Editorial Director

Editorial Director

Central London (hybrid 3 days per week)

Advantageous Sector Experience – Life Sciences, Medical & Pharma

Summary of the role… Newly created senior role for an experienced & ambitious Editorial Director to lead an editorial team, set the strategy & own the content side of the business, as the role continues to expand you will be given the opportunity too.

• Take real ownership of editorial strategy, with a seat on the Senior Leadership Team

• Shape the department: set the direction, structure and ways of working for the editorial team

• Take the company to the next stage in growth.

Key responsibilities

Editorial strategy and portfolio

• Set and own the editorial strategy tied to the company’s two priorities: revenue growth and audience growth.
• Own the 12-month editorial calendar across all titles, agreed with the commercial team 5 months ahead.

Commercial alignment

• Co-own a monthly editorial–commercial planning meeting with the Sales Director.
• Sign off each issue as viable before sales goes to market: the right topics, sufficient content and clear audience fit.
• Own content cost and margin per issue and per journal; share accountability for journal revenue with the Sales Director.

Audience growth

• Accountable for registered audience growth and engagement in priority niches, with Marketing as channel partner.
• Drive journal readership growth by identifying gaps and building the audience base in key subject areas.

Team leadership and succession

• Line-manage the editorial team

Innovation & publishing expertise

• Stay at the forefront of publishing trends, ensuring the client leads in content innovation and delivery.
• Ensure the department has the right tools, technologies, and systems in place to support efficient, modern, and innovative content delivery.

Workflow and operations

• Design and own editorial workflows end to end: planning, commissioning, review and
• Introduce tools and AI-assisted workflows that raise output and quality without proportional headcount.

Person specification

• Senior leadership of a content or editorial function in a commercially funded, client-facing business, such as medical communications, B2B life sciences media or specialist publishing.

• Has designed and run editorial workflows across multiple concurrent outputs.

• Commercial fluency: works closely with sales or client services, understands content margin and pricing, and holds the editorial line under pressure.

• Has taken a content product or service from idea to revenue.