Production Editor

Production Editor

Main purpose of the job

Our client is one of the UK's leading print & digital design agencies for Publishing, with a specialism within the Educational Publishing sector. Their purpose is to create stunning materials that help to educate and inspire readers across the world. The Publishing Services team is an integral part of the company which supplements and supports their core design services.

The Production Editor role is crucial in supporting the studio with non-design tasks such as: proof checking, carrying out corrections, text formatting, picture research, artwork commissioning and other tasks within the production of multicomponent courses and other material. A fundamental part of this role is to ensure the quality of work leaving the studio meets their exacting standards and meets deadlines.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibility of this position is to contribute to the production workflow and to be a valued member of your team, under the direction of the Publishing Services Manager.

This will include working, in a non-design capacity, on educational course material, primarily printed books, but also CD ROMs, interactive PDFs, web screens, apps and eBooks as required, and will include:

• proof checking work carried out by designers for accuracy - both editorial corrections and, with experience, maintaining the integrity of the design elements in ...