Job Title: Managing Editor, Caribbean Curriculum

Organisation: Macmillan Education

Permanent, Full-Time

Location: London - Hybrid working

Applications Deadline: 18th November 2026

About Springer Nature

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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 https://macmillan-caribbean.com/ and follow @MacmillanEducation / @Macmillancaribbean

About the Role 

As a Managing Editor you will work as part of the editorial team and will have day-to-day responsibility for the content delivery of print and digital projects -assigned by the Editorial Manager from final manuscript handover through to publication. You will ensure that titles are delivered on time, to brief and within budget. You will also manage packagers and freelancers.

The location(s) strategy supports team structure and aligns business needs. 

Role responsibilities:   

• Work collaboratively with the Publisher, Development Editors and wider project team to plan and manage all components of assigned projects or series, ensuring content is delivered to the highest quality standards, meets market needs, and remains on schedule and within budget. Builds Trust, Balances Stakeholders, Project Management
• Projects as allocated by the Editorial Manager to ensure that all materials are of the appropriate quality and to alert the Editorial Manager, Publisher and the wider team to any issues that arise as appropriate. Action-Oriented, Directs Work
• Create and maintain publishing schedules for own project(s) - Project Management, Communicates Effectively
• Maintain an overview of project costs at all times, ensuring spend remains within budget and alerting the team to any financial issues in a timely manner - Data Analytics / Quantitative Skills, Operational Excellence
• Prepare manuscripts, design, media and digital assets for production, as required Directs Work, Communicates Effectively
• Participate in copy-editing and proofreading stages as required, including checking, editing and finalising artwork and photo briefs Operational Excellence, Quality Management
• Make photo selections on allocated projects Operational Excellence, Quality Management
• Oversee in-house, freelance and packer content production resourcing needs for own project(s), taking responsibility for editorial, typesetting, media, permissions, digital freelance and packager resourcing, including all necessary admin, freelance briefs, answering freelance queries, and feeding back on quality of work Project Management, Communicates Effectively, Balances Stakeholder, Operational Excellence, Quality Management
• Ensure best practice is created and sustained across projects and workflows. Be an advocate of best practice creation and implementation by supporting the Editorial Manager in maintaining the Editorial Production Workflow Guidance document Operational Excellence, Publishing Workflows & Systems
• Ensure that Marketing has the most recent files for creating any marketing material - Data Analytics / Quantitative Skills, Operational Excellence
• Coordinate reprint corrections and manage updates to the CXC Store when required - Project Management, Publishing Workflows & Systems
• End-of-project admin tasks such as file archiving, contracts archiving and sending to Royalties, ordering and checking advance copies - Operational Excellence, Quality Management

Skills, Experience & Qualifications:   

Essential ​

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Knowledge and experience of managing multiple components in a publishing environment
• Knowledge of publishing processes for print and digital
• Strong organisational and editorial skills
• The ability to manage a varied and demanding workload
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Experience of managing schedules and budgets
• A positive attitude and commitment to aims of the department
• Practical experience of project managing educational resources from manuscript through to production
• Experience of working with company systems and data and willingness to learn and fully exploit all such systems
• Experience of working with a range of media

Desirable 

• Demonstrable education publishing experience, preferably but not essentially for curricula

To apply, please submit:

• a CV 
• A cover letter - outlining your key ambitions for the role, and current notice period.

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