Lead Commissioning Editor
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Job Summary
Job Description:
We believe in bold ideas diverse perspectives and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here your curiosity fuels progress your voice shapes innovation and your ambition helps redefine whats possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact challenges and drives whats next to power infinite possibilities for our customers colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
Fixed Term Contract: 12 months parental leave cover
As a Publishing Lead in our School Publishing team you will drive the commercial success of a portfolio of school learning resources across digital and print. Working closely with the Director of Publishing youll identify new market opportunities develop compelling publishing proposals and lead titles from concept through to market.
This is a highly collaborative role that blends market insight content leadership and commercial decisionmaking partnering with authors educators and crossfunctional teams to deliver highimpact learning solutions for the Australian school market.
How youll make an impact
Identify and evaluate new publishing opportunities through deep market curriculum and competitor research
Develop and present commercially sound publishing proposals grounded in market insight
Lead endtoend publishing projects across frontlist backlist and future lists
Commission and manage authors and contributors ensuring highquality outputs delivered on time
Partner with learning design content production and technology teams to deliver bestpractice products
Champion product quality through reviews user testing updates and revisions
Collaborate closely with Sales Marketing Customer Success and Customer Service to support launches campaigns and customer engagement
Build strong relationships with educators schools and key stakeholders to drive adoption and longterm success
What were looking for
A university degree or equivalent professional experience
Strong understanding of the Australian education sector and curriculum (teaching experience a plus)
Proven experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders and deadlines
Commercial acumen including exposure to budgets forecasting or job costing
Excellent relationshipbuilding and communication skills
Strong research analytical and proposalwriting capability
Highly organised proactive and comfortable working independently
Confident using standard business tools and quick to learn new systems
Willingness to travel interstate as required
We power infinite possibilities.
For more than 200 years weve transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today our global team of innovators creators and experts is driving whats next in science education and publishingcreating impact that reaches everywhere.
Were not just observers of progress. Were the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs advancing learning and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.
Here your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin disability protected veteran status genetic information or based on any individuals status in any group or class protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community learn and grow.
We are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to geographic location skills and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom Canada and USA based roles.
When applying please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
Job Posting Title:
Lead Commissioning EditorLocation:
Melbourne AUS
