Location
London, Camden | Office based

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary (details not specified)

About the Role
Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Our content is available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids, and on 100+ audio platforms worldwide. Moonbug brands extend beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and theme park exhibits. Moonbug is part of Candle Media, a creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises.

Reporting onsite in our London office, this role sits within the Franchise division with key responsibilities across the Consumer Products & Experiences (CP&E) Publishing division. As Story Development & Editorial Manager, you will serve as the core consultative and editorial bridge across the entire business, ensuring every book, game script, podcast, product description, and character bible speaks with an authentic, unified, and compelling voice across all IPs, tailored to the audiences.

This high-impact role requires an expert storyteller who can transition from high-level franchise strategy and narrative content development to detailed manuscript editing. You will drive storytelling excellence across multiple business pillars including Publishing, Audio (Books & Podcasts), Consumer Products, Brand (Character Bibles), Studio & Production, and Gaming.

Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as the central editorial powerhouse across six key business areas.
- Overseeing global fiction, non-fiction, and comic/graphic novel narrative content development.
- Providing editorial direction on podcast scripting, audio drama narratives, and audiobook development.
- Partnering with toy, apparel, and lifestyle teams to integrate narrative into physical products.
- Ensuring consistency across Character Bibles and supporting creative teams.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Studio & Production teams to create a cohesive IP ecosystem.
- Working on world-building, dialogue trees, game lore, and in-game text for gaming.
- Scaling stories across multiple categories to ensure a unified canonical universe.
- Reviewing and approving narrative copy from external global partners and licensees.
- Championing bold, original storytelling ideas and identifying opportunities to expand franchises into new formats and consumer experiences.
- Acting as a creative catalyst to bring forward innovative concepts that strengthen brands and unlock new opportunities across publishing, products, gaming, and audio.
- Helping Moonbug pioneer next-generation approaches to franchise storytelling and audience engagement.

Experience
- Proven track record managing, writing, or editing for major, top-tier global entertainment franchises and licensed properties.
- Extensive experience in structural editing and copyediting across diverse formats including story and chapter books, comic books, interactive game dialogue, and script writing.
- Preferably experienced in developing stories for children aged 0-7.
- Experience creating stories for different markets, with a focus on US and UK.
- Demonstrated ability to write and judge copy for both physical products (Publishing/Consumer Products) and digital experiences (Gaming/Audio).
- Exceptional communication skills with senior stakeholder management experience, comfortable defending narrative decisions to C-suite executives and creative directors.
- Commercial acumen with an understanding of how narrative drives consumer behavior, product sales, and global brand loyalty.
- Experience coordinating across multiple international time zones, particularly UK and US (NY & LA).
- Additional languages preferred but not required.

About you
- Creative leader excited to challenge convention and experiment with new formats.
- Strong storyteller with ability to work from high-level strategy to detailed manuscript editing.
- Collaborative and able to act as a central editorial resource across multiple teams and business pillars.
- Proactive and innovative, bringing forward bold ideas to expand franchises and audience engagement.
- Detail-oriented with a passion for maintaining brand integrity and narrative consistency across all media.

Qualifications
- Relevant editorial or storytelling qualifications preferred but not explicitly required.
- Demonstrated expertise in licensed IP management and narrative development.