Editorial, Design, and Production Coordinator - Remote, Canada - University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press

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Remote, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Here's what you'll be doing....

You'll manage the editorial and production workflow for a portfolio of scholarly journals and books, including monographs, edited collections, textbooks, and trade books, ensuring titles are published in print, ebook and online according to schedule.

You'll oversee responsibility for the publications assigned, from submission through copyediting and PDF proofs to online, print and ebook publication.

For this position, we currently have the option of working totally in the office, remotely, or in a hybrid model. However, this position may initially require some inoffice time mixed with work from home during the onboarding phase.

Key Responsibilities include:

Maintain all publishing schedules and deadlines, and enforce manuscript submission and production deadlines; manage budgets for editorial and production work;
Facilitate clear communication and collaborative relationships with internal staff, authors and editors, and external vendors and freelancers;
Assess manuscript and image files for completeness and compliance with publishing style; send manuscripts to vendors for content preparation and XML tagging;
Coordinate freelance and vendor copyediting, enforcing deadlines and monitoring the quality of work and compliance with publishing styles;
Prepare production costs, obtain print quotes from printing vendors and oversee printing process, ensuring quality and timeliness;
Evaluate and consolidate requested author revisions and final editor changes using Adobe Acrobat, review typeset revisions for accuracy, and check final printready PDF files for quality and completeness;
Collect appropriate copyright permissions to reproduce images, poetry, and any other material to which the article author(s) does not hold rights;
Coordinate with Customer Service and Distribution on printing and distribution workflows;
Prepare and distribute reports and data related to schedules, submissions, usage and readership;
Proofread jacket and cover copy, marketing materials and other text, as required;
Organize and attend various editorial board and publishing meetings, take minutes, prepare and circulate reports, agenda, and any other necessary documents;
Participate in special projects and internal training initiatives.

Education, Qualifications, and Experience:

Postsecondary graduate; or equivalent combination education/experience
35 years' experience in journal publishing or related environment, including editorial and/or production
Publishing certificate an asset
French language an asset

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; proactive problemsolving skills; flexibility, adaptability, and organizational skills
Tact and good judgement; grace under pressure; ability to set, meet, and enforce deadlines
Ability to work both independently and cooperatively, demonstrating initiative and collaboration
Excellent time management, organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
Proficiency in Windows, MS 365, Adobe Creative Suite, including Acrobat, InDesign and Illustrator
Familiarity with copyediting, including MLA, AMA, Chicago and Vancouver styles, an asset
Excellent knowledge of English spelling, grammar, style, and usage; skill in proofreading
Familiarity with copyright and permission issues related to publishing
Intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning is highly valued a growth mindset
Values matter to you. You bring your whole self to work and you live our values of accountability, innovation, respect, and customer focus

About our Team:

The Publishing Division has a staff of over 50 full-time and contract employees and operates out of 800 Bay Street, Toronto.

With the publication of influential authors and award-winning research, as well as a continuing dedication to groundbreaking new scholarship and innovative texts, UTP has firmly established its reputation for excellence.

Books and journals published by UTP are written for intellectually curious readers, academics, researchers, students, and practitioners. Our authors come from around the world and we serve a global market.

About University of Toronto Press:

As the leading university press in Canada and one of the largest in North America, we acknowledge our role and responsibility in effecting positive change.

With this, we seek to continuously improve the diversity and representation of our publications and the clients we represent, as well as within the makeup of our organization.

With strong commitment from leadership, we are collectively bringing forward change across the organization, both within our company culture and in our publishing, distribution, and retail endeavours.

UTP operates with mutual trust, respect, and integrity as we strive to identify and remove barriers. We are committed to making UTP a great place to work by addr