Multilingual development editor - united kingdom, marlborough, wiltshire

we are recruiting for a bilingual editor to join a publishing company working with archive material for education and academia. as a development editor, you will be researching, commissioning and developing teaching resources and building relationships with the academic and higher education community in spain, germany, france, italy and across the world.

working with academics, librarians and archivists in the humanities and social sciences, you will license primary sources for new project ideas that you are driving forward.

our client offers flexible hybrid working with no core hours (as long as you can get to the office twice a week) and a generous benefit package including medical insurance and regular health and wellbeing perks such as free yoga, pilates and massages as well as social activities, clubs and courses. they are committed to sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion within the company and beyond.

the role

as the lead editor for new digital projects, you will:

identify new primary sources for projects in archives around the world

work with long product pipelines to bring material to market over months and years

come up with ideas and commission new content and develop projects to the point of handover to editorial production teams

conduct market research and keep abreast of digital resources

prepare proposals and costings

maintain and develop academic networks by attending conferences

the candidate

you will have the following skills and experience:

spoken and written spanish, french, german or italian to a professional level

at least 2 years experience in an editorial commissioning role, ideally working on academic content

proven line management experience is helpful

a passion for the humanities and a university degree in the humanities or social sciences

excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability and confidence to build strong relationships and negotiate contracts

research skills and market awareness

resilience, decisiveness and ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects

benefits

gbp30,000k to gbp34,000k

mobile phone allowance

access to private gp

private medical insurance

24/7 access to counselling

free yoga, pilates, and monthly massage and facial sessions

guest speakers on wellness, nutrition and mindfulness

fundraising matching scheme

day off for volunteering

social activities including clubs, cookery classes, quiz and movie nights

location

this company is in marlborough, easily commutable by car from swindon, newbury, devizes, chippenham.

basics

after training in systems, you will be able to work from home 2 days per week in a hybrid working environment. you will be working 37.5 hours per week monday to friday with travel throughout the emea region.

you must already have the right to work in the uk.

_get in touch for a confidential chat about the role. we won t put you forward unless you have a realistic chance of getting the role. we won t waste your time. _

about us

corinium language associates is a language service company providing foreign language training, efl and language testing, translation, interpreting and multilingual recruitment services. for more information, visit our website at .

for permanent roles, corinium language associates is acting as an employment agency. for temporary roles, we are acting as an employment business.

if you apply for a role with us, we will store your details and may get in touch with you about other roles. we will never share your data without your consent. your data will never be used for anything other than recruitment.

job types: full-time, permanent

salary: gbp30,000.00-gbp34,000.00 per year

benefits:

company events

flexitime

on-site parking

private medical insurance

wellness programmes

work from home

schedule:

monday to friday

ability to commute/relocate:

marlborough: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

experience:

editorial: 2 years (preferred)

language:

spanish, french, german or italian (preferred)

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