What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Production Editor / Assistant to the Executive Managing Editor, FSG position at Macmillan Publishers?
Dual position, reporting to the executive managing editor. As associate production editor, will work on paperback conversions, reprints, and 4–5 new titles per season under the executive managing editor’s supervision. As assistant, duties include data entry and verification, processing invoices, routing material between departments, processing CIP and copyright applications, and other administrative duties. Will gain an overview of the publishing process by interacting with numerous departments, and will be trained in all aspects of production editorial work.
What you'll do:
- Serve as associate production editor on 4–5 new titles per season, plus paperback conversions and reprints
- Hire and supervise freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers
- Prepare manuscripts for design and typesetting; collate author and proofreader corrections; check that corrections have been made correctly
- Copyedit and proofread indexes, jackets, press releases, catalog copy, and other material
- Update and send out the weekly production schedule and due-dates memo
- Attend weekly production meeting
- Process all reprint corrections and freelancer invoices
- Data entry in databases and spreadsheets, including initial set-up of new titles
- Process CIP applications and Notice for Copyright forms for all titles
- Digitally route material between departments
What you'll bring:
- Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills
- Strong knowledge of grammar and punctuation, including familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style
- Meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and strong follow-through
- Highly organized and able to meet deadlines while juggling multiple projects
- Strong computer skills, including familiarity with Track Changes and digital markup of PDFs
- Desire to be a production editor (who makes sure everything is correct in the book) as opposed to an editor (who acquires and edits the book)
Ideal Experience/Education:
- Must have prior copyediting and proofreading experience
- Bachelor’s degree
Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world, publishing a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. Macmillan Publishers is committed to our authors, our employees, and to the environment.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Picador, St. Martin's Press and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Macmillan Publishers is a part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media group of companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
