Production Editor
(NYC/Hybrid) Growing NYC publisher seeking a Production Editor. Book topics include religion, leadership, social justice, wellness, and self-help. Reporting to the Production Director, this role will support the day-to-day production of a multi-market publishing program, with a specialization in general trade production held to industry standards. This role will also manage the company’s trade publishing end-to-end workflows and work to ensure optimum production cost savings across all formats. The Production Editor will also participate in continuous improvement efforts and maintains the pace of the production and publication processes to meet schedules and targets.
Main Responsibilities Include:
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
Offer front list authors support and management on the production process
Review and verify all product metadata in all company and vendor systems.
Supervise vendor expenses against P&Ls, investigate and address discrepancies, track savings, and process invoices through submission and approval for payment.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills Include:
Bachelor’s degree
Expert skills in Microsoft Office 360 and Adobe Acrobat along with strong familiarity with meeting tools (e.g. Zoom and Microsoft Teams).
Intermediate/Expert skills and familiarity with CMS systems like Title Management by Firebrand and SharePoint along with accounting interfaces.
Experience in trade production
Salary: $64,000 - $80,000
Job#: SG-4752