Editor needed for Interiors
Editor required
Deadline 28 August 2026
About the role
Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture is recruiting an Editor-in-Chief or team of Co-Editors for 2027. Becoming an Editor provides an exciting opportunity for leadership in guiding the journal’s further evolution and development, maintaining standards of publication quality and integrity, and helping to accelerate growth in high quality submissions. Applications will be accepted from individuals or from teams with a track record of collaboration. The Editor/Editors will lead an established but growing team of Associate Editors and will be able to shape the journal’s Editorial Advisory Board and future editorial roles. The responsibilities of the role include: • Shaping the strategic and intellectual direction of the journal • Organizing and managing the editorial team • Managing the peer review process (using the ScholarOne system), including assigning manuscripts to Associate Editors and personally handling some manuscripts • Soliciting article submissions and growing the journal’s database of reviewers • Managing and maintaining an active Editorial Advisory Board • Working closely with the publisher, Taylor & Francis, in journal management, marketing and production The positions will formally begin in January 2027. After selection in 2026, there will be time to transition with the support of the current Editor-in-Chief. The term is open-ended, although it is expected that applicants can commit to a period of three years in the role. The role offers: • Annual remuneration • Free access to content on tandfonline.com • A discount on books at routledge.com • Ongoing support through training, performance metrics, industry news, events, and webinarsAbout the journal
Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture brings together the best critical work on the analysis of all types of spaces. Interiors play a crucial role in the construction of identity and they represent power and control through the contestation or transgression of boundaries. Homes, offices, shopping malls, schools and hospitals, churches and restaurants are all embedded with meaning and evince particular, multi-sensory and psychological responses. This journal will investigate the complexities of the interior environment’s orchestration and composition and its impact on the inhabitant from a trans-disciplinary perspective.
The interior is the journal’s central focus and contributions from interior design practitioners and theorists are welcome. It will embrace perspectives from a range of disciplines including anthropology, architecture, art and design history, cultural studies and visual culture, and it will place no limits in terms of either geography or chronology. The journal sets out to challenge divisions between theory and practice and aims to provide an essential forum for all those with an interest in the design, history and meaning of interiors
Key Skills and Attributes
Ready to apply? We’re seeking candidates who demonstrate:
Editorial Excellence & Leadership
- Proven experience in academic publishing across the full editorial lifecycle.
- Skill in reading, synthesizing, and making sound editorial decisions based on reviewer reports.
- Willingness to lead and energize the Editorial Board, including organizing and chairing meetings.
- Recognized thought leadership and a strong professional reputation within your academic discipline.
- Expertise for attracting and commissioning high-impact submissions.
- A clear vision and enthusiasm for the journal’s ongoing development.
- A track record of managing submitted manuscripts promptly, consistently, and professionally.
- Proficiency with online peer-review management systems, with the confidence to guide and support the editorial team in their use.
- Proactive engagement with Taylor & Francis staff and suppliers to implement processes and drive improvements.
- Experience collaborating effectively with independent peer reviewers.
- Consistently prompt, professional communication with authors throughout the peer-review process.
- Uncompromising ethical standards; knowledge of COPE guidelines and a commitment to always uphold them.
- Active growth of academic networks through conference participation and professional use of social media.
Application instructions
Applications should include your CV, a Cover Letter and a Vision Statement. Your cover letter should be one page in length and should include a comprehensive overview of your previous experience as an Editor-in-Chief (or similar). Your Vision Statement should be no longer than 500 words and include how you would go about:- Updating the editorial vision and scope of the journal.
- Driving sustainable and timely high-quality submissions, through commissioning and content development, in collaboration with the publisher.
- Recruiting Associate Editors and expanding the Editorial Board.
Journal pledge
The journal is committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion within its editorial team and decision making processes. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential, and each will be judged on its merits without bias for seniority of institutional affiliation. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.
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