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Editorial Assistant
Springer
London, , United Kingdom
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Palgrave Macmillan specialises in cutting-edge academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It publishes monographs, journals, textbooks, professional and reference works, in subjects ranging from Political Science, Economics and History, to Literature, Linguistics and Business.
Editorial Assistant - Business
Permanent
London
Closing Date: 4th July 2017
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the highly successful Palgrave Macmillan Editorial team, a leading global publisher in the Humanities, Business and Social Sciences. Our Scholarly and Professional Business book programmes deliver high quality cutting edge research and practical guidance to business academics, practitioners and policy makers.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly organised graduate to provide editorial support to the Commissioning Editor for Scholarly Business and Management, and the EFBM Editorial Director on the Professional Business programme. Reporting to the Commissioning Editor, the Editorial Assistant will provide valuable administrative work, foster strong working relationships with authors and oversee a number of titles across scholarly and professional. Key responsibilities of the job include managing editorial processes, ensuring contracts are issued and completed accurately, preparing final typescripts for transmittal to production, writing and editing cover copy and blurbs, briefing cover artwork, liaising with authors and working with colleagues in sales, marketing, production and editorial.
Responsibilities:
• Input new book/author information and internally log new projects
• Ensure that author contracts and contributor agreements are processed, completed and logged
• Liaise with authors to regularly monitor progress of manuscript and support them with additional paperwork (permissions clearance, editorial form, publicity form and production form)
• Update necessary marketing and editorial information promptly and accurately, editing copy where required
• Research images for book jackets where appropriate. Prepare briefs and liaise with Design to ensure book covers designed, approved and finalized as appropriate
• Manage the peer review process to assist the Editor/Publisher in meeting commissioning targets
• Ensure that author orders and queries are quickly and accurately handled, working with Customer Services and Sales colleagues as appropriate
• Respond to and action external queries, consulting with colleagues as appropriate
• Respond to and action internal Production, Marketing, Design, Sales and Rights queries
The ideal applicant for this role will:
• have excellent communication and team-working skills in order to deal with people at all levels within the company and with external contacts
• be highly organised with the ability to prioritise numerous tasks
• be resourceful and proactive in dealing with problems and queries
• be self-motivated with a calm, professional approach and can-do attitude
• able to work on their own initiative
• be numerate and computer-literate, with a sharp eye for detail
• experience managing contracts or working with editorial systems an advantage but not essential
This is perfect position for someone wanting to establish a career in academic and professional publishing.
This position will be based in our offices in London. Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
Springer Nature is a major new force in scientific, scholarly, professional and educational publishing. By using its combined expertise, scale and the reach of our brands, the company aims to grow and innovate in order to better serve academic researchers, students, teachers, institutions, professionals and the wider public, by helping them discover more. Springer Nature was created through the combination of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media in May 2015. This strategic merger brought together these dynamic publishing houses with more than 150 years of history behind them, as well as complementary geographic footprints and brand portfolios, a track record of creativity and innovation, and a shared vision to advance knowledge and learning around the world. The company numbers almost 13,000 staff in over 50 countries and has a turnover of EURO 1.5 billion.