Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) is a collection of diverse historical sites.  The sites are the National Maritime Museum; Cutty Sark; the Royal Observatory; and the Queen’s House.  Each of this site has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise.  We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our new strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts our people at the core of its success.

Job title: Publishing Project Editor

Salary: £27.5K – £32k

Contract: Permanent

Location: Greenwich, London SE10 9NF

You are invited to apply for the post of Publishing Project Editor in the Commerce and Visitor Experience team.  The post holder will be reporting to the Publishing Manager.

You will be responsible for the project management of a range of publishing projects (collections titles, guidebooks, children’s titles, exhibition catalogues, academic books and digital products, etc.), under the guidance of the Publishing Manager and taking an active role in developing content and design of each title and seeing projects through to publication.  You will also liaise with Communications, Marketing, Digital and Retail departments, and marketing freelancers for promotion of publications, including preparation of sales sheets and blog material as well as monitoring income and expenditure for project budgets. Furthermore, you will also be responsible for providing editorial support for colleagues at the Museum.

You must have previous experience in working on publishing projects, ideally illustrated books, as well as experience in copywriting, copy-editing and proofreading.  You will also be required to be educated to degree level or equivalent.

As a single document, please upload your CV, and a supporting statement of no more than 1,500 words explaining how you meet the essential criteria or email the single document to recruitment@rmg.co.uk  This job advert will close as and when a suitable candidate has been appointed.  Applications will be shortlisted for interview from the date of this advert.  If you are successful, you will be invited to interview which we hope to take place during week commencing 15 August 2022. 

In return we offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, pension, 22 days annual leave, training and development, an environment with flexible working options, as well as the opportunity to contribute to the Museum’s ‘Charting our Course’ content strategy.

If you do not hear from us two weeks from 15 August 2022, please consider your application not been successful on this occasion.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirt of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. We also actively work with disability confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any adjustments you need during the interview process.