Think Selection is delighted to be recruiting an Executive Editor for a leading international publishing company within a successful lifestyle division.

This senior role offers the opportunity to oversee a wide-ranging publishing programme spanning food & drink, wellbeing, gardening and craft. Reporting to the Publishing Director, you’ll be responsible for programme delivery and team management, ensuring titles are published to the highest standard and on schedule for the UK and international markets.

As Executive Editor you’ll manage a team of editors and be responsible for the smooth running of the critical path across a list a growing title programme. You’ll allocate resources, maintain publishing priorities, and build on a strong bank of freelancers for copy-editing, proofreading and specialist projects. Collaboration is pivotal to the role, working closely with colleagues in design, production, sales, marketing and international teams.

Alongside team leadership and programme management, you’ll occasionally edit selected titles yourself, and act as the main editorial contact for international colleagues on local editions.

We’re seeking a highly organised editorial leader with strong technical editorial skills and proven experience in lifestyle publishing. You’ll combine meticulous attention to language and consistency with the ability to inspire, mentor and raise the quality of work across your team.

A generous salary and company benefits are on offer to the successful candidate, and you’ll be based a minimum 3 days per week from London offices.

If this role sounds of interest to you and you have experience of editorially managing teams and processes in the area of nonfiction trade publishing, please contact Danny Parnes at Think Selection – danny@thinkselection.com - with your CV - and we will get back to you soon. Many thanks.

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