Production Editor (21 hours per week, 5-month contract)

Informa Plc; England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000; Part time

Job description

Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Are you eager to step into your first role in Publishing or step back into it after time away following a different path? Are you someone who is very process driven but also loves working with people and offering great service? Then come and join Taylor & Francis Group within our Books Production Editorial department in this part time Production Editor role!

As a Production Editor you will oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author’s un-copyedited typescript through to delivery of the final product, ensuring new books meet our quality requirements.

Closing Date: Applications will close on Monday 21st April 2025.

Please note that applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising, so we encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

Expected Start Date: We are expecting the new joiner to be starting in this role on Monday 26th May 2025.

What you’ll be doing:

• Handling incoming queries from authors and editors
• Maintaining up-to-date information on our database
• Quality control of final content
• Controlling schedules
• Assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment
• Liaising with authors if required, and providing necessary support
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines within a process driven environment

Please note that full training will be provided.

What we’re looking for:

• Be accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines, be organised, and be able to multi-task
• Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify errors
• Understand the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database
• Be able to manage expectations so that we deliver to everyone's satisfaction
• Have the ability to problem-solve
• Be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Have the ability to build rapport with people and offer first class customer service as well as be very process-driven
• Adapt well to change and not be daunted by changing priorities
• Have basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader, and have an aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology

Location:

• This role is based in the UK, and you must have the right to work and live in the UK.
• This role is offered on a part time basis (21 hours per week across 3 days) and is for a contract period of 5 months (maternity cover). We offer a truly balanced working model with the successful candidate using our Milton Park (Oxfordshire) location as their office hub with the rest of the time working from home.

What we offer in return:

• A salary of £31,956 per annum prorated for 21 hours worked + 5% bonus
• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year (prorated) plus a day off for your birthday
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
• 4 paid volunteering days each year (prorated for part-timer)
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible!

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.