Operations

• Please note, this role is open to internal canidates only and applications from external candiates will not be considered.
• The Story Society is seeking a Story Operations Lead to unify our ambitious multi-platform publishing portfolio — spanning books, video, live events, and interactive media productions.
• Shape robust systems and operational structures that serve others, enabling emerging writers and producers to deliver work of international quality and impact.
• Design and run a publishing production line that integrates creative vision with financial and logistical discipline.
• Role has a strong creative production component, but is not an opportunity to develop one’s own career as an author, researcher, or lecturer.
• This is a fixed term contract for a period of 13 months.
• Ensure seamless project execution, compliance, and the highest standards of creativity and efficiency; lead commissioning and production cycles and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated publishing outputs.
• Financial and Data Oversight: Strategically interpret and apply financial and operational data to ensure sustainable delivery of ambitious, multi-platform publishing portfolios.
• Story Governance and Compliance: Uphold publishing, editorial, branding, legal, ethical, and organisational standards, proactively managing risks to safeguard public identity and reputation.
• Operational and Editorial Logistics: Programme, produce, and deliver ambitious multi-platform publications with editorial coherence, logistical discipline, and operational precision.
• Pre- and Post-Award Commissioning Cycles: Design and implement robust commissioning and production systems that provide clarity, accountability, and consistent quality across multiple projects and collaborators.
• External and Inter-Departmental Literary Ecosystem Planning: Build and sustain strategic partnerships, contracts, and operational structures that enable long-term coherence, innovation, and sector impact.
• Personal Qualities in Action: Demonstrate value-based leadership, resilience, and a solutions-driven approach, inspiring teams and collaborators to achieve ambitious goals while serving the vision of others.

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