Location: Heidelberg (Germany) or Beijing (China) – hybrid working model
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About the role and department
Book Production & Publishing Services, by incorporating standardized systems and workflows, manages the process of producing content with good and consistent quality metadata to support our role as an ePublisher. This allows our global audiences to use our products through a variety of reading devices, both electronic and paper. We work with vendors that incorporate our workflows, automate processes wherever possible, follow standardized procedures and create our content in full text XML which is the essential foundation for producing materials that can be utilized in the electronic environment.
We are looking for our department Book Production & Publishing Services for a Project Coordinator (m/f/d) with following profile:
Purpose of the job:
Ensure timely & high-quality book publications according to production standards.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Coordinate & monitor the complete print and online book publication process of a designated book projects portfolio throughout all stages – post-acquisition, production, post-publication - in close cooperation with our full-service vendors
Job requirements:
* Very good spoken and written command of English and German
* Ability to work effectively in a highly complex, diverse and changing environment
* Strong problem solving and organizational, i.e. priority oriented, skills
* Ability to handle multiple and diverse projects at the same time
* Adherence to schedules and quality also when under time pressure
* Experience in book production and cooperating with acquisition editors and (mostly offshore/Indian) full-service vendors
* Solid understanding of print and online publishing formats & tools (XML, HTML, ePub)
* Experience with MS-office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) & G-Suite (Google Cloud), LaTeX and PDF
* Interest in content & process management and workflow systems and their optimization
* Keeping up to date with procedural and technical upgrades
* Mentoring & supporting vendor staff, and guide authors & editors as well as publishing colleagues on policies & production standards (copyediting, typesetting, printing)
We offer this role in our office in Heidelberg or Dordrecht on a hybrid working model.
Interested?
Then send us your application today
We will be happy to discuss our terms and conditions and your benefits in an initial interview.
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