Production Editor - Scholarly Books

 Macmillan Science and Scholarly

Production Editor - Scholarly Books

Palgrave Macmillan, a leading global academic publisher and part of the
Macmillan Science and Education Group, is looking to recruit a
Production Editor for its production department.

Our Scholarly Division is one of the largest, most established
publishers of academic monographs and has a focused international
journals and reference programme within the humanities, social sciences
and business.

The Production team focuses on supporting a number of interfacing teams
in the delivery of numerous individual projects that make up the overall
publishing plan. As such this role would suit someone who combines a
strong eye for detail and accuracy with an open-minded and
solution-focused approach. It will appeal to someone who enjoys being
involved in the creation of content and is comfortable managing multiple
projects simultaneously.

You will -

• Ensure delivery of titles to budget, time and quality
• Check completeness of materials and content of unedited manuscripts
• Appoint and coordinate external project managers, copy-editors, proofreaders, indexers and typesetters
• Maintain schedules and budgets and ensure that production data in all
systems is correct and up to date, liaising with authors and editors to
keep them informed of progress
• Oversee initial estimating and subsequent sign-off costs
• Pass files to print and digital delivery systems; issue print orders as required
• Provide support for the upload of content to digital asset management system and distribution to vendors
• Ensure print titles deliver and release successfully, check quality of advance copies, distribute advance copies as required

And you must have -

• Production experience, preferably gained within an academic publishing environment
• Experience of pre-press and copy-editing
• Good knowledge of working with offshore suppliers
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office especially Word and Excel
• Some knowledge of electronic file formats and digital production technology

This role will initially be based in Basingstoke, moving to London in January 2015.

Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the United
Kingdom. The level of appointment will be commensurate with experience.

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