Publishing Production Assistant - Textbooks

Great opportunity to initiate publishing career in textbook production. Under the direction of Production Management, perform as general and administrative liaison for book development team through production stages of development. Duties vary depending on the stage of development of the team’s book and multimedia projects.



Summary of Duties:

• Schedule and track progress of manuscripts through development and production.

• Liaison with compositors, artists, indexers, as well as other vendors involved with book production to schedule and resolve problems.

• Prepare supplementary and ancillary materials for print.

• Copyedit/Proofread for accuracy and content.

• Compose own correspondence and handle calls of a routine nature independently



Qualifications:

• College degree preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Organized, previous experience (1 year) in administrative duties and office procedures.

• Specific motivation to attend to details.

• Familiar with major word processing software and general.

• A strong desire to work on college level textbooks.



We offer a positive work environment with exposure to all aspects of the educational publishing business, competitive salary, a full benefit package, as well as career advancement opportunities. (Please be aware there is no public transportation available to Sudbury,MA)





Send resume, cover letter to:

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776, Fax: 978-443-8000 e-mail: resumes@jbpub.com <mailto:resumes>