Project Coordinator in the Book production (m/w/d)

Springer Nature; Heidelberg; Hybrid; USD 46.549 - 81.461; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen sucht einen Projektkoordinator für die Buchproduktion, der die Verantwortung für die termingerechte und qualitativ hochwertige Veröffentlichung von Büchern übernimmt. In dieser spannenden Rolle arbeiten Sie eng mit verschiedenen Dienstleistern zusammen und koordinieren den gesamten Produktionsprozess, um sicherzustellen, dass die Inhalte in verschiedenen Formaten optimal bereitgestellt werden. Wenn Sie über hervorragende organisatorische Fähigkeiten und Erfahrung in der Buchproduktion verfügen, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit, um Ihre Karriere in einem dynamischen und unterstützenden Umfeld voranzutreiben.

Qualifikationen

• Sehr gute Englisch- und Deutschkenntnisse sind erforderlich.
• Erfahrung in der Buchproduktion und Zusammenarbeit mit Verlegern.

Aufgaben

• Koordination des gesamten Publikationsprozesses für Buchprojekte.
• Überwachung der Qualität und Einhaltung von Terminen.

Kenntnisse

Englisch (schriftlich und mündlich)

Deutsch (schriftlich und mündlich)

Problemlösungsfähigkeiten

Organisatorische Fähigkeiten

Multitasking

Tools

MS Office Suite

G-Suite

LaTeX

PDF

XML

HTML

ePub

Jobbeschreibung

Project Coordinator in the Book production (m/w/d)

Project Coordinator in the Book production (m/w/d)

Location: Heidelberg – hybrid working model

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

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 are looking for our department Book Production & Publishing Services for a Project Coordinator (m/f/d) with the following profile:

Purpose of the job:

Ensure timely & high-quality book publications according to production standards.

Tasks and responsibilities:

1. 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 on a hybrid working model.

Terms:

Permanent contract. Working hours: full-time.

Interested?

Then send us your application today!

We will be happy to discuss our terms and conditions and your benefits personally in an initial interview.

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