{"id":35650,"date":"2014-07-17T19:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T23:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35650"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T23:21:49","slug":"job-harpercollins-senior-production-editor-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/17\/job-harpercollins-senior-production-editor-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: HarperCollins &#8211; Senior Production Editor (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Thanks to JET alum <strong>Alexei Esikoff<\/strong> for sharing this great listing at HarperCollins where she works and for offering to be a point of contact.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"commdao.com\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\">podcaster<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Jon Dao (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755165&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HarperCollins Children&#8217;s Books is currently seeking a Senior Production Editor to manage titles in the HarperTeen, Harper, Balzer + Bray and Katherine Tegen Books imprints, with an emphasis on high profile YA authors, some middle grade, and heavily illustrated nonfiction.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Handles production editorial work from manuscript through bound book, including:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">copyediting and proofreading covers and jackets using Track Changes and style sheets in Word.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">placing longer manuscripts with freelance copy editors and proofreaders.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">checking the work of all freelancers by cold reading and carefully reviewing materials.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">checking all stages of proofs and PDFs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Works knowledgeably with editors and designers in anticipating and solving issues.<\/li>\n<li>Follows up with designers and editors in order to maintain schedules.<\/li>\n<li>Updates electronic schedules and works comfortably with basic computer programs.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritizes work appropriately, meeting steady turnaround demands while maintaining very high quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Significant prior relevant work experience, 5+ years<\/li>\n<li>Must have strong computer\/MS Word skills<\/li>\n<li>Solid copyediting and proofreading skills<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Must be detailed-oriented, organized, and able to set priorities under pressure<\/li>\n<li>Is comfortable working within digital workflow systems and welcomes opportunities to learn and grow<\/li>\n<li>Brings a flexible, upbeat attitude to the job and enjoys working in a team setting<\/li>\n<li>Must possess college degree or equivalent work experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an opening for a Senior Production Editor in my department at HarperCollins Children&#8217;s. (It&#8217;s a very similar position to mine, so I can answer any questions.) Our office is in downtown Manhattan. If you&#8217;re a JET alum and you&#8217;re interested in applying, please feel free to email me directly and I&#8217;ll pass it on to HR.<\/p>\n<p>Alexei<br \/>\nalexei.esikoff @ harpercollins.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to JET alum Alexei Esikoff for sharing this great listing at HarperCollins where she works and for offering to be a point of contact. Posted by\u00a0blogger\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12).\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Overview:\u00a0 HarperCollins Children&#8217;s Books is currently seeking a Senior Production Editor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9h0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35651,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35650\/revisions\/35651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}