Publishing Director - Digital First Publishing
Posted 14 days 14 hours ago by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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The Job Profile
Simon & Schuster UK's is looking for Publishing Director, Digital First Publishing to join their new S&S UK & International's Digital-First Imprint.
Reporting to the Group Digital Transformation and Innovation Director, this leadership role is pivotal in establishing S&S International as the digital innovator of choice across mobile-first and serial publishing, as well as building a brilliant new destination fiction list across the UK and International markets.
The Job Role
The successful applicant will create high-frequency, digital-first content for platforms like Kindle Unlimited, Audible, and Spotify. They will scout talent, develop original ideas, and deliver successful story franchises. Building creative partnerships with authors, platforms, voice talent, and collaborators, they will work with internal teams to streamline editorial, production, and performance workflows. They will also optimise creative direction, visibility, and content performance using consumer insights, data trends, and platform analytics.
The Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience as a commissioner with a strong instinct for genre, voice, and reader appeal, coupled with outstanding editorial judgment and the ability to make fast-paced decisions. They will be strategically focused, commercially savvy, and highly attuned to audience behaviour. Confident in leading creative projects from concept to delivery, they will be enthusiastic about new formats, creator culture, fan communities, and innovative storytelling tools. They will be comfortable with AI, metadata etc, and along with an entrepreneurial spirit they will be able to build a business from the ground up.
They will have senior-level expertise in digital content publishing, serial fiction, entertainment media, or story development, with a proven track record in commissioning, developing, or producing fiction in episodic, digital-first, or audio-first formats.
They should also have experience working with authors, platforms, content creators, or creative technologies, as well as familiarity with the commercial, legal, and rights landscape of IP development and publishing.
A passion for inclusive storytelling, popular fiction, and digital culture is essential.
Simon & Schuster UK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. At Simon & Schuster UK, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.
Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.