Project Editor

Project Editor

An opportunity has arisen for a passionate and motivated individual join the team as a Project Editor where you will ensure products are produced to schedule and responsible for carrying out critical checks before final output to print/online platform. This includes editorial checks, applying house style, and reviewing formatting whilst working with external typesetters, as well as formatting content themselves when working in our custom publishing content management system.

What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!

Why work for BPP Education Group?

It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:

• Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.

• With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.

• We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more

• Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will manage learning content through the publication process from initial manuscript through to final files, working closely with academic writers, typesetters, clients and other stakeholders and ensuring content is supplied on time and to specification.

As such, you will be responsible for:

• Project managing products from origination through to final output for both individual projects and, with a high-level view, full range updates
• Creating, reviewing and working to schedules for the entire publishing process
• Editing multiple products to schedule and to a high level of quality
• Working across MS Word and BPP’s in-house custom content management system (CMS), amongst other tools, to perform quality editorial checks, proof checks and pre-flight checks
• Liaising with key stakeholders, such as internal/freelance authors, proofreaders, examiners, clients, production team, designers and CMS development team
• Co-ordinating the typesetting process in an effective and timely manner

What we’re looking for

To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:

• Ability to recognise clear, concise, well-written and grammatically correct material
• Editorial background
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and good time management
• Excellent digital skills, especially in MS Word and PDF
• Experience with a content management system or project management tools
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to self-manage when working in a demanding environment, including during peak publishing cycles

BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!

BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices

BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.