Editor (Acquisitions & Translations) – Classics

Publishers Association Limited; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 35 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Income Protection

Health assessment

Gym flex

Life event leave

Dental insurance

Cycle scheme

Résumé du poste

Penguin Press in London is seeking an Editor or Commissioning Editor for an initial 12-month fixed-term contract based at Embassy Gardens. You will acquire and publish new titles in the Penguin Classics series and oversee editorial work on titles on a colleague’s list during parental leave.

The role requires strong editorial judgement, excellent editing and copywriting skills, and the ability to manage manuscripts through to publication, collaborating with authors, translators, agents and

Qualifications

• Intellectually curious editor with a passion for discovering books from different languages and cultures.
• Editorial judgement and project-management skills to develop a book from acquisition through to publication.
• Excellent editing and copywriting skills with the ability to work confidently with complex material.

Responsabilités

• Acquire and publish new titles in the Penguin Classics series.
• Commission and edit translations and other new material.
• Guide manuscripts through to publication in collaboration with Penguin Press colleagues.

Connaissances

Editorial judgement

Project management

Editing

Copywriting

Description du poste

Penguin Press in London is seeking an Editor or Commissioning Editor for an initial 12-month fixed-term contract based at Embassy Gardens. You will acquire and publish new titles in the Penguin Classics series and oversee editorial work on titles on a colleague’s list during parental leave.

The role requires strong editorial judgement, excellent editing and copywriting skills, and the ability to manage manuscripts through to publication, collaborating with authors, translators, agents and