The Production Editor, Packaged Services role is responsible for supporting suppliers to utilise OUP’s standard processes, systems and workflows to ensure the efficiency and quality of ELT products from handover of developed content to final print or digital output. You will be empowering suppliers to take ownership of the production process, to ensure content is delivered to agreed publishing date and specifications and is consistent with the Divisions’ Strategic Objectives and Mission Success Factors.
Key Accountabilities & Relationships:
Budget management
Editorial quality
Communication and cross-functional team working
Supplier management
Issue prevention and resolution
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
Please refer to the enclosed job description for the detailed key accountabilities in this role.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:
Essential skills:
Flexibility, creativity, and initiative in problem solving
Ability to empathise, support, and collaborate with others on problem resolution
Publishing experience
Experience of commissioning and managing the work of external suppliers
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience of working as part of a team
Excellent attention to detail
Well-developed organisational skills, including an ability to prioritise
Desirable skills:
Ability to build relationships, influence, and negotiate with key stakeholders
Experience of training and mentoring on workflows, processes and tools
Editorial experience in educational publishing
Experience of budget management
A background or interest in ELT
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
