Prepress Coordinator

Taylor & Francis Group; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £33,560 p.a.

Great work-life balance

25 days annual leave + birthday

Extra discretionary days at year-end

Volunteer days

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Share Match

Life assurance & medical care

Job summary

Taylor & Francis Books is currently recruiting for a Prepress Coordinator to oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author’s uncopyedited typescript through to delivery of the final content, providing support to external project managers and ensuring new books meet our quality requirements. Location: Milton Park (OX14) with a hybrid working model.

In-person three days a week preferred, with option to work from home or remotely.

Qualifications

• Accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines.
• Organised and able to multi-task.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify spelling and grammatical errors.
• An understanding of the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database.
• A good communicator, both written and verbal, able to represent the company professionally and contribute to the team.
• Basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Ability to problem-solve and work effectively, both on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Experience of working within budgets.
• An aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with people, and an ability to adapt well to change.

Responsibilities

• Commissioning and preparing material for external project managers.
• Entering and maintaining up-to-date information on our database.
• Communicating with colleagues in other departments as necessary.
• Controlling and maintaining schedules.
• Quality control of final content.
• Controlling budgets, assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment.
• Liaising with authors if required, and providing necessary support.
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines.

Skills

Prioritising deadlines

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Strong communicator

Problem solving

Tech adaptability

Budget experience

Tools

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Job description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

Taylor & Francis Books is currently recruiting for a Prepress Coordinator to oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author’s uncopyedited typescript through to delivery of the final content, providing support to external project managers and ensuring new books meet our quality requirements.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 8th September 2026.

What you’ll be doing:

• Commissioning, preparing material for, managing and feeding back to external project managers.
• Entering and maintaining up-to-date information on our database.
• Communicating with colleagues in other departments as necessary.
• Controlling and maintaining schedules.
• Quality control of final content.
• Controlling budgets, assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment.
• Liaising with authors if required, and providing necessary support.
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines.

Full training will be provided.

What we are ideally looking for:

• Accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines.
• Organised and able to multi-task.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify spelling and grammatical errors.
• An understanding of the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database.
• A good communicator, both written and verbal, able to represent the company professionally and contribute to the team.
• Basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Ability to problem-solve and work effectively, both on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Experience of working within budgets.
• An aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with people, and an ability to adapt well to change.

Location:

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of the Milton Park (OX14) office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations 3 days per week.

What we offer in return:

• Salary of £33,560 per annum
• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off for your birthday
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

Additional Information:

You must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Training and professional development:

We’re passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We’ll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact Emma Kelly, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.