Commissioning Editor

Role Overview

This role provides an opportunity to work with Pearson's latest courseware (print and digital products), 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 print and digital products
• Demonstrating new products and prototypes at team / sales meetings and on campuses
• Building up a network of international SMEs through campus visits, existing contacts and internet research
• Training and developing SMEs / freelancers and managing relationships with them
• Overseeing work undertaken by SMEs, proof readers, 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. On-boarding external parties onto Pearson systems.
• 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 global editorial policy and diversity, equity, and inclusion guidelines. Making sure that content 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 Web publishing experience, a record of accomplishment, and the ability to demonstrate the right qualities to take on this exciting role, including:

• awareness of, and interest in, technology and application development, the World Wide Web, learning management systems, and educational publishing
• 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