Assistant Editor, Digitisation and Asset Management - 12...

We’re looking for an organised and proactive Assistant Editor to join our Digitisation and Asset Management team on a 12-month fixed-term contract and help deliver outstanding digitisation projects that open up important archival material for researchers around the world.

About AM

AM is a leading publisher of primary source content and digital collections for the academic and scholarly community. Our work helps researchers, students and libraries access valuable archival material in new and meaningful ways. At the heart of this is our Digitisation and Asset Management team, which plays a vital role in delivering high-quality digital resources.

About the role

We are looking for an Assistant Editor to join our Digitisation and Asset Management team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a key delivery role with a strong focus on project management and supplier management. The digitisation team are responsible for the capture and digital preservation of unique historic documents from archives and libraries around the world

This is a Hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

In this role, you will help ensure the smooth running of digitisation, assessment, redaction and archiving projects. You will coordinate activity across multiple projects at once, working closely with digitisation vendors, archive partners and outsourcing suppliers to keep projects on track, on budget and to the required standards.

You will be responsible for maintaining clear project records, monitoring budgets and forecasts, tracking progress and resolving day-to-day issues. You will also build productive working relationships with suppliers and external partners, acting as a trusted point of contact and helping to ensure expectations, deadlines and quality standards are consistently met.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a detail-focused, operationally complex environment and wants to contribute to the delivery of award-winning primary source publications.

Skills and experience

We are looking for someone with experience in project and supplier management, ideally within digitisation, publishing or a related environment. You should be comfortable managing multiple priorities, coordinating suppliers and maintaining high standards of accuracy and organisation.

You will ideally bring:

• At least two years’ experience in operational project management, ideally within a digitisation or publishing environment

• Strong project management experience, with the ability to manage concurrent workflows effectively

• Experience of working with and managing external suppliers or partners

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise across multiple projects

• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

• Confidence in making practical, well-judged decisions

• Good data literacy, including budget tracking and forecasting

• Excellent communication and relationship management skills

• A proactive approach to problem solving and process improvement

• An interest in digital humanities, digital publishing or cultural heritage digitisation

Previous experience in digitisation would be welcomed, but it is not essential.

In return, we offer:

• A competitive salary and an annual discretionary bonus

• 25 days’ annual leave incrementally increasing to 30 days with the opportunity to purchase or sell annual leave

• Life Assurance cover offering payment of four times your annual basic salary

• Private Health Insurance, a Health Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme

• A Mobile Phone Allowance and Working from Home Stipend

• A pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution

• A Cycle to Work and Electric Car Scheme

• Hybrid working with flexible start and finish times.

• A day’s volunteering with a charity of your choice at full pay, a charity fundraising matching scheme and payroll giving scheme

• 5 hours of self directed learning time per month.

If you’re an organised and proactive project professional with a keen eye for detail, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to join AM and help deliver outstanding digitisation projects.

We welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone is respected and supported.