This Commissioning Editor role provides a rare and exciting opportunity to work on one of the world’s leading catalogues of classical and educational music. This award-winning list includes a range of choral music, instrumental titles for young players, songbooks, and the music of many leading British composers.

Our client is looking for an experienced Commissioning Editor or develop and publish new titles across the list and main responsibilities will include: * evaluating submissions; * building contacts with a range of composers and authors; * managing the editorial team, and * supervising the editorial development process from receipt of manuscript to bound copy. The Commissioning Editor will work closely with the Head of Department in developing the list to enhance its profitability and reputation.

The successful candidate will have extensive music editorial and commissioning experience, high levels of music literacy with a practical understanding of either choral or easy instrumental music, an excellent eye for detail, and a working knowledge of Sibelius software. Applicants will need to demonstrate effective communication and management skills, and be able to deal pragmatically with a busy and varied workload under pressure.