Manager, Editorial Services

Oxford University Press; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university press is seeking an Editorial Services Manager to oversee copyediting and proofreading tasks. This role involves managing a team, collaborating with various departments, and ensuring high-quality editorial standards. The position offers a hybrid work environment and competitive benefits, including health insurance and a retirement plan.

Benefits

15 days vacation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan contributions

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistant Programs

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of copyediting, proofreading, indexing.
• Excellent technical knowledge of industry-standard processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage editorial team and freelance pool for copyediting tasks.
• Identify cost savings opportunities related to editorial services.
• Develop training programs for editorial competency.

Skills

Communication

Decision-Making

Project Planning

Tools

Editorial Tools

Job description

We are the world’s largest university press. That means we serve the academic community as no other publisher can. We work in partnership with institutions and learned societies to bring a world of knowledge to the fingertips of students and researchers worldwide.

The goal is impact. Together with our academic communities, we curate and seamlessly connect together the ideas that push their fields forward, so they can learn from them, add to them, and continue a virtuous cycle of scholarship.

And because we are a part of the academic community and guided in everything we do by our mission, we re-invest in our people, our publishing, and the world-leading research institution of which we are part.

More about OUP

Advancing Knowledge and Learning

ABOUT THE ROLE

Manages the team responsible for working with core suppliers, freelancers, and production staff to ensure copyediting, proofreading, indexing, and related tasks meet business requirements. The initial scope includes Academic books, journals, and database content and may expand to other divisions.

Key Accountabilities include:

1. Owns OUP’s requirements for pre-editing, copyediting, proofreading, indexing, and related tasks, and implementation with suppliers, production staff, and freelancers.
2. Collaborates with production, design, digital, editorial, and other business areas as needed to ensure editorial services requirements and implementation align with business needs.
3. Identifies cost savings opportunities related to editorial services and develops testing and adoption plans as needed.
4. Develops and executes initiatives in support of broad OUP goals related to editorial services, including development of copyediting standards and quality metrics. Leads implementation of new editorial technologies and processes at core suppliers. Ensures supplier AI solutions are compliant with OUP policies.
5. Manages the editorial freelance pool working on the production of OUP’s content and develops documentation and tools to promote cost-effective use of freelance editorial staff in compliance with Press policies. Oversees processes for vetting new freelancers and removing poorly performing freelancers from the pool. Gives macro-level feedback to freelancers as appropriate. Scouts for specialized freelance talent as needed. Determines appropriate freelancer rates for each relevant market and takes forward approval with budget owners.
6. Owns and takes forward updates to the OUP Freelancer Directory platform as required.
7. Oversees development of training programs for OUP production and supplier staff to ensure core editorial competency is maintained. Advises production staff on copyediting, indexing, proofreading, and related issues.
8. Manages editorial services lead positions.
9. In coordination with production teams, responsible for resolving all escalations related to editorial services raised by editors, authors, or other stakeholders. Reviews author satisfaction data to continuously improve OUP’s editorial service offering.

ABOUT YOU

• Expert knowledge of copyediting, proofreading, indexing, and related tasks and of the supplier and freelance markets related to these areas.
• Excellent technical knowledge of industry-standard copyediting processes, production workflows, and editorial tools.
• Strong communication and decision-making skills.
• Expert knowledge of editorial style manuals and market needs for editorial quality.
• Ability to plan and lead projects
• Line management skill and experience desirable but not required
  
  

BENEFITS

We care about work/life balance at OUP. We offer 15 days’ vacation time that rises with service, 10 sick days, plus floating holidays, personal days, company holidays, and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We care for you and your dependents by offering health, dental, and vision insurance plans to our full-time employees. Each plan has multiple levels of coverage to fit your needs and has a high level of contribution made by OUP. In addition, we offer Employee Assistant Programs for all full-time employees, regardless of whether you elect in health insurance. We also offer life insurance and disability insurance.

We help make your money go further by providing a non-elective contribution on your behalf to your retirement plan of 7% of your salary and a matching contribution to the retirement plan of 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions on based earnings.

Position Location:This role can be done in a hybrid environment in New York, NY or Cary, NC (2 times a week in office).

GJC Level:M6 (for internal purposes only)

Salary:$75,600 - $108,000 dependent on skills and experience

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