EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Core
Supports editorial team in commissioning, planning, and production of books through administration and coordination.
Role type
Editorial Assistant
Builds
Books
Domain
Publishing
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Spelling and grammar, attention to detail, database management, report generation, event scheduling, author liaison
Preferred skills
Passion for books, eagerness to learn, initiative
Technologies
Databases
Responsibilities
Managing departmental meetings and rights catalogues, running reports and checking sales data, developing and maintaining content on databases, organizing author publication gifts, organizing schedules for events and staff travel, reading submissions, ordering gratis copies and legal deposits, creating presentations for internal conferences, maintaining metadata, liaising with authors and agents
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC