Built Environment Commissioning Editor - Fixed-Term, Hybrid

Informa Group; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Share Match

Life assurance

Job summary

Taylor & Francis is recruiting for a Commissioning Editor on its Built Environment list for a fixed-term maternity cover. The role involves proactive commissioning of monographs and handbooks across Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, with a hybrid work pattern from Milton Park, Oxfordshire.

Working with a small team, you will identify new leads, manage schedules and budgets, and liaise with colleagues to drive the list’s success.

Qualifications

• Experience in commissioning academic books would be preferred; though extensive commissioning experience is not necessarily essential.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Aptitude for highly organised teamwork and ability to work towards demanding targets.

Responsibilities

• Commissioning new books through existing contacts and generating new leads.
• Managing contracted titles to schedule and budget.
• Liaising with internal and external colleagues to support the list’s success.
• Representing Taylor & Francis at conferences and events.
• Maintaining an Editorial Assistant based in Delhi.

Skills

Commissioning

Editing

Project management

Teamwork

Job description

Taylor & Francis is recruiting for a Commissioning Editor on its Built Environment list for a fixed-term maternity cover. The role involves proactive commissioning of monographs and handbooks across Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, with a hybrid work pattern from Milton Park, Oxfordshire.

Working with a small team, you will identify new leads, manage schedules and budgets, and liaise with colleagues to drive the list’s success.