Project Editor

Written By Jeremy Smart

A rare opportunity to join one of the Asia Pacific region’s leading independent media brands, helping shape editorial projects, commercial partnerships and events across our key markets.

The project editor leads the development and delivery of Design Anthology’s editorial partnerships, branded publications and special projects. Working closely with clients, the commercial team, editor-in-chief and commissioning editor, they oversee the entire editorial process, from ideation and creative direction through to commissioning, editing, production and publication. Combining strong editorial judgement with project management skills, the Project Editor ensures every story, publication and event reflects Design Anthology’s values, voice and commitment to quality while helping deliver commercial objectives across a range of global projects.

Responsibilities

  • Working with the commissioning editor, commercial team, editor-in-chief and clients to manage the ideation, creative direction and editorial process of Design Anthology partnerships and advertorials, including commissioning of writers, photographers, illustrators, deadlines, liaising with clients and managing workflow and budgets

  • Ideating and project managing talks, events, exhibitions and other experiential projects

  • Shaping commercial stories, advertorials and partnerships with writers to ensure they fit the Design Anthology tone and style and adhere to our editorial standards

  • Liaising with commercial partners to develop briefs and manage the production process

  • Representing Design Anthology in both an editorial and commercial capacity

  • Writing and sub-editing commercial copy for print, website, email, social media, including copy edits and fact checks 

  • Proofing and checking layouts for print or digital publications

  • Research and sourcing of new contributors

  • Ensuring all final output meets Design Anthology’s strict style, quality, trust and integrity standards

  • Ad-hoc writing for each of our platforms

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Jeremy Smart

Based in Tokyo, Jeremy Smart is the editor-in-chief and creative director of Design Anthology, overseeing the media brand’s global editorial direction. He is recognised as a leading voice on design, culture, travel and urbanism in Asia Pacific, with a perspective shaped by years living and working in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Melbourne. He has written for publications including The Sydney Morning Herald and Nikkei Asia, and produced photojournalism for The Guardian and Al Jazeera. He also speaks at and moderates conferences, summits and events around the world.