Commissioning Editor

Description:

We are now seeking an outstanding Commissioning Editor to build, shape and develop an ambitious list. Commissioning approximately 15 non-fiction books per year, you will analyse market trends and consumer sentiment to identify subject areas and authors to publish, as well as use your entrepreneurial sense to develop strong commercial proposals. You will be naturally engaged by people and their stories and ideas and have a passion to help bring those stories and ideas to life. You will build on your own network of contacts and develop long-term relationships with authors and agents.

You will have exceptional communication skills, enabling you to champion every one of your books in-house and to our customers, as well as finely tuned project management skills, enabling you to juggle a number of projects at different stages of the publishing process. You will have a strong desire to succeed and meet targets. You will be driven and enthusiastic about building on Gill Books’ track record, and motivated to play a key role in developing its future direction.