Prepress Coordinator

Taylor And Francis; Milton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Share Match

25 days annual leave

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Job summary

Taylor & Francis is seeking a Prepress Coordinator to oversee production from manuscript receipt to final content delivery, supporting external project managers and ensuring books meet quality standards.

The role is based at Milton Park (OX14) with a balanced, hybrid working model: three days in the office or more, and flexibility to work from home or remotely as needed. Closing date 8 September 2026. Salary £33,560 per annum.

Qualifications

• Accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines.
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Responsibilities

• Coordinate material for external project managers.
• Enter and maintain database information.
• Communicate with other departments as necessary.
• Control and maintain schedules.
• Quality control of final content.
• Budget management and coding invoices for supplier payment.
• Liaise with authors as required and provide support.
• Meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks.

Skills

Prioritisation

Deadline-driven

Organised

Attention to detail

Database experience

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat

Communication skills

Budgeting

Team player

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Job description

Prepress Coordinator Taylor and Francis•Abingdon, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Additional Information

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.

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. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Talent Acquisition team for more information.

Full-time