Responsibilities
- Supporting editorial staff in all activities leading to publication, including acting as a personal assistant to commissioning editors and overseeing tasks such as issuing contracts and dealing with royalties.
- Liaising with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process.
- Dealing with the administration of work commissioned to freelance writers, picture researchers, photographers, stylists and illustrators.
- Organising and researching projects to tight deadlines.
- Summarising written material.
- Correcting manuscripts
- Obtaining rights to use materials from other publications.
- Using computers for word processing, desktop publishing and email.
- Dealing with phone and email queries, e.g. from writers and the public.
- Filing, photocopying and other routine administrative tasks.
- Enthusiasm, interpersonal skills, self-motivation and flexibility.
- IT, administrative and secretarial skills, including word processing and research skills.
- A high standard of written and spoken English.
- Attention to detail, together with the ability to proofread.
- The ability to stay calm under pressure, work well with others and show initiative.
- Creativity, and in some cases digital-editing skills. You may also need knowledge and experience of social media platforms such as Twitter.
- Time management skills, including the ability to keep to tight deadlines.
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