Managing Editor

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate the production process between the editorial art production repro and advertising departments in order to meet delivery deadlines
• Set and co-coordinate internal timelines liaise with Content Director Head of Production Editors and the rest of the editorial team regarding planning and production of each issue
• Set up and lead status meetings
• Manage track and facilitate all jobs in the system
• Manage the workflow and timing of internal approval processes
• Report status of all jobs to Head of Production and ensure that all critical deadlines are met
• Organise and participate in photography shoot planning meetings and when needed book external suppliers for shoots
• Liaise with the Digital Traffic Manager to manage staff resources effectively to meet all delivery deadlines
• Obtain and traffic assets between client and suppliers and oversee and ensure that assets meet requirements by ensuring quality and editorial consistency
• Ensure administration related to people and operations is correctly and timeously completed
• Coordinate the production process with freelance teams
• Other administrative tasks including monitoring budgets and processing invoices
• Manage any ad hoc editorial projects as per assignment of Head of Production or Account Director
• Stay abreast of evaluate and implement appropriate modern world-class publishing production thinking and include tools to ensure efficient and effective operations

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 5 years experience in print production or traffic management
• Previous experience managing a team
• Understanding of business and commercial principles
• Proficiency in Microsoft365 (Teams Word Excel PowerPoint Sharepoint) and Basic Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat Photoshop InDesign)
• Thorough understanding of magazine publication processes and operations as well as experience within an agency

Competencies:

• Analytical thinking
• Decisive insight
• Initiating action
• Influencing skills
• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
• Planning and organising skills
• The ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Magnetic experience advantageous

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