- Supporting the team to meet annual commissioning, publishing and profitability targets
- Helping to coordinate and develop textbooks and digital resources through all stages of the publishing process
- Liaising with authors and academic advisors, and colleagues across editorial, production, marketing, sales and digital
- Using publishing systems to set up titles and manage editorial processes
- Assisting in the editorial workflow for digital content, including using content management systems
- Conducting course, competitor and other market research
- Managing the peer review process for proposals and draft manuscripts
- Assessing and preparing manuscripts for handover to production
- Checking content for third party material and arranging copyright permissions
- Briefing cover designs and writing cover copy
- Dealing with queries and checking proofs for titles in production
- Organised with excellent prioritisation skills: is able to balance a varied workload effectively
- An excellent communicator (written and verbal)
- Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues and external contacts
- Meticulous in their attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude
- Able to work well as part of a team and independently
- Good at finding solutions to problems and using their initiative
- Numerate, with experience of using Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel
Editorial Assistant, Bloomsbury Academic - London, United Kingdom - Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Description
Bloomsbury Academic publish high quality print and digital resources for the higher education market globally. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Editorial Assistant to join our friendly Study Skills and Social Work team.
Supporting the Commissioning Editor and Publisher, the Editorial Assistant will have the opportunity to work on a variety of market-leading textbooks and digital learning resources for university-level students, supporting on all aspects of the publishing process from new proposals through to publication. This is an ideal role for a talented individual who is keen to develop their career in publishing.
The role
Knowledge, skills and experience
The ideal applicant for this role will be able to demonstrate that they are: