Editorial Assistant (Filmmaking & Anthropology)

Company Description

The Company - Taylor & Francis Group 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 is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge.  We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, is a global publisher of academic books, journals and online resources in the humanities and social sciences. Founded in 1836, we have published many of the greatest thinkers and scholars of the last hundred years, from Theodor Adorno and Jean-Paul Sartre to bell hooks and Judith Butler. Today Routledge is a world-leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences, publishing thousands of books and journals each year and serving scholars, instructors, and professional communities worldwide.

Taylor & Francis Group is seeking an Editorial Assistant to work across our Filmmaking and Anthropology book lists at our Routledge imprint, supporting two Commissioning Editors. This role offers an exciting entry point into a career in scholarly book publishing. In this role, you will support an active scholarly list publishing college-level textbooks, professional titles, and research books with projects ranging from best-selling textbooks accompanied by online resources to highly focused research publications. You will manage the delivery and handover to production of book manuscripts, communicate with authors as a key point of contact, and provide administrative support to the Commissioning Editors across the book publishing process. As an Editorial Assistant, you will be an essential member of the editorial team, helping ensure the success of a robust and growing list of books, gaining experience across a wide variety of scholarly publications, and collaborating with the larger Humanities editorial team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Preparing book manuscripts (and online resource content) for handover to our production department. This may include checking text and images for proper formatting, preparing supporting documentation, communicating with authors about needed materials, drafting or editing marketing copy, cover image research, and preparing financial costing information as needed.
• Communicating with authors about manuscript preparation, timelines, and queries across the publishing process.
• Maintaining tracking spreadsheets and databases with accurate and up-to-date information.
• Processing invoices and payment requests; drafting and circulating contracts for signature; ordering gratis copies for authors and contributors; and other administrative tasks.
• Supporting the Anthropology and Filmmaking Commissioning Editors in the book acquisition and peer review processes.
• Collaborating with other departments, such as production, marketing, and companion website team.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Good interpersonal skills; ability to interact professionally with authors and internal colleagues
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong organization and time management skills, with ability to prioritize and proactively manage multiple ongoing projects in a busy, deadline-driven context
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Experience in an office environment and familiarity with standard software (such as Microsoft Office suite)
• Interest in scholarly book publishing -- experience in book publishing, scholarly publishing, or related fields is a plus

Additional Information

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