Project Editor - Boca Raton, United States - Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis
Taylor and Francis
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Boca Raton, United States

2 weeks ago

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Company Description Taylor & Francis is an Informa Business**Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally.

We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential.


Are you looking for your next challenge? Join Taylor & Francis Group within our Books Production Editorial department at this exciting time of growth and opportunity.

As a Project Editor you will oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author's uncopyedited typescript through to delivery of the final content, ensuring new books meet our quality requirements.

Join a leading academic publisher in their Production Editorial department. We are recruiting for a Project Editor to project manage books across the Routledge and Taylor & Francis imprints.


As a Project Editor you will oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author's uncopyedited typescript through to delivery of the final book product.


The key responsibilities are:

  • Commissioning, preparing material for, managing and feeding back to external suppliers such as project managers
  • Maintaining uptodate information on our database, and communicating with colleagues in other departments as necessary
  • Quality control of final content
  • Controlling schedules
  • Controlling budgets, assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment
  • Liaising with authors if required, and providing necessary support
  • Completing multiple tasks to deadlines within a process driven environment
This is a full-time role required to operate within the standard core hours. Full training will be provided.

Qualifications

What we are looking for:
- accustomed to prioritizing and working to deadlines, be organized and able to multi-task
- excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify spelling and grammatical errors
- understanding of the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database
- a good communicator, both written and verbal, able to represent the company professionally and contribute to the team
- basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader
- a basic understanding of XML and ebook functionality
- experience of working within budgets
- the ability to problem-solve and work on your own initiative and as part of a team
- aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with people, and adapt well to change
- a basic understanding of the publishing process from typescript submission to final content.


Additional Information What we're offering in return**:

  • Annual salary of $41,000
  • An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
  • Paid sick time
  • 15 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off for your birthday
  • 3 additional discretionary days for Christmas each year
  • Up to 4 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits
  • 4 volunteer days per year
  • 401(k) + employer match
  • Seasonal social and charitable events
- **Work/life balance**: At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. You will be joining a thriving business, working alongside an exceptional group of people. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.
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Training And Professional Development: We're passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We'll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.


What you should know:


  • You must be authorized to live and work in the United States
  • This is a nonexempt, fulltime permanent role

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves.

Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.

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