and supplementary training for both in-house colleagues and external outsource partners.

The key responsibilities of the Senior Training & Information Management Lead include:

• Managing, co-ordinating and contributing to the creation of all relevant reference documentation in support of training and business activities ensuring both existing and new processes/procedures are fully documented.
• Managing and evaluating training outcomes; identifying training needs to develop bespoke lesson plans and trainer walkthroughs.
• Ensuring audit and quality controls are in place to ensure compliance to global standards and procedures.
• Providing project support, and devising and delivering quality bespoke training programmes in support of new initiatives.
• Managing the access to and all documentation within global journal services portal pages.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Education to degree level or equivalent.
• Successful experience creating and delivering training programmes globally.
• Experience of working in a customer service or related department and knowledge of customer service professional standards.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills both in group and one-on-one situations.
• Experience of managing training activities and tasks.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, bonus, plus benefits package along with the chance of joining an innovative organisation, making a real difference in the industry whilst advancing your career.

If you feel that your skills meet the requirements of this Senior Training & Information Management Lead position and you would like to be considered for the role please send us your CV today.

If we do not contact you within one week of your application, unfortunately we are not able to assist you in your search for employment at the present time.

An exciting opportunity has come up at the West London offices of one of our leading professional publishing clients on a 6 month contract. The successful applicant will manage and provide a quality editorial service for the delivery of content across a range of products and outputs. They will monitor amendments required for international adoptions and advise authors, panels and committees on editing, drafting rules and house style. It will also be their responsibility to support other editorial team members but providing editing and proof-reading services.

The Editor will liaise with the Product Management team for testing purposes and perform content checking with digital products. Additionally, they will liaise with copy editors, proof-readers and designers and build and maintain business relationships with internal contacts and external customers.

The ideal applicant will have demonstrable experience of content preparation for multi-channel publications and of editorial work on technical publications. They will have worked on the application of editing and drafting rules, author guidelines and house style and on ensuring the maintenance of digital content delivery systems. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential and they will be strong decision makers and have a problem-solving approach to their workload. Attention to detail is a key aspect of this role and the successful candidate will have an awareness and familiarity with word processing and typesetting software.

This is a great opportunity to join a company for a 6 month period in which you will gain valuable skills and experience.

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Amy Martin, email: a.martin@inspiredselection.com.

Closing Date: Early applications may be prioritised.

Salary: Competitive

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Our London based publishing client seeks an experienced Foreign Rights Manager to look after all foreign rights sales globally.

This highly respected fast growing publisher are looking for a self-motivated and experienced foreign rights manager who is hungry for success. Perhaps you want to get away from a corporate publishing environment and be part of a more independent minded buzzy can-do vibrant sales environment, perhaps you want more career progression.

If so, this could be just the opportunity for you. 

We are looking for a hands-on sales individual with around five years’ experience and a track record selling non-fiction trade books, esp popular culture, personality led reference titles and you will have built up established rights contacts/links with this international rights sector/market.

 You’ll be selling a good mix of highly commercial and high profile non-fiction trade titles, and your role is to develop all rights sales in the US, AUZ/NZ, EMEA and Asia reporting directly to the Sales Director.

This London based publisher offers an excellent basic salary depending on experience, plus a generous bonus package and benefits. There will be the opportunity for genuine career advancement for the right person.

If this new opportunity sounds of interest then please contact Greg Evaristo with your CV and a short intro note to greg@gregorymartin.org or call 07798 791 309.

A leading medical publishing company has a great opportunity for an Editor to join their offices based in central London. This successful candidate will have solid editorial or writing experience in a healthcare/medical environment.

Key duties:

• Write and edit a range of medical education projects for both, online and print editions
• Manage and deliver projects in a timely manner and to high quality standards
• Develop relevant content to meet needs of the target audience, working with key opinion leaders
• Liaise with clients to ensure project are on brief and support marketing messages
• Attend conferences and client meetings

Experience / skills required:

• Solid editorial/writing experience within healthcare/medical or med comms publishing is required
• Excellent English language skills with strong attention to detail
• Highly organised with a methodical approach to work
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and multitask and work to tight deadlines
• Able to undertake and translate research into practice and to use initiative
• Good IT skills including MS Office and Adobe CS

Applications ASAP, please.

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to karinenicpon@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Karine Nicpon   

Tel:                   020 7487 8274

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

Are you an experienced marketing professional looking for a role that will challenge your skills and experience, whilst giving you the opportunity to demonstrate your excellent marketing capabilities?

A leading, global publishing company based in the Oxford area is looking to recruit an experienced and motivated Associate Marketing Manager within their highly successful Education, Arts and Humanities marketing team for a 12 months maternity cover.  This role will report to the Marketing Manager and will involve managing more junior members of the team and setting and meeting targets for the journals list.  You will plan, implement and deliver marketing campaigns and analyse/report on those campaigns and usage results.  Further responsibilities will include building successful relationships through management of key Society titles as part of your own list responsibility, whilst contributing to the editorial and financial success of the list. Supporting the Marketing Manager you will act as the secondary contact for the editorial management group and you will be accountable for managing your own learning curve and developing and identifying any skills gaps.

This is a key position within the team and a superb opportunity to gain marketing experience in a busy and interesting publishing environment.  The successful person will be able to demonstrate strong all-round marketing skills and experience,  which include the full marketing mix, plus evidence of line management experience  (particularly if you do not have a publishing background). You will be creative, with the ability to motivate a team; articulate, confident and able to engage with people of all levels, plus, have  experience of executing  creative and successful marketing campaigns and demonstrating  market understanding to react positively to competitor and market developments.

For further information on this role, please forward a CV with a short cover letter outlining your salary expectations and availability.  Early applications may be given priority.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Acquisition Editor at a leading STM Publisher.  You’ll be responsible for the commissioning, and management of a range of Earth and Environmental Science titles. This role is based in either Cambridge or Oxford and would suit a candidate looking for the next step in their editorial career.

Key duties:

• Manage a portfolio of STM book titles in Earth and Environmental Science
• Commission and develop new titles both in print and digital
• Work closely with Project Managers to ensure delivery on time and within budget
•  Negotiate contracts with editors, authors partners and other parties

Experience / skills required:

• Demonstrable experience in scientific publishing with books and/or journals
• Prior experience commissioning STM books is highly preferred
• Experience managing multiple authors and projects is required
• Subject knowledge of Earth and Environmental Science is desired but not essential

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodtate.co.uk 

Contact:            Claire Louise Kemp

Tel:                   01865 339628

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

Our client, a leading provider of science and health information, is looking to add a new Acquisitions Editor to their Books department in either their Oxford or Cambridge office. Reporting to the Editorial Director, the successful applicant will research, acquire, develop and publish new titles with a focus on commercial awareness. They will manage titles, identifying changes to be made and ensuring they have an in-depth understanding of the market trends.

In the role, the Acquisitions Editor will work towards securing signing targets, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to budget. They will be strategic and confident with their decision-making, keeping all stakeholders informed of progress and working closely with colleagues to motivate and influence. The ideal applicant will have a strong customer focus and research skills with demonstrable experience in commissioning and managing multiple authors.

They will come from an STM publishing background and experience with either books or journals is desirable. They will be highly organised with excellent communication skills. Any knowledge of or experience in earth or environmental science publications would be advantageous though not essential. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially-savvy publishing professional looking to take their next step in a commissioning/author management role within STM publishing.

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Amy Martin, email: a.martin@inspiredselection.com.

Closing Date: Early applications may be prioritised.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

We are looking for a driven commissioning editor to join the Higher Education department of a global educational publisher to help shape their digital strategy. This role is based in their Berkshire offices, an easy commute from Reading or London, with the option for home working one day a week.

CVs ASAP – early applications prioritised

Key duties:

• Undertake market research to identify potential new opportunities
• Propose and implement a digital strategy
• Develop and launch new digital products alongside print
• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Sales, and the wider Editorial teams
• Oversee and coordinate the work of junior members of the team

Experience / skills required:

• Prior commissioning experience within publishing is highly preferred
• A good understanding of educational publishing is required
• Experience of Higher Education publishing is preferred
• Proven commercial and business acumen
• Prior experience developing digital products is strongly preferred
• Strong communication skills are essential

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodtate.co.uk 

Contact:            Claire Louise Kemp

Tel:                   01865 339628

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

A leading STM publisher is looking for an experienced marketing copywriter to target academic researchers, higher education students and academic staff.  You will have an opportunity to work remotely and the project will run until December 2014.

Key duties:

• Produce marketing collateral including some B2B content

• Write direct response copy for website and email channels

Experience / skills required:

• Experience of writing for academic audiences

• Strong copywriting skills across email and website channels

• Excellent command of English

• Very good attention to detail

• Ability to meet tight deadlines

• Used to working independently

   

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations ASAP to alisonredfearn@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Alison Redfearn

Tel:                   020 7487 8236

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   Oneworld is looking for a highly skilled Marketing Manager to
   work across our fiction and non-fiction lists. This is an exciting opportunity
   for an experienced, creative and ambitious individual to make a significant
   contribution to our business. Oneworld publishes a wide range of distinguished
   non-fiction trade books in subjects including current affairs, politics,
   popular science, history, psychology and business. Our fiction list includes
   books by Peter Matthiessen, Joseph Boyden, Simon Van Booy and Marlon James.

The Role

• Produce and implement cost-effective, clever and creative campaigns both online and in print for individual titles to maximise book sales
• Monitor marketing budgets for individual books and the list as a whole
• Responsibility for the website, social networks, sales materials, adverts and book fairs
• Work closely with sales, publicity and editorial colleagues

Skills and experience

•    Proven experience in marketing trade titles
•    Sound knowledge of the fiction and non-fiction retail markets
•    Excellent copywriting skills
•    Good design skills and familiarity with design software an advantage

Please contact: jobs@oneworld-publications.com