Design & Lifestyle Editor (m/w/d)
Company: TASCHEN
Location: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Job type: Full-time, Permanent employee
Responsibilities
Develop new titles with a focus on design, lifestyle & architecture.
Independently manage multilingual book projects from concept to print, including budgeting and scheduling.
Collaborate closely with authors, translators, freelancers, editors worldwide, international institutions, and image agencies.
Handle image sourcing and clearance of text, image, artist, and photographer rights.
Proofread and edit texts to ensure accuracy and stylistic quality.
Coordinate internally with design, production, press, and sales departments.
Support the Editorial Director with projects and administrative tasks.
Qualifications
Several years of professional experience as an editor for design, lifestyle, and architecture topics, ideally in illustrated books.
Master's degree in a humanities discipline, design, architecture, or a comparable field.
Excellent communication skills in English; additional languages are a plus.
In-depth expertise in clearing text and image rights and copyright.
Strong affinity for text and confident stylistic judgment in editorial work.
Keen visual sense for image and text composition.
Extensive international network within publishing and the design/lifestyle sector.
Negotiation skills and a confident, professional demeanor.
Flexibility, resilience, and a solution-oriented approach to teamwork.
International experience and intercultural competence.
Proficiency in MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, and InDesign.
Benefits
A creative, international work environment with diverse responsibilities in a dynamic, steadily growing family-owned company.
An open corporate culture with flat hierarchies and fast decision-making processes.
Flexible working hours and the option for partial remote work.
A permanent full-time position.
Daily exposure to high quality, exclusive imagery on a wide range of subjects.
Please include a list of your relevant publications with your application.
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