What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Editor position at Church Pension Group?
Description
Department : Church Publishing Inc
Job Type : Regular Full Time
Education Level : BA / BS or combination of education and experience
Required Years Experience : 6
Church Publishing Incorporated (CPI) was founded in 1918 as the Church Hymnal Corporation, a nonprofit affiliate of the Church Pension Group. Today, CPI's professionals produce about 50 new books and resources each year, and manage a portfolio of more than 2,600 active products, many sold worldwide.
The Production Editor , reporting to the Production Director, supports the day-to-day production of CPI's multi-market publishing program, with a specialization in general trade production held to industry standards. The Production Editor will manage CPI's trade publishing end-to-end workflows and work to ensure optimum production cost savings across all formats. Working with the Director and Sr. Production Lead, the Production Editor participates in continuous improvement efforts and maintains the pace of the production and publication processes to meet schedules and targets.
The Production Editor is a confident and highly organized self-starter who can succeed in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate excellent attention-to-detail with the ability to manage their own workload while meeting competing deadlines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Launch trade publishing workflows and maintain production processes along with industry standards
- Manage the production of trade front list titles from transmitted manuscript through production to bound book and distribution
- Ensure manuscripts, artwork, permissions, and supporting files entering production meet strict publication requirements and quality standards
- Establish freelance relationships and control production costs through vendor negotiations across all production tasks
- Provide industry standard guidance to Editorial on trade covers and interior designs
- Offer front list authors support and management on the production process, expediting solutions as needed to ensure on-time publication
- Review and verify all product metadata in all CPI and vendor systems
- Supervise vendor expenses against P&Ls, investigate and address discrepancies, track savings, and process invoices through submission and approval for payment
- Coordinate calendar program and some front list title reprints through the production process
- Oversee church bulletin program for each season, engaging with vendors, communicating with printers, and working with the Director and Editorial to prepare changes per season
- Troubleshoot routine production issues, providing input to stakeholders, and escalating issues when appropriate
- File Cataloging-in-Publication data upon transmittal of a book and copyright information with the Library of Congress upon publication
- Attend production-related meetings, providing status report and production details
- Undertake special projects as directed by management
- Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular and effective in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues and external vendors, both for purposes of relationship building, meaningful collaboration, and approvals of physical production materials
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.
EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : Extensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
WORK ENVIRONMENT : Currently, hybrid work environment, which requires working in CPG's office Tuesdays through Thursdays and flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Church Pension Group employees must maintain a professional, compassionate, and trustworthy work environment always. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable someone with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job within this environment.
Salary Range : $64,000 - $80,000
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Flexible Benefits available to eligible employees :
Core Benefits automatically provided to eligible employees :
Elective Benefits available to eligible employees :
Educational Assistance Program available to eligible employees
Maternity / Paternity Leave available to eligible employees
Time Off available to eligible employees : Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holidays
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Please understand that, as a general policy, CPG does not sponsor visas.
EOE : Minorities / Female / Disability / Vet / Sexual Orientation
If you are a CPG employee, please use your CPG email address when creating your profile to apply.
Salary : $64,000 - $80,000
