Editorial Project Manager

Job Title: Editorial Project Manager

Location: Chiswick

Salary: £32k-£35k plus 10% bonus

Company

Currently recruiting for a fantastic organisation that lead the way with standards and compliance across the UK and multiple industries.

The Job

This role is to manage the delivery of a portfolio of projects that provide tailored solutions for clients from a diverse range of market sectors. This typically involves managing the drafting, development and publication of projects.

This role will suit candidates with a proven ability to deliver multiple projects to client expectations, on budget, to schedule and to an expected level of quality.

Responsibilities:

• Manage complex and challenging projects from initiation to completion in line with agreed budgets/allocated days, schedules and quality criteria.
• Agree project scope and schedule with client and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on progress towards targets.
• Proactively lead on solving problems
• Ensure complete financial management of client-sponsored projects
• Deliver client and stakeholder value by providing high quality standardization products and services
• Apply and advise project stakeholders on editing, through the critical analysis of technical content, use of editorial and rewriting skills
• Review, assess, edit and proofread draft client-sponsored projects
• Conduct research into stakeholders and relevant projects
• Arrange and manage stakeholder meetings,
• Brief and liaise with the Production team, external designer, external printer and external translator to produce publications
• Review new business cases and proposals to identify potential project issues and conduct pre-project analysis of expected resource requirements and project timelines
• Effectively manage relationship with external stakeholders and project suppliers
• Effectively manage relationship with internal stakeholders, such as the Standards Market Development sector teams and the Standards Solutions team
• Identify and notify of new business opportunities.
• Engage the Marketing and Public Relations teams where necessary to promote publications.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience of technical editing and rewriting
• Experience of managing multiple projects
• Experience of facilitating group work at different corporate levels
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent
• The ability to draft content with technical experts
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to deal with multiple audiences at a senior level, including challenging conversations
• Ability to understand customer requirements