Routledge is looking for an organised, methodical and motivated Editorial Assistant to join our books editorial team in Singapore. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a thorough introduction to the academic book publishing process in a demanding role where the assistant will be working on a range of academic books in social science and humanities.
Please submit your application before advert closing date of January 8th 2024
Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.
What you'll be doing:
- Provide administrative support to the Commissioning Editors
- Assist the Editors in sending proposals for review, drawing up author contracts and chasing reviews during the book proposal process
- Provide pre- and post-publication care to authors, including chasing authors to deliver manuscripts, advising on permissions and copyright queries, and checking and passing manuscripts to production
- Keep author and project databases up to date, organizing author book promotion flyers and sending gratis copies to authors and contributors.
- Act as the main point of contact for numerous authors and internal departments
