Editorial Project Manager

Job Description

Westchester Publishing Services UK is growing to support our expanding client list. We currently have a full-time opening for an academic and trade publishing project manager. We are a division of Westchester Publishing Services, based in Danbury, Connecticut, US, a company which has been in operation since 1969, and provides editorial, typesetting, digital conversion, and design services to more than 600 publisher clients worldwide.

The position is hybrid, with 3 days per week spent on-site in our York office and 2 working from home. You will be working across multiple publisher accounts and be responsible for at least 5 of your own.

Responsibilities

• Manage schedules, workflows, budgets, freelancers, and suppliers
• Copyedit and proofread to quality-check the work of freelancers and our in-house typesetting teams
• Ability to understand XML-first workflows, digital and litho publishing

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years book and journal production experience
• Prior work experience in academic publishing highly desirable
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Knowledge and ability to retain different house styles
• Excellent client-facing attitude essential

The work is fast-paced, varied and rewarding. Team members are regularly personally thanked by authors in their book acknowledgement sections and clients give them glowing testimonials.

An attractive salary of £30,000 – £37,500 per annum based on experience and working package are offered. To be considered for the position, please visit our website https://westchesterpublishingservices.co.uk/current-vacancies/ to submit your application no later than 28 March 2025. We will only contact the candidates we determine are the best match for the requirements of the role.