The Humanities and Social Science Books arm of Taylor & Francis (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.
Closing Date: Applications will close on Thursday 4th July 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 Book 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, organising 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.
