Senior Editor, Audio

Bloomsbury's award-winning audio team are looking for a new Senior Audio Editor, passionate about the audio format, to help support the next phase of our growth. You'll be responsible for title selection and production for a wide range of titles, primarily across our Head of Zeus list - with opportunity to work more broadly across our programme of publishing. You'll have an eye for detail; ensuring your titles keep to budget and publish on time, without compromising on quality and creativity., The Senior Editor, Audio will be responsible for leading on the audio productions for our Head of Zeus publishing: creatively casting, managing process and workflows, selecting appropriate titles for the audio programme, and liaising with agents/authors/in-house colleagues to ensure top-quality productions. Great at building relationships both internally and externally, you'll be confident in negotiating with agents, dealing with studios and building a rapport with colleagues across the business, representing audio in cross-department meetings. In incumbent will be required to spend time in both the Bloomsbury and Head of Zeus London offices. Knowledge, skills and experience: A creative and passionate audio professional, comfortable juggling multiple projects and changing priorities. You'll be experienced in audio and/or publishing processes, great at building relationships and have a commercially minded approach to decision-making.

• An agile, proactive approach, with great prioritisation skills.
• A strong understanding of the changing audio market.
• A creative mindset, with a passion for great audio content.
Skills/competencies:
• Well organised, thorough and able to prioritise tasks and time plan effectively.
• A proactive approach to communication; ensuring relevant teams across the business are engaged and abreast of our audio publishing at a title level.
• Strong relationships across the audio industry with voice agents and studio production talent.
• An ear for casting, and a diverse approach to finding the right voice for every book.
• A keen understanding of the audio market, and key trends
  
  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury's Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names. Read Our Story for how it all began. Bloomsbury is committed to creating a working environment that stimulates creativity and collaboration, is respectful of difference, is inclusive and ethical in its practice, and promotes well-being. We are determined to nurture and develop our employees to reach their highest potential, and we know that our success is down to the passion, commitment and hard work of our talented people. We recognise the urgent need to attract and support applicants from all backgrounds and identities to become part of the global publishing industry, allowing diverse voices to reflect and shape our culture and society.

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package: Working Pattern:
• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)
Holidays:
• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
Other Benefits:
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays - take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
Company culture - Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources