Senior Commissioning Editor – Educate.ie
Senior Commissioning Editor – Education
Educate.ie have a vacancy for a Senior Commissioning Editor. This is an excellent role in a well-regarded and growing publishing house.
Key Responsibilities
Working as part of the wider commissioning and development team, and reporting to the Publisher, the successful candidate will:
- Research markets and develop new series’ and titles
- Manage author relationships; source and commission new authors and ensure they work to agreed specifications and submission dates
- Review, develop and manage new content submissions in line with subject specification and assessment requirements, and identified market needs
- Recruit, manage and mentor content reviewers and ensure they work to agreed dates and specifications and provide beneficial feedback on products in development
- Prepare briefing documents and provide suitable ongoing guidance to editorial, production, digital and design staff working on your projects
- Monitor progress of projects from submission through to launch through regular updates
- Proactively manage potential issues such as slippage, extent, and otherwise, suggesting solutions to blockers
- Work with Sales & Marketing departments to ensure product USPs and important features are accurately relayed to customers and engage with market feedback
- Report regularly to management and escalate queries and issues as need arises
- Develop beneficial working relationships with departments and colleagues across the company, and act as the owner for your projects to ensure they match their original specifications, meet their deadlines and achieve their value potential
- Attend relevant conferences, book fairs, exhibitions and meetings and develop a network of key educational contacts
- Other duties as required
The role may involve some travel (within Ireland), therefore willingness to travel is required, as is the flexibility to be available for some evenings and weekends.
The successful candidate will join a welcoming and knowledgeable commissioning department with many market-leading titles on its list. This is a hardworking team with a proactive interest in continuous improvement, happy to benefit from any expertise or new perspectives you may bring from previous roles.
Required Skills
| – Excellent editorial, organisational and time-management skills.
– Some experience of managing or mentoring freelance or in-house editorial staff. – Flexible approach and strong people skills with the ability to work across functions effectively. – Ability to work on own initiative to co-ordinate various elements required to deliver projects. |
Experience/Qualifications
| – At least 5 years’ experience in publishing, some of which must be as Commissioning Editor
– Third Level Qualification in Education, Business, Management, Publishing or a relevant school subject – Teaching experience welcome but not essential |
To Apply:
Please email your CV and cover letter to careers@educate.ie by 14th July 2025.
