Production Editor (Open to Remote)

About the role

The Corporate Bookmaking team seeks a Production Editor to support the Random House Publishing Group and oversee a variety of titles from manuscript to bound book.

Responsibilities

• Handling production editorial work for original titles (both 1-color and 4-color) from manuscript to bound book/ePub, as well as hardcover compilations.
• Hiring, for original titles, freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers and reviewing their work through all passes, including clearing manuscripts post-copyediting and collating changes from authors and freelancers in page proofs.
• Performing quality checks on ebook files.
• Copyediting jacket/cover copy and second-format additional material, including sales quotes and reading group guides, and proofreading jackets/covers, captions, and additional material.
• Electronic coding/tagging manuscripts for design and composition.
• Collaborating with production, design, and managing editorial departments on and maintaining book schedules.

Qualifications

• A minimum 3 years’ experience as a trade-book production editor or freelancer with comics experience
• Excellent copyediting, proofreading, and organizational skills
• A detailed familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style, and general facility with modern copyediting style
• Ability to manage a diverse set of responsibilities efficiently and effectively
• Ability to set and meet deadlines
• Capable of rising to a challenge, and comfortable asking for help when needed
• Expertise with electronic copyediting, using Microsoft Word
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat PDF markup tools
• Experience working on graphic novels, comic books, or other 4-color books