Prdoution Editor in Bristol

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We are looking for an experienced Production Editor to join our team on a 7 month fixed term contract. As a Production Editor, you’ll be responsible for managing a group of products in a timely and efficient manner, to ensure publication on schedule, to budget and to agreed quality standards. You’ll manage the full production process which can include editing, proofreading, correction and final publication, and will be working on one or more products with different workflows.

The role is accountable for providing excellent service to authors during their journey to publication, and to partners in delivering high quality and timely production of the journals they entrust us with. Production Editors in the Partner Production team build relationships with and have a solid understanding of the goals and requirements of the partners they work with.

Production Editors are expected to contribute to the development of product quality, customer service and continuous improvement of processes within the department, and to undertake project work as required.

• On-time, on budget publication of an allocation of products to the required quality standards
• Effective communication with customers (including authors, partners and publishers) and external suppliers to build relationships and resolve content, editorial, quality and technical queries/issues
• Appropriate decision making to ensure cost effectiveness
• Taking a customer focused approach to product management
• Improved supplier performance through monitoring quality and schedule adherence on product allocation and taking effective action to address issues
• Overseeing work in progress and taking effective action to address issues
• Providing constructive and effective feedback as part of day-to-day processes
• Ensuring appropriate resolutions to incidents are identified, implemented and maintained

• Excellent editorial skills or demonstrable ability to acquire them.
• Strong technical knowledge, computer skills and numeracy.
• Effective communication and organizational skills.
• Accuracy and an eye for detail.
• Able to work on own initiative, and flexibly as part of a team;
• Good technical and problem-solving skills; includes an aptitude for HTML, XML, digital file management and online publication.
• Professional attitude and diligent/dedicated approach.
• Previous experience in a production role, involving either print or electronic formats, would be highly advantageous, but is not essential as full training will be provided.

• Financial benefits: a competitive salary starting from £25,000 (Band B), an excellent pension scheme, a discretionary annual bonus scheme and a range of other useful and cost‑saving benefits available through our benefits platform.
• Health and Wellbeing: 33+ days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an extra day’s leave to use for a moment that matters to you, a 35‑hour working week, life assurance, cycle to work scheme, dental insurance, health care cash plan, and a great positive working environment in our brand new office in central Bristol – modern airy and designed with all of our colleagues in mind – for work and social time.
• Flexibility: a flexible hybrid working environment to suit everyone’s needs – we don’t need you in the office every day so we can consider applicants from further afield who can travel to Bristol at least once every 2 weeks (any travel to the Bristol office is at the employee’s expense).

And last but not least, IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not‑for‑profit society and we gift‑aid all our profits to support science through the activities of the Institute. IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under‑represented backgrounds.

We make recruitment and workplace adjustments wherever we can, so please let us know if there’s anything that we can do to support you. Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for candidates. If however you already have the right to work in the UK or hold an eligible work permit or visa, we encourage you to apply for this position.