Production Editor, Union Square Kids
Union Square Kids is seeking a Production Editor to oversee and manage 50 fiction and nonfiction titles per year, including complex illustrated titles, picture books, graphic novels, and middle-grade and young-adult titles. Union Square Kids titles surprise young readers with unexpected stories, inventive formats, and unique perspectives.
Responsibilities:
• Manage the production editorial process for 50 titles per year from manuscript to bound book, including paperback and other format conversions.
• Work closely with various in-house departments including Editorial, Design, and Production to monitor production schedules and anticipate and resolve problems.
• Hire and supervise the work of freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers.
• Review and route copyedited manuscripts, working in MS Word to reconcile copyediting and author markup, and review, route, and collate corrections for all stages of manuscripts, text proofs, and electronic blues.
• Style electronic manuscripts in Word in preparation for copyediting.
• Copyedit and proofread jacket and cover materials from original copy through final proof.
• Attend relevant department and interdepartmental meetings.
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Responsibilities:
• Manage the production editorial process for 50 titles per year from manuscript to bound book, including paperback and other format conversions.
• Work closely with various in-house departments including Editorial, Design, and Production to monitor production schedules and anticipate and resolve problems.
• Hire and supervise the work of freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers.
• Review and route copyedited manuscripts, working in MS Word to reconcile copyediting and author markup, and review, route, and collate corrections for all stages of manuscripts, text proofs, and electronic blues.
• Style electronic manuscripts in Word in preparation for copyediting.
• Copyedit and proofread jacket and cover materials from original copy through final proof.
• Attend relevant department and interdepartmental meetings.
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Apply To this Job