Editorial Assistant

**Company Description**
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers worldwide. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books, and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas, and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

**What we offer in return**:
At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.
- 30 days annual leave
- 4 volunteering days annually
- Day off for your birthday
- Pension contributions
- Medical insurance for self and dependents; life cover and personal accident cover for self
- Seasonal social and charitable events
- Training and development

We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team of Editorial Assistants. Based within our Advanced Learning Editorial department the Editorial Assistant position is an ideal first role in Publishing.

This is an entry level role in books editorial which provides the opportunity to gain a thorough introduction to the publishing industry. It involves working on all phases of the book publication process, from the conceptual stage to the finished book and beyond. **The role does not involve copy editing or proofreading.**

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Supporting Commissioning Editor(s) in maintaining their publishing programme by actively working on the varied phases of a book’s publication from the very first stage.
- Working closely with authors to ensure timely delivery of manuscripts and preparing them for production (‘handover’) in accordance with the organisational standards.
- Conducting peer-review of new proposals and processing contracts, honorarium payments, complimentary copies, among other administrative action items.
- Drafting blurbs for the final books and product pages.
- Liaising with internal departments for prompt redressal of queries related to royalty payments, marketing material and production schedule.
- Maintaining a comprehensive record of projects and revenue status by updating internal database and project management systems.
- Working, and collaborating, within a global team towards the larger organisational objectives.

This role is based at our **India - New Delhi** office.

**You must have the right to live and work in India.**

**Closing Date**:10 October 2023**

**Qualifications**
Editorial Assistants perform a range of administrative and editorial tasks necessary to the production of book publications.

**What we’re looking for**:

- High organization, with strong prioritisation and time management skills
- High standard of written and spoken English.Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office and basic Project Management skills.
- Ability to work efficiently, calmly and to a high standard under pressure and with strict deadlines
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate sensitively and professionally
- Team player with a flexible, positive approach to helping others and an enthusiasm for learning

**Additional Information** Application**

**Shortlisting**

**Video Interview**

**Skills Assessment**

**Interview**

**Offer**
If successful at the interview stage, you will be offered the role. Our recruitment team will work with you to arrange a suitable start date.

**Talent Pool**

**Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis**

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits develop and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit