Editorial Assistant - 9 month fixed-term contract

Informa Group; New Delhi; Hybrid; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Volunteering days

Birthday day off

Pension contributions

Medical insurance for self and depend.

Life cover and personal accident cover

Seasonal social and charitable events

Training and development

Job summary

Taylor & Francis, part of Informa, invites applications for an Editorial Assistant (Books) on a 9-month fixed-term contract based in India. You’ll support authors, editors and publishers, helping to keep publishing schedules on track and ensuring a smooth experience for everyone involved.

This largely administrative role focuses on editorial workflows and coordination. The role offers a balanced working model with in-person collaboration and the option to work remotely where feasible.

Qualifications

• Experience with editorial processes and academic publishing workflows.
• Strong project management and self-organization skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative, can-do attitude and staying calm under pressure.
• Confident use of MS Office; willingness to learn other systems.

Responsibilities

• Build strong working relationships with authors, editors, and series editors, as a first point of contact and ensure excellent author care throughout the publishing journey.
• Manage manuscript deadlines and keep publishing programmes on schedule through regular liaison and planning.
• Prepare manuscripts for handover to production and coordinate peer reviews of book proposals.
• Collaborate closely with production, marketing, and the wider editorial team to keep projects moving smoothly.
• Maintain accurate records across internal systems and databases.

Skills

Editorial workflows

Project management

Attention to detail

Written & verbal communication

MS Office

Academic publishing interest

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Editorial Assistant - 9 month fixed-term contract

• Full-time

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 is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

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.

Are you detail-oriented, organized, and passionate about academic publishing? We're looking for an Editorial Assistant (Books) to join our Editorial team and help bring high-quality academic content to life.

As Editorial Assistant, you'll support authors, editors, and publishers across a portfolio of academic book titles, helping to keep publishing schedules on track and ensuring a smooth, professional experience for everyone involved in the process. You'll be a key point of contact for authors and internal stakeholders, balancing workload across the team and helping to resolve bottlenecks as they arise.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building strong working relationships with authors, editors, and series editors, acting as a first point of contact and ensuring excellent author care throughout the publishing journey
• Managing manuscript deadlines and keeping publishing programmes on schedule through regular liaison and planning
• Preparing manuscripts for handover to production and coordinating peer reviews of book proposals
• Collaborating closely with production, marketing, and the wider editorial team to keep projects moving smoothly
• Maintaining accurate records across internal systems and databases

Please note that this role is largely administrative in nature will not involve copy editing or proof reading. Depending on the role you are offered, you may be involved in creating copy for book covers and promotional materials.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with editorial processes, systems, and academic publishing workflows
• Strong project management and self-organization skills, with the ability to prioritize effectively
• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A collaborative, can-do attitude and the ability to stay calm under pressure
• Confident use of MS Office applications and the willingness to learn other systems where needed
• A demonstrable interest in working in academic publishing. No experience is necessary, but please tell us in your covering statement why you are interested in working in publishing

Please include a personal statement within your CV explaining why you are interested in this role and in working for Taylor & Francis. The maximum word count is 300 words. Please note that we will not progress applications submitted without a personal statement.

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis.

This role is based in India and you must have the right to live and work in India to be considered.

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 New Delhi office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location3 days per week.

What we offer in return:

• 30 days annual leave
• 4 volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Medical insurance for self and dependents; life cover and personal accident cover for self
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

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 want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [e-mail]