Senior Development Editor

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Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Development Editor manages content development from the initial brief to publication, ensuring quality and alignment with publishing vision. Responsibilities include liaison with overseas markets and delivery, design, and media teams. They also manage Development Editors, providing mentoring, training, and support. The role involves market research, preparing author briefs, commissioning authors, overseeing external content creators, and managing budgets and deadlines. Other tasks include creating briefs for artwork, design, and digital specifications, and attending recordings and meetings. The role requires knowledge of ELT markets and segments. This role also involves staff management, including performance management, training and development, and recruitment.
Must have:
  • Publishing background, ideally in ELT
  • ELT/EFL teaching experience
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Formal ELT/TEFL qualification
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Positive attitude and commitment
  • Experience of successful team-working
  • Knowledge of ELT markets and segments
Good to have:
  • Understanding of publishing technologies
  • Knowledge of a second language
  • Understanding of content management systems
  • Experience of editorial line management
  • Experience with new media and digital projects
  • Appreciation for international teaching situations

Job Details

Job Title:  Senior Development Editor

Location(s): Mexico City, Mexico

Application Deadline: May 31st, 2025    

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup

About the Brand

Macmillan Education provides world-class content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats to support students, teachers and institutions in lifelong learning. Visit macmillaneducation.com and follow @MacmillanEducation / @MacmillanELT

About the Role:

Senior Development Editors work with a degree of autonomy to manage content development from the initial authoring brief to publication. They ensure that all material is of an appropriate quality and fully aligned to the publishing vision of the series. The role also involves liaison with overseas markets and the delivery, design, and media teams to create material which meets the needs of key markets and is published on schedule and within budget. Senior Development Editors also line manage Development Editors within the team, offering mentoring, training and support.

Role Responsibilities:

Market awareness/research

  • Work with the project team to understand/establish specific market or segment needs.
  • Carry out desk and market research.

Content/manuscript development

  • Work with the Commissioning Editor to prepare author briefs for specific projects.
  • Support in the identification of potential authors, contributors and external content creators.
  • Commission and work with authors to develop material which follows the brief and is aligned to different output formats.
  • Understand contract terms and budget for external contributors, ensuring correct procedures are followed.
  • Oversee external content creators and ensuring the content meets the required standard.
  • Alert the project team to any content development issues to ensure delivery is on time and within budget.
  • Understand the budgeting process and financial implications of making changes.
  • Create artwork, design and digital specification briefs, as well as style sheets, page plans and asset briefs.
  • Attend audio recordings, video/photo shoots and photo selection meetings to ensure outputs adhere to the brief / project specification.
  • Understand the processes involved in rights clearance.

Staff management

  • Manage performance, training and development of staff.
  • Delegate appropriately within the Content Development Team, in collaboration with the Commissioning Editor.
  • Recruit and induct new staff in line with management capacity.

Personal development

  • Keep up to date with ELT/EFL issues, undertake background reading and attend conferences as appropriate.
  • Use and develop existing skills and participate in in-house and external training sessions.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

Essential

  • Publishing background, ideally in ELT
  • Demonstrable ELT/EFL teaching experience, in a primary, secondary or adult setting
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Formal ELT/TEFL qualification
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • An ability to work to tight deadlines and to manage a number of tasks simultaneously
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • A positive attitude and commitment to the aims of the company
  • Experience of successful team-working
  • Knowledge of ELT markets and segments

Desirable

  • Understanding of publishing technologies
  • Knowledge of a second language
  • A working understanding of content management systems
  • Experience of editorial line management, training and staff development
  • Experience of working with a range of new media and digital projects
  • Appreciation for a wide international range of teaching and learning situations

*Application deadline: May 31st*

*Please submit your resume and cover letter in English*

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent.

Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here: https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion

If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation.

 For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://careers.springernature.com/

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Job Posting End Date:

31-05-2025

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