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Lead Commissioning Editor

Lead Commissioning Editor

Wiley • Melbourne, AU
10 days ago
Job description

Job Description

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About The Role

Fixed Term Contract: 12 months parental leave cover.

As a Publishing Lead in our School Publishing team, you will drive the commercial success of a portfolio of school learning resources across digital and print. Working closely with the Director of Publishing, you’ll identify new market opportunities, develop compelling publishing proposals, and lead titles from concept through to market.

This is a highly collaborative role that blends market insight, content leadership, and commercial decision‑making, partnering with authors, educators, and cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact learning solutions for the Australian school market.

How You’ll Make An Impact

  • Identify and evaluate new publishing opportunities through deep market, curriculum, and competitor research
  • Develop and present commercially sound publishing proposals grounded in market insight
  • Lead end‑to‑end publishing projects across frontlist, backlist, and future lists
  • Commission and manage authors and contributors, ensuring high‑quality outputs delivered on time
  • Partner with learning design, content, production, and technology teams to deliver best‑practice products
  • Champion product quality through reviews, user testing, updates, and revisions
  • Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Customer Service to support launches, campaigns, and customer engagement
  • Build strong relationships with educators, schools, and key stakeholders to drive adoption and long‑term success

What we’re looking for

  • A university degree or equivalent professional experience
  • Strong understanding of the Australian education sector and curriculum (teaching experience a plus)
  • Proven experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders and deadlines
  • Commercial acumen, including exposure to budgets, forecasting, or job costingExcellent relationship‑building and communication skills
  • Strong research, analytical, and proposal‑writing capability
  • Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working independently
  • Confident using standard business tools and quick to learn new systems
  • Willingness to travel interstate as required

Benefits

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

Application

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

Job Posting Title

Lead Commissioning Editor

Location

Melbourne, AUS

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