Editor Music Books

Closing Date : 25 February 2022

We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Books Commissioning Editor on the Routledge Music list. This exciting role involves the proactive commissioning of a wide range of books from major textbooks in Music Studies and managing the frontlist programme of new manuscripts for production. The backbone of the list continues to be a strong Teaching & Learning Channel dominated by bestselling textbooks anchored by a deep bench of core textbooks particularly in music theory and aural skills as well as music appreciation conducting and cultural and popular music topics. These highrevenue titles require regular new editions which will require timeintensive development and project management This is a terrific opportunity for a candidate to sign and publish new books in a global interdisciplinary and fastgrowing subject.

What youll be doing :

• Commissioning for the Music list to meet annual targets and revenue goals
• Ensuring that manuscripts are submitted on time and handed over to production on schedule and that publication dates are met.
• Identifying market needs and recruiting authors to write books that meet these needs
• Evaluating book proposals and soliciting peer reviews
• Proposing suitable projects to the publishing committee including compiling internal proposal documents and negotiating contract terms with authors
• Working closely with authors and editorial production marketing and sales colleagues to ensure that goals are met.

Qualifications :

What were looking for :

The successful applicant should possess strong project management skills excellent networking and an ability to exploit opportunities in the international market for Music books. They should also be able to work with internal departments such as production marketing rights and sales lead to ensure revenue goals are met.

Additional Information :

What we offer in return :

What you should know :

Location :   The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices in either Philadelphia PA New York NY or Boca Raton FL to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. Time spent in the office is likely to range from 10�% of working hours with an expectation for a minimum of 2 days per week spent working from an office.

Internal candidates will be eligible to continue their current working arrangements.

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Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Salary : $70,000 - $72,100