Responsibilities
- Building up a publisher's list of titles for a specific genre.
- Managing the list in the current market as well as identifying future markets and new products and titles with commercial potential.
- Researching emerging market trends on a national and international level.
- Identifying, developing and supporting projects and authors.
- Meeting with other commissioning editors and senior editors to discuss new proposals.
- Reading and evaluating book proposals and manuscripts offered by authors and agents, as well as assessing their suitability for the list.
- Negotiating contract terms with authors and agents.
- Liaising with authors and reviewers throughout the production.
- Maintaining a book publishing programme and monitoring progress throughout the publication process.
- Organising book launches and signings.
- Working with administration, finance, budgets and strategy.
- Providing data and contributing to marketing and sales activities.
- Managing the back list (titles already published) and making decisions on whether to reprint, revise or make new editions of titles, or put them out of print.
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Planning and organisational skills
- Negotiating skills
- Research skills
- Tact and diplomacy
- The ability to think creatively and commercially
- The capability to work to tight deadlines
- A proactive approach to work
- Tenacity and self-motivation
- Financial management skills
- The ability to work well in a team
- An aptitude for project management
- Competence in IT