Editorial & Creation Lead

Experience editing children’s literature or storytelling content

Strong editorial vision and understanding of the children’s literature and digital content market

Experience working with or developing content around existing or new IPs

Comfort balancing creative with scalability and systems thinking

Data-curious and excited about AI as a creative collaborator, not a replacement

Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams

Lylli Studio is seeking an experienced

Head of Editorial Creation

with a deep passion for children’s storytelling across picture books, chapter books, comics/graphic novels, and nonfiction for ages 2–12. Lylli is an innovative app that brings thousands of children’s books to life by creating a captivating experience that promotes children’s cognitive development, establishes reading habits, and invites them into a life as readers. Lylli’s mission is to make reading fun and engaging with interactive books that can enhance storytelling and make these stories accessible everywhere.

This role blends traditional editorial leadership with platform-scale creation and AI-enabled workflows. You will oversee content/book development while also defining the creative systems, standards, and frameworks that allow thousands of creators - human and AI-assisted - to produce high-quality stories.

You will act as the guardian of storytelling quality, particularly for stories created from or in collaboration with existing IPs, ensuring consistency, brand alignment, and child suitability.

Your mission is to build a scalable editorial and creative system where original stories and IP-based content can be created efficiently using new technology - while consistently meeting a high narrative, educational and ethical bar in a fast paced environment.

You’ll get an email response confirming we’ve received your application, and we’ll let you know within a few weeks if we’d like to schedule a follow-up.