Position Overview & Specifications

Location: London/Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)
Salary: On application

Our client, a leading not-for-profit publisher, requires a new Production Editor who will be responsible for delivering finished journal and book files in print and online format, on time and on budget.

We need someone that can hit the ground running with previous experience within production that is confident negotiating competitive agreements with suppliers and is able to handle external stakeholders including Association staff, Editors, authors, reviewers, and peers in other publishers and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

Co-ordinating printing and online publication of journal articles on time
Monitoring journal print runs to ensure the correct number of copies are printed of each issue
Monitoring the Print On Demand journal process to ensure the distributor feed is accurate
Managing copy-editing, typesetting, design, proofing, printing, and online publication
Supporting book authors to submit their manuscripts in the required format
Maintaining the Titles in Production Trello board in the agreed format
Overseeing printing, distribution and online publication
Negotiating agreements with suppliers to provide cost-effective, reliable and high-quality services
Ensuring that invoices from suppliers are processed correctly and paid efficiently
Making files and metadata available on journal articles and book chapters for feeds to e-book vendors, journal aggregators and other third party services
Liaise with typesetter and third-party web platform (Silverchair).
Delivering agreed objectives within budget