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Location

Loughborough, Leicestershire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Commissioning Editor - French/German speaking (Remote - UK Based)

Join the Access Family and see how we make digital learning ideas become a reality! Our core value of ‘Love work, Love life’ has been central to our success and so we’re looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day, to help us become a UK top 10 Software company. Are you ready for the challenge?

What are we all about? At Access we love digital learning and how technology never stays the same. It's this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from professional services to manufacturing to not for profits and more. We're passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business. That's why over 1 million users and over 10,000 organisations rely on Access software to help their organisation thrive.

Our Learning Content team is made up of talented content creators from multiple disciplines working across a range of learning products. We are all passionate about creating high value learning experiences. Bookboon Learning (an Access Company) publishes eBooks, audio podcasts and live webinars (virtual classrooms) on personal development and workplace skills subjects. We produce content in 15 languages and work with highly experienced authors and subject matter experts.

Day-to-day, you will:

1. Commission high calibre authors and subject experts to produce eBooks, podcasts and webinars
2. Host live virtual classrooms including question and answer sessions
3. Ensure a strong pipeline of content that is aligned to product strategy
4. Edit and manage titles through publication and oversee all aspects of delivery
5. Project manage to ensure that content is published on time and to a high standard
6. Provide exceptional author care and contribute to the maintenance and success of our author community
7. Contribute to team projects focussed on best practice and product improvement
8. Ensure objectives and KPIs are tracked and met
9. Ensure quality framework is adhered to

As a well-rounded Commissioning Editor your Skills and Experiences likely include:

1. Fluent in English and French/German
2. Confident hosting live events on camera
3. Designing and developing content in a range of formats
4. Experience in publishing or commissioning content
5. Initiating and developing relationships with experts and authors
6. Proactively seeking out subject matter experts to address market needs
7. Able to turn ideas into published products
8. Knowledge of publishing processes including contract negotiations, copyright and managing peer reviews
9. Project management experience with the ability to foresee bottlenecks
10. Able to initiate ideas for and support with marketing campaigns and author promotions
11. Active interest in learning and publishing trends
12. Understanding of a product environment
13. Taking a data driven approach to decision making
14. Promoting a positive working environment

What does Access offer you? We are a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously and we will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference. On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you’re with us), and a matched pension scheme you’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives back so you’ll also have a charity day you can take to support something that matters to you. At Access we’re all about helping everyone Love Work and Love Life. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t match perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you. You might just be who we are looking for. We love the fact that we’re all different. We believe by having more diverse perspectives at work improves how we run our business, helps us to better support our customers, and when you think about it, it’s just more fun! What’s holding you back? Come and be part of our Amazing Access Family! Love Work. Love Life. Be You.

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