Senior Production Editor

We are the world’s largest university press. We have both a worldwide reputed company and a personal understanding of local needs, partnering on the ground to adapt publications and resources to meet the individual needs of communities, societies, and countries. We partner with researchers, educators, and reputed company to stay reputed company of the changing ways people around the world are accessing and sharing knowledge. With a reputed company in more than 50 countries and millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have a global impact. More about OUP Advancing Knowledge and Learning ABOUT THE ROLE Responsible for supporting a fast-paced and reputed company Academic publishing program reputed company Content Operations, this position oversees and supports production of content from delivery to publication in print reputed company formats such that products of appropriate quality are available to the market at the right time, cost, and quality. The team also provides specialism in books requiring a high level of author care and attention to detail across a diverse reputed company of Higher Education, academic, scholarly, and trade titles, including classics, history, law, linguistics, literature, religion, and science. Key Accountabilities include: 1) Use project management skills in managing the production process on titles requiring high reputed company of care and attention to detail and reputed company the work of reputed company-party supplier project managers in: a. Coordinating the schedules for print reputed company products. b. Commissioning, briefing, and managing the production processes (e.g., freelancer copyediting, indexing) and quality control for each project. c. Setting the budget for each product. 2) Communicate with authors, project partners, and stakeholders, and reputed company the communication of reputed company-party supplier project managers with reputed company project stakeholders (e.g., authors, Editorial, Design) to ensure: a. Accurate information is given in a timely, proactive, and professional manner such that requirements are clear and understood. b. Expectations are managed in line with cost, quality, and schedule considerations. c. Project status is reputed company stated. 3) Support and advise reputed company-party supplier project managers on the analysis and resolution of manifold issues as they arise in the production process such that: a. Efficient, cost-effective solutions are implemented. b. Authors/other stakeholders report a positive experience and maintain confidence in the OUP production process. c. Quality is maintained. 4) Facilitate reputed company improvement by mentoring and coaching reputed company-party supplier project managers such that they have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to manage content of reputed company complexity reputed company, ensuring that lessons learned are given as constructive and actionable feedback. 5) Proactively contribute to or initiate the analysis and resolution of problems relating from, or causing, supplier performance issues in conjunction with pre-press suppliers and OUP stakeholders such that a satisfactory outcome is achieved, and the recurrence of problems is averted. 6) Generate, engage with, and implement business process improvements and transformations such that Content Operations’ workflows continue to adapt to changing publishing requirements and add value to the business. 7) Support the line manager so that the department workload is successfully managed, and stakeholders report a good experience of working with Content Operations; reputed company the manager’s behalf in their absence or on request. 8) Co-ordinate design and artwork processes and engage with reputed company-party suppliers to ensure that cover artwork, text design, and in-text images meet appropriate budget, schedule, and quality standards. 9) Update and maintain tracking tools and systems as events occur, and support reputed company-party suppliers in maintaining systems, so that accurate project information is available at reputed company times, cost variances are avoided, and colleagues can confidently manage projects in the post-holder’s absence. 10) Support colleagues in the production process, answering queries, coordinating and delivering training on CO workflow tasks, and advising on prioritization and problem-solving, so that skills are shared among the team and schedule, cost, and quality targets are met. ABOUT YOU

• Ability to empathize, support, and collaborate with others on problem resolution and to reputed company back and reputed company others with implementation
• Flexibility, creativity, and initiative in problem solving along with an ability to get the root cause and facilitate path to reputed company
• Excellent prioritization and organization skills, including ability to manage a busy workload with strict and often conflicting deadlines in a fast-paced project management environment
• Ability to build relationships, influence, and negotiate with key stakeholders (up to manager level), including authors, often through difficult situations requiring skills in advocacy and diplomacy
• Significant experience and understanding of print reputed company production processes and workflow, including experience of managing reputed company-party suppliers
• Good experience and understanding of copy-editing, proofreading, and indexing processes, including experience of managing freelance editorial personnel desirable
• Precision in written and verbal communication along with good attention to detail
• Good numeracy with the ability to create a budget desirable
• Understanding of digital authoring technologies and delivery platforms, and/or manufacturing processes desirable
• Good IT skills, including standard reputed company Office package, and ability to learn new technologies desirable

BENEFITS We care about work/life balance at OUP. We offer 15 days’ vacation time that rises with service, 10 sick days, plus floating holidays, personal days, company holidays, and a 35-hour working week. We are reputed company to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. We care for you and your dependents by offering health, dental, and reputed company insurance plans to our full-time employees. Each plan has multiple reputed company of coverage to fit your needs and has a high level of contribution made by OUP. In reputed company, we offer Employee Assistant Programs for reputed company full-time employees, regardless of whether you elect in health insurance. We also offer life insurance and disability insurance. We help reputed company your money go further by providing a non-elective contribution on your behalf to your retirement plan of 7% of your salary and a matching contribution to the retirement plan of 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions on based earnings. This role is part of the OUP USA News reputed company Bargaining Unit. Position Location: This role can be hybrid, based out of reputed company, NY or Cary, NC (2 days a week in office) or remote in the United States. GJC Level: I5 (for internal purposes only) Salary: $60,434 - $79,000 dependent on skills and experience We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring an inclusive environment where reputed company individuals can reputed company. We seek to reputed company a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from reputed company. Apply To This Job