Managing Editor (UK)

TL;DR

Managing Editor (UK) (Academic Publishing): Leading day-to-day editorial operations for Philosophical Magazine, balancing peer-reviewed research with commissioned features, perspectives, and multimedia content with an accent on editorial strategy, content quality, and publication performance. Focus on coordinating complex peer-review workflows, managing editorial budgets, analysing journal metrics, and strengthening the publication’s academic influence and audience reach.

Location: UK-based role with a balanced hybrid working model; candidates must live within commuting distance of the Milton Park office and attend three days per week. The office is expected to relocate to Oxford city centre in late 2027 or early 2028. Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Company

Informa is a FTSE 100 academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events group; this role supports Taylor & Francis and its scholarly journal portfolio.

What you will do

• Develop annual editorial plans covering peer-reviewed research, commissioned content, special features, and multimedia initiatives.
• Coordinate commissioned content from proposal through publication, including review processes, author pipelines, schedules, and honoraria budgets.
• Monitor submission, readership, citation, social media, and impact metrics and prepare performance reports.
• Maintain academic, editorial, research ethics, copyediting, proofreading, design, and production standards.
• Coordinate Editorial Board members, Guest Advisors, authors, reviewers, production colleagues, and publishers.
• Represent the journal at conferences, handle author and reader enquiries, and manage appeals and complaints.

Requirements

• Operational experience in a fast-paced publishing environment with complex, multi-format editorial workflows.
• Experience managing peer-review processes for academic journals and strong knowledge of scholarly publishing standards.
• Knowledge of publication workflows, research ethics, bibliometric tools, journal impact metrics, and alternative engagement indicators.
• Excellent organisation, project management, written and verbal communication, analytical, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to maintain accuracy under strict deadlines and lead collaborative editorial work.
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK and be able to commute to the Milton Park office three days per week.

Nice to have

• Magazine publishing experience and knowledge.
• Experience with visual storytelling, thematic issues, accessible commentary, or multimedia editorial formats.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible balanced working culture focused on work-life balance and wellbeing.
• 25 days of annual leave, a birthday day off, and three additional discretionary days during the holiday season.
• Four paid volunteering days per year.
• Company-funded private medical insurance, employee assistance support, life assurance, and optical and medical care.
• Share Match scheme and pension plan.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 18 August 2026.
• Interviews are held on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process upon request.