Senior Editor

Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages. The Senior Editor will bring best-in-class publishing to market on time and to budget, with core duties to include proactive project management from manuscript to finished copy, creative development and editing, and liaising with authors, agents and freelancers.

Requirements

• Proactive project management from manuscript to finished copy
• Creative development and editing (including structural and line-editing)
• Evaluating submissions
• Preparing acquisition P&Ls
• Copywriting and metadata management
• Liaising with authors, agents and freelancers

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer (EOE)
• Flexible working arrangement including working from home and in the S&S office in Melbourne
• Proudly being an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer
• Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First Peoples