Editor IJournalism and Media (US)

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collegial, creative, and driven Communication and Media Arts team. Reporting to the US Publisher for communication studies, this position is responsible for managing the global journalism studies and journalism practice textbook, professional, and supplementary books program, with some additional remit within media studies, media production, and mass communication.The position involves commissioning new editions of key textbooks; organically growing the list with first editions, particularly for the US market; identifying and pursuing opportunities for books for the professional market; and maintaining the reputation of the list in the academic/scholarly market with our supplementary titles. This editor works with long-standing authors and will be expected to build new author relationships.What you’ll be doing:Meeting annual commissioning goals, with an emphasis on acquiring the above-mentioned kinds of textsMeeting annual publishing goals by working with authors to help them meet manuscript submission deadlines and liaising with production and authors to meet production and publishing deadlinesResearching journalism course and professional trends, entailing conference attendance, particularly in the United States, and potential campus travelLiaising with series editors and book authors, as well as marketing, production, and sales colleagues