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Managing Editor

Cape Town💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-25

Core

Coordinate the production process between editorial, art, production, repro, and advertising departments to ensure on-time asset delivery for magazine publications.

Role type

Senior IC managing editor (print production)

Builds

Magazine issues and related assets

Domain

Publishing

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Print production management, team management, workflow coordination, deadline management, budget monitoring, invoice processing, stakeholder liaison, project planning, quality control

Preferred skills

Modern publishing production thinking, agency experience

Technologies

Microsoft365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint), Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign)

Responsibilities

Coordinate production processes across departments, set and track internal timelines, lead status meetings, manage workflow and approval processes, report job status to leadership, organize photography shoot planning, liaise with digital traffic managers, traffic assets between clients and suppliers, monitor budgets and process invoices, manage ad hoc editorial projects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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