The Books Production Assistant will support the Books Production team across the frontlist and backlist portfolio. With strong administrative and organisational skills, they will assist with projects throughout the books production lifecycle, ensuring titles are published on schedule and any problems are escalated through appropriate channels. They will be responsible for data handling and input for frontlist titles, actioning tasks for backlist titles and will handle post-publication corrections.
1. Support Production Editors and Publishing Operations Editors with final admin tasks, taking books through their final stages to publication
2. Supporting the Books Production Lead with publication day tasks, including confirming title is live and updating title management systems
3. Identifying and escalating problems with digital content, looking for timely resolutions to keep projects on schedule
4. Identifying and escalating problems with print content, looking for timely resolutions to keep projects on schedule
5. Using organizational skills to complete multiple tasks to deadlines, maintain and update schedules, and report changes to stakeholders where needed
6. Liaising with external publishing suppliers to ensure delivery of projects are on time
7. Handling post-publication change requests in line with our Research Integrity and Ethics policies.
8. Actioning deliverables for backlist requirements (such as sending files to printers and aggregators)
9. Contributing to wider Emerald projects as needed.