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Project Coordintor (m/f) - Book Production
Springer
Heidelberg, , Germany
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Springer Nature is a leading global research, educational and professional publisher, home to an array of respected and trusted brands providing quality content through a range of innovative products and services.
Springer Nature is the world’s largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world’s highest impact journals and a pioneer in the field of open research. The company numbers almost 13,000 staff in over 50 countries and has a turnover of approximately EUR 1.5 billion. Springer Nature was formed in 2015 through the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media.
Production, by incorporating standardized systems and workflows, manages the process of producing content with good and consistent quality metadata in order to support our role as an ePublisher. This allows our global audiences to use our products through a variety of reading devices, both electronic and paper. We work with vendors that incorporate our workflows, automate processes wherever possible, follow standardized procedures and create our content in full text XML which is the essential foundation for producing materials that can be utilized in the electronic environment.
We are looking for our department Book Production for a Project Coordinator (m/f) with following profile:
Purpose of the job:
Ensure timely & high-quality book publications within the SRG framework of policies and production standards.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Coordinate & monitor the complete print and online book publication process of a designated book projects portfolio throughout all stages – post-acquisition, production, post-publication - in close cooperation with our full service vendors
Job requirements:
• Very good spoken and written command of English and German
• Ability to work effectively in a highly complex, diverse and changing environment
• Strong problem solving and organizational, i.e. priority oriented, skills
• Ability to handle multiple and diverse projects at the same time
• Adherence to schedules and quality also when under time pressure
• Experience in book production and cooperating with acquisition editors and (mostly offshore/Indian) full service vendors
• Solid understanding of print and online publishing formats & tools (XML, HTML, ePub)
• Experience with MS-office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) & G-Suite (Google Cloud), LaTeX and PDF
• Interest in content & process management and workflow systems and their optimization
• Keeping up-to-date with procedural and technical upgrades
• Mentoring & supporting vendor staff, and guide authors & editors as well as publishing colleagues on policies & production standards (copyediting, typesetting, printing)
Terms:
Permanent contract
Working hours: full-time
Company and location: Springer-Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg
Excited by the prospect of joining us?
We are looking forward to your online application using our online application system (SuccessFactors)stating your first possible date of joining and your salary expectations.
Your contact person is Ms Birgit Kolb, HR Director Heidelberg.
Visit our website at www.springer.com and springernature.com.