Join to apply for the Senior Managing Editor role at Macmillan Education Continue with Google Continue with Google Join to apply for the Senior Managing Editor role at Macmillan Education Job Title : Senior Managing Editor For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Macmillan Education provides world-class content in the most relevant, engaging and adaptable formats to support students, teachers and institutions in lifelong learning. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality, on-time and within-budget print and digital components for our ELT courses. You will manage components and assets from final / developed content to handover of final files and go live, working across both internally resourced and fully outsourced (packaged) projects. You may also be required to provide some editorial support during product / content development and post-publication maintenance and updates. You will work closely with colleagues in Publishing Operations and across other functions as part of a project team to ensure that titles are delivered on time, to brief and within budget. You will also line manage a team of Managing Editors. This role can be based in our Warsaw or Madrid office on a hybrid working model. Line management of Managing Editor : In conjunction with the Editorial Manager, identify skills gaps and training needs and put development plans in place. Support Editorial Manager with Managing Editor recruitment and onboarding as required. Work across assigned number of projects and components (from sample materials to sign off and project closure). Track all relevant tasks assigned to you closely across your project schedules, anticipating and mitigating any risks or delays and keeping the Project Manager and wider team fully updated on work in progress. Manage the Delivery workflow from approved content through to publication / go live. Work with Publishing to create and maintain acceptance criteria (for packagers – on packaged projects), approvals forms, style sheets, page plans, media logs, archive handover documents and authoring templates, mapping documents and other key editorial documentation. Coordinate proof circulations and digital releases, collating feedback and managing queries Project set up : Review and feedback to Project Managers for Delivery tasks on project schedules as part of the team-wide schedule validation process. Support the preparation, monitor and tracking of Delivery budgets by providing cost estimates for Delivery tasks on assigned components and assets, alerting the Project Manager and Editorial Manager to any concerns / risks of overspend, and raise Change Requests in a timely manner as required. Freelance and supplier management : Engage, brief and proactively manage Delivery team suppliers according to the needs of the project (including reviews of supplier / freelancer work for quality control purposes). Identify onboarding requirements and facilitate required systems set up (following agreed guidelines and workflow) and training. Ensure Delivery team data on company systems is accurate and all required detail and documents are uploaded in a timely fashion. Market awareness and training : Understand Macmillan Education’s publishing strategy and the company’s business goals Keep up to date on ELT and general publishing issues, particularly ELT / EFL in an international context Experience of working on large-scale print and digital publishing projects, and simultaneously managing multiple components and assets through delivery. Experience of working across multiple regions in cross functional project teams. Strong organisational and editorial skills – an eye for detail and commitment to accuracy. Commercial and financial awareness – able to track budgets. Excellent written and oral communication in English. Competent with widely-used office applications (InCopy and / or InDesign an advantage, as well as experience of content management systems (CMS). Experience of supplier / freelancer management. Full-time Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing / Editing Book and Periodical Publishing Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Managing Editor” roles. Associate Head of Content - SEO Copywriting (Remote) Head of Spanish Content - Gambling & Sports Media Group