Kogan Page - Development Editor (Business lists)

Kogan Page - Development Editor (Business lists)An ideal opportunity for a current development editor to further their careerKogan Page is a leading independent global publisher of specialist professional and academic books across business, management and related subjects. We are seeking an experienced Development Editor to work on one of our business lists.This is an ideal opportunity for a current development editor to further their career and knowledge in a supportive, innovative and successful company.Key responsibilities:• Support the commissioning editor by working closely with authors, ensuring books progress efficiently and punctually.• Read content and provide detailed feedback for authors based on an understanding of target readership and desired reader outcomes. • Conduct peer reviews and market research in a timely fashion, ensuring that appropriate reviewers are recruited and that authors are supported while taking feedback on board.• Work closely with production colleagues to ensure manuscript handovers go smoothly, and that authors are kept up to date and informed throughout all stages. • Work closely with colleagues from the marketing department to exploit as many promotional opportunities as possible for each book.• With support from the commissioning editor, undertake your own new editions signing target.• Represent and support the company at conferences and events.Experience / skills required:• A minimum of 2 years development editor experience in a books, journals or courseware environment.• Proactivity, tenacity and good communication skills.• The demonstrable ability to manage multiple projects at various stages.• Attention to detail.• Demonstrable ability work collaboratively in a team and develop good relationships with authors and other stakeholders.Diversity statementKogan Page is an equal opportunities employer. We take the following actions to ensure we are a diverse and representative organization:• We are an active member of the Independent Publishers Guild Diversity and Inclusivity Action Group, and we support the Publishers Association Inclusivity Action Plan.• We pay London Living Wage or above to all members of staff.• We partner with Creative Access to support under-represented groups entering the creative industries.• Our freelancers work to industry standard bias-free guidelines.• We make our content accessible, and we are one of very few publishers in the world to receive Benetech's Global Certified Accessible accreditation for ebooks (see koganpage.com/page/accessibility ).• We monitor representation across our staff and authors.Being a diverse and representative organization is an ongoing process and we are continuing to improve our practices to better serve our staff, authors, industry and readers. Equal Opportunities Employer statementKogan Page is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.As an applicant, you can be assured that Kogan Page will take positive steps to ensure:• Job descriptions and associated conditions relate to the job, define the qualifications, experience and other skills required in the post, and only include those factors which are necessary and justifiable on objective criteria for the satisfactory performance of the job.• All applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout the recruitment and selection process.• All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
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