Senior Editor - Educate.ie

Job type: Full-Time
Location: Hybrid 3 days per week in our office in Dundrum, Dublin 14

Educate.ie is Ireland's fastest growing educational publishing company. With many market-leading textbooks in use amongst pupils nationwide, our products are well known in Irish
schools. We are seeking an experienced editor who is looking to take on their next challenge. Working on titles for the Irish market, you will be responsible for managing your titles from initial receipt of manuscript through to published product.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Editing a range of educational titles from initial copyedit through to layout stages and final proof.
• Managing assigned projects and acting as the point of contact for authors, designers and any other project stakeholders.
• Producing titles on time and within budget.
• Copyright permission clearance.
• Picture research.
• Templating Word files.
• Assisting the Commissioning Editors in the creation and management of budgets and schedules.
• Providing regular updates to the Commissioning Editors and Publisher.
• Ensuring products meet their given specifications in publishing proposals and that all agreed criteria are met.

Required Skills

• Excellent editorial, organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and also as part of a busy team.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
• Proven written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to co-ordinate various elements required to deliver projects and work across functions effectively.
• Flexible approach.

Experience/Qualifications

• Relevant in-house experience in an educational or trade publishing environment.
• Third level qualification - ideally a degree in English and/or another language or a qualification in Publishing or Education.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office - particularly Word; experience with Adobe Suite.
• Eperience of educational titles or highly designed books a distinct advantage.
• Some knowledge or experience of creating and editing digital products would be a distinct advantage.