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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Penn State University Press seeks a dynamic and experienced Journals Production Coordinator to manage the production workflow for a portfolio of titles in the press’s expanding journals program.
Reporting to the Journals Production Manager, the Production Coordinator will manage the production processes from receipt of accepted manuscripts through the print and digital publication for designated titles. Duties include:
- Coordinating production schedules
- Ensuring an ongoing workflow of manuscripts and proofs among editors, copyeditors, compositors, and printers
- Maintaining the journal’s database for annual journal records, schedules, contact details, and reporting
- Assisting with new journal acquisitions as needed
- Archiving
The Production Coordinator should have a solid grasp of basic copyright law, copyediting, understand online editorial workflows, and know how to prepare digital files for transfer to platforms for publication. The position works with external copy editors, project managers, and vendors for composition, printing, and online distribution. Together with the production manager, the production coordinator evaluates statistics to set print-runs, maintains production records (permissions, contact details, and production status), and works with student interns.
Minimum required qualifications for the position include a Bachelor's degree and one year of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of minimum required qualifications.
The successful candidate will possess a working knowledge of publishing workflows: editorial and peer-review, production, print and electronic publication. The position demands exceptional communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with vendors, editors, and editorial offices, including educators and administrators at universities around the world.
Familiarity with software programs for managing journals, such as Aries’s Editorial Manager® or VirtuSales’s Biblio, is a plus, but not required. This is an onsite position in University Park. Penn State University Press is a multicultural environment that values mutual respect, civility, and diversity.
Candidates are required to submit both a resume and cover letter for their application.
The pay range for this position, including all possible grades is:
$46,400.00 - $67,300.00
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Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here .
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
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