Editor

Role Overview

This role provides an opportunity to work with Pearson's latest courseware, and will involve planning, specifying, researching, commissioning, developing, managing, and testing assigned Higher Education projects.

Candidate in this role will work closely with colleagues in Editorial / Product Management, Production, Operations, Marketing and Sales around the world.

Key Responsibilities

Planning and executing a delivery strategy around scheduling, availability and enhancement of Global Edition products

Working with product teams to manage discipline portfolios

Demonstrating new products and prototypes at team / sales meetings and on campuses

Training and developing SMEs / freelancers and managing relationships with them

Overseeing work undertaken by SMEs, proofreaders, accuracy checkers, reviewers

Developing content that meets the highest quality, time, and cost standards

Ensuring that all key milestones and schedules on all projects are met and proposing alternative plans to keep projects on schedule as required

Creating and maintaining contracts, databases, payments and internal systems as required

Establishing strong and clear communication within the Global Editions team, and with Pearson colleagues around the world

Ensuring that all material conforms to Pearson’s diversity, equity, and inclusion guidelines and is created keeping the different cultural sensitivities of a global audience in mind

Ensuring that all content is accessible for all users

Desired Skills and Experience

Candidates in this role are likely to have an undergraduate/postgraduate degree, higher education or publishing experience, a record of accomplishment, and the ability to demonstrate the right qualities to take on this exciting role, including:

excellent communication skills and an aptitude for building personal networks and strong working relationships

attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

a strong interest in higher education, education trends and instructional technology, and the ability to see and act upon business opportunities as they emerge

awareness of, and interest in, technology and application development, learning management systems, trends in higher education, and educational publishing