Editorial Assistant, Books

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

**Taylor & Francis Group** produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential.

**Job Description**:
Routledge is looking for an organised, methodical and motivated Editorial Assistant to join our books editorial team in Singapore. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a thorough introduction to the academic book publishing process in a demanding role where the assistant will be working on a range of academic books in social science and humanities.

**Closing Date**:Applications will close on** **Friday 28th October**.**

**What you'll be doing**:
Help us catalyse human progress through knowledge As an **Editorial Assistant **you will aid in our mission by
- Providing administrative support to the Commissioning Editors.
- Assisting the Editors in sending proposals for review, drawing up author contracts and chasing reviews.
- Providing pre
- and post-publication care to authors, including chasing authors to deliver manuscripts, advising on permissions and copyright queries, and checking and passing manuscripts to production.
- Keeping author and project databases up to date, organizing author book promotion flyers and sending gratis copies to authors and contributors.
- Acting as the main point of contact for numerous authors and internal departments.
- Other tasks as necessary and specific to role

**Qualifications**:
**What we're looking for**:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Strong command of English (oral and written)
- Demonstrable ability to prioritise workload, and multitask
- Excellent team-working skills, and a collegiate approach to working
- Good at troubleshooting, solution finding and decision-making
- An interest in academic publishing.
- Previous Publishing experience would be an advantage but not necessary.

Additional Information
**What we offer in return**:

- An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
- 20 days(pro-rata for first year) annual leave per year, plus an extra day off for your birthday
- 4 paid volunteering days each year
- Paid sick leave of 14 days
- Under the local company’s healthcare insurance plan with an option for the participation of other family members at the employee’s expense
- Employee assistance programme - offering 24/7 well-being support
- Performance bonus
- Share Match - Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares
- Annual health screening for employee and spouse, optical and medical care

**Location**:

- Flexible working is offered with this role (be that remote, in the office or hybrid), however the ability to attend in-person events or training will be required.

**Work/Life Balance**:
At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. You will be joining a thriving business, working alongside an exceptional group of people. 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.

**Training And Professional Development**:
We’re passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We’ll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.

**Interview Process**:
**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, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.