Editors for Cooking, Gardening and Children’s Books
TASCHEN (location: Europe or US)
To develop our new program areas of Cooking, Gardening and Children’s Books, we are looking for experienced Editors (m/f/d).
Your tasks:
- Establishment of one or more of the fields cookbooks, gardening books and children’s books
- Development of titles and series within these areas
- Independent, timely project management for multilingual editions, from budgeting and scheduling to printing
- Close cooperation with authors, translators, freelancers and editorial offices from Germany and abroad, as well as international institutions and picture agencies
- Clarification of image, text, artist and photographer rights as well as image procurement
- Review and editing of texts
- Internal coordination with graphics, production, press and sales departments
Your profile:
- Several years of professional experience as an editor/copy editor in one of the three program areas with a corresponding network
- Completed studies in the fields of media or humanities
- Fluent communication in English, ideally good knowledge of German and additionally good knowledge of another language such as French, Spanish or Italian
- High affinity for texts and stylistic confidence in editing
- Trained eye for layout design
- Negotiation skills and excellent communication skills
- Independent, structured and precise approach
- Flexibility and ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work in a team and a solutions-based approach
- International experience with an international mindset
- Good knowledge of the programs MS Office, Acrobat, InDesign
We offer you:
- A creative, international working environment with plenty of scope for independent, autonomous work and for developing and shaping your own ideas
- A variety of tasks in a committed, dynamic team
- An open corporate culture with flat hierarchies
- Flexible working hours
- A remuneration according to performance for a position of responsibility
Interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your application documents, including your salary expectations and earliest possible starting date, by e-mail to jobs@taschen.com.