Production editor (maternity cover)

Closing date for all applications: Wednesday 15 January 2025

Salary: £23,100- £25,909 per annum, depending on experience

Bring your project management and editorial expertise to the forefront with Intellect as our production editor on a fixed term contract.

Intellect is an independent academic publisher for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.

Best known for our work in the visual and performing arts, we provide publishing services in many subject areas, backed by almost 40 years of steady growth, and a reputation for excellence in design and production.

Intellect is currently seeking a Production Editor to join our team on a maternity cover basis. You will be on a fixed term contract and the duration could be up to 12 months starting from 1st March 2025 until 1st March 2026.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day editorial management of some of our books
• Liaise with and provide support for our authors, editors and their contributors
• Liaise with and monitor the work of our production stakeholders - copy editors, typesetters, printers and distributors to ensure a timely and efficient production process

As part of a small team, there will be some other areas of work to which you may be asked to contribute. Training will be given on the job as required.

Knowledge, skills and experience

You will have a proactive attitude, with good time management, ability to work independently with good communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with others. We are looking for someone with sound publishing skills such as editorial and project management who is interested in developing these skills further as part of our small, friendly team.

• Project Management skills
• Administrative skills (including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google G Suite)
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to work with all stakeholders
• Organisational skills: ability to organise and prioritise a varied workload, meeting deadlines and able to work on your own initiative
• Attention to detail, resourceful and proactive
• Degree-level education with a keen interest in the dissemination of research
• Customer service and proofreading skills
• Print production experience 
• Data entry and data manipulation/interpretation skills

This is a full-time position, 37.5 hrs pw. This position will be based in our office in Bristol, with flexible working available.

Our staff enjoy a very supportive working culture and job fulfilment, and we are committed to a healthy work/life balance. Benefits include:

• Flexible working
• Generous annual leave, 25 days (inc Christmas and your birthday) plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension
• Childcare voucher scheme where applicable
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest-free company loan

Please apply with a full CV and covering letter to Ria Baker by clicking the 'Apply' button.

All interviews will be conducted at our Bristol office or remotely via Gmeet where applicable.

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, genders, abilities and ethnicities.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

(Please note that if you have not received a reply by Friday 24 January then your application has not been successful on this occasion.)