Editorial Assistant

Job Title

• Title: Editorial Assistant
• Department: Research Editorial
• Location: Noida - Sec 62

About the Role The Editorial Assistant is responsible for providing editorial and administrative support for a multifaceted publishing program. This includes supporting both commissioning and content development across multiple formats and disciplines, and liaising effectively with authors, editors, reviewers, and in-house stakeholders to fulfill allocated responsibilities for the effective management of projects.

Key Accountabilities

1. Provide editorial and administrative support at all stages of the editorial publishing process across all formats, as part of the Content Development Team.
2. Assist in project set-up, including creating or recording accurate product/content data using various internal systems and running P&Ls from the system.
3. Process and track content and data, including loading, reviewing, editing, and manipulation in various systems, maintaining accurate tracking systems, and producing samples and reports as required.
4. Process standard contracts, including issuing, arranging for signature/countersignature, handling routine contract queries, and maintaining contracting records.
5. Support authors by answering basic queries, providing standard materials, and maintaining the relationship between authors and OUP.
6. Manage new-in-paperback projects, commissioning for multi-contributor works, and/or projects from the point of author-delivery to handover to Production.
7. Assist with preparing content for handover to Production, including assessing manuscripts, completing basic edits, generating coversheets, preparing artwork logs, updating metadata, confirming permissions, and preparing handover forms and briefs.
8. Process and track payment requests to ensure timely and accurate payments to suppliers, authors, and freelancers.
9. Provide administrative support for the Heads of Content Development and Head of Editorial Operations as required.
10. Work collaboratively with cross-functional colleagues to ensure that the publishing process runs smoothly.
11. Actively contribute to the department, Division, and wider Press through performance of accountabilities and participation in additional projects.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, receptive to feedback, and quick to learn.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and project-management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent proofreading and research skills.
• Proficiency in word-processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Ability to work quickly, accurately, and diplomatically under pressure.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a virtual environment.

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