Senior Editor | Lonely Planet

at  Red Ventures

Lonely Planet is looking for a Senior Editor to help source, onboard and manage a global pool of freelance editors for our industry leading guidebooks department. Working as part of a team, the Senior Editor will manage freelancer editors and designers, ensuring adherence to editorial standards and internal guidelines for our print division. You will perform the day-to-day project management required to deliver a book from proposal through product design, commissioning, production, pre-press and post-production. Through your delivery of high quality and profitable books and products, you will build upon Lonely Planet’s reputation as a trusted travel expert across the globe.

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• Recruit and train new freelance editors
• Scheduling and contracting of resources
• Contribute to quality assurance efforts and maintenance of editorial standards, including adherence to Editorial Principles and our internal guidelines through:
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• Ongoing checking of work and giving of feedback to freelance editors

• Ongoing support of freelance editors
• Development and maintenance of editorial style and process documentation