Project Editor - Books

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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.

To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Are you someone who is very process driven but also loves working with people and offering great service? Are you looking to start or continue your career in Publishing, or simply looking for a new challenge?

Then come and join Taylor & Francis Group - a leading academic publisher - within our Books Production Editorial department, where we are recruiting for a Project Editor to project manage books production 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 un-copyedited typescript through to delivery of the final product, ensuring new books meet our quality requirements.

The key responsibilities of the Project Editor are:

• Commissioning suppliers, preparing material for suppliers, managing relationships with, and feeding back to, suppliers
• Handling incoming queries from authors and editors
• Maintaining up-to-date information on our database
• Quality control of final content  
• Controlling schedules 
• Controlling budgets, and assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment 
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines within a process driven environment
• Please note that full training will be provided.

In order to be successful in this role you will:

• be accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines, be organised, and be able to multi-task
• have excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify errors
• understand the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database
• be able to manage expectations so that we deliver to everyone's satisfaction
• have the ability to problem-solve
• be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• have the ability to build rapport with people and offer first class customer service as well as be very process-driven
• adapt well to change and not be daunted by changing priorities
• have basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader, and have an aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology
• ideally have experience of working within budgets (but this is not essential)
• ideally have a basic understanding of the publishing process from typescript submission to final content (but this is not essential)

What we're offering in return:

• 15 vacation days + 2 floating holidays and a paid day off for your birthday
• 10 days of sick time
• Up to 4 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Discretionary 3 paid days off during the holiday season each year 
• Paid time off for significant life events leave; i.e. moving or wedding
• Medical, vision, dental, and other voluntary benefits
• 4 paid volunteer days per year
• 401(k) + up to 3% match
• Flexible working schedule
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

What you should know:

• Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.
• Candidates must have the right to live and work in the United States 
• Location: The successful candidate will be able to utilize our balanced working model. Time spent in office will be 3x per week. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Boca Raton FL to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required.
• The salary for this job is $44,743 (USD)

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.

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.

Interview process:

Once you have submitted your application, we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience, and motivation. Following this, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, either virtually or in person. Typically, we’d then finish the interview process with a final, 2nd stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]

Being ‘you’ at Taylor and Francis:

Here at Taylor & Francis, we know that many times the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can feel discouraged about applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. We encourage you to apply if you're excited about working for us and have some of the skills or experience we're looking for. We believe in the notion that many skills and experiences are transferrable, and you could be just what we need! Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly believe in the value of diversity of people and thought. We strive to foster a supportive and inclusive environment where our colleagues can learn, develop, and succeed, all while feeling comfortable with being their true self. We embrace all walks of life regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, or any other protected characteristic under local law.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. 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. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers