Production Editor - Books
Our client, a leading publishing outsource company, currently has a vacancy for a Books Production Editor to work with their client in Oxford.
This position will involve overseeing the production of new titles from receipt of authors’ manuscript through to delivery of the final product. The ability to work with budgets and negotiate prices is an important part of this role. The successful candidate will need to be competent in working with database tracking systems, adapting to new IT systems and also in proofreading and copyediting.
This will be a full time position working for our client, but will require you to spend 3 days a week at their clients office in Oxford.
Key Responsibilities:
• Commissioning, preparing material for, assessing and managing external suppliers
• Liaising with authors, commissioning editors, project managers, freelancers, printers and designers
• Assessing the quality of artwork and sample pages prepared by authors/suppliers
• Providing authors and suppliers with relevant information and necessary support
• Preparing material for text and cover printers
• Controlling schedules, budgets and quality of the end product
• Prioritisation of workload and working to deadlines, with the ability to multi-task
The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working within a books or journals production editorial environment, with the ability to communicate effectively both inside and outside of the company. The ability to work effectively when under pressure, both under your own initiative and as part of a team, is essential. An aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with customers is essential. The successful applicant should be able to competently use Outlook, Word and Excel, possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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