Editorial Project Management
Managing publishing projects – in-person or virtually, creating print or digital – can comprise multiple risks, rewards and challenges. This course will help you to use both traditional and Agile project management techniques to navigate your way successfully through the risks and challenges to make the most of the rewards.
Combining clear explanations of best practice theories and terminology with hands-on experience, this course will give you the tools to effectively manage both print and digital editorial projects. Promoting active learning, the course uses a blended approach of personal study, interactive activities, group work and an in-depth case study to guide you through the practical tasks required for the job.
By the end of the course, you will have gained skills and knowledge that you can put into practice immediately. You will also be given access to a suite of templates and documentation to help keep your projects running smoothly and successfully from kick-off to delivery.
Who is it for?
- Editorial Project Managers
- Editors
- Desk Editors
- Project Editors
- Production Editors
- Managing Editors who are responsible for the management of complete editorial projects
What will you achieve?
On completing this course you will be able to:
- assess the scope, needs and risks of an editorial project
- set up robust processes to maintain and document progress and issues
- accurately estimate timings to produce a detailed and reliable schedule
- create and maintain the project budget to ensure profitability
- effectively manage and communicate with your team and other stakeholders, wherever they are
Programme
Setting up a successful project
- Leading a project – skills, accountability and responsibility
- Determining goals and objectives
- Defining and prioritising requirements
- Assessing and mitigating risk
Managing content and processes
- Reviewing draft content
- Quality checking and feedback
- Documenting progress, content and issues
- Managing complex, multi-part projects
- Working for constant improvement
Scheduling
- Scheduling and dependencies
- Estimating and allocating time
- Mitigating delay and why
- Managing time and tasks using Agile techniques
Budgeting
- Estimating costs
- Understanding profitability
- Using contingency
- Keeping to budget
Working effectively as a team
- Leading virtual teams
- Briefing your team, including freelancers and offshore suppliers
- Negotiating fees
- Traditional and Agile communication methods
Since 1999, Sarah Sodhi has proofed, tagged, bound, corrected, edited, managed, commissioned, subbed, scheduled, estimated and produced a great deal of content – from interactive, multi-media resources to marketing leaflets, from monthly magazines to 900-page medical tomes.For more information about any of these courses, please email courses@publishingtrainingcentre.co.uk or sign up to receive our newsletter for updates on these and our other offerings.
Please read our Terms & ConditionsCourse format
- Virtual classroom
- 9.00am to 12.30pm (GMT)
- Three x 3.5 hour sessions including breaks, comprising three half-day sessions on three days
A number of discounts are available
What you will need
To join the course, you will need access to a computer, tablet or laptop with a camera and microphone. You will need to activate a free Zoom account to join the course. This takes two minutes and does not require any payment. It is purely for administrative purposes.