Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
10,000+ employees
💼 Consulting
📣 Marketing
📱 Media
Consulting • Marketing • Media
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is a global media and education company that has evolved from a small book publisher founded in 1835 into a diverse organization with over 80,000 employees worldwide. The company operates various business units, including the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, and Bertelsmann Education Group, which offer job opportunities across about 50 countries. Bertelsmann is dedicated to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace, encouraging personal initiative, creativity, and diverse perspectives among its workforce.
Production Editor
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Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
10,000+ employees
💼 Consulting
📣 Marketing
📱 Media
Consulting • Marketing • Media
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is a global media and education company that has evolved from a small book publisher founded in 1835 into a diverse organization with over 80,000 employees worldwide. The company operates various business units, including the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, and Bertelsmann Education Group, which offer job opportunities across about 50 countries. Bertelsmann is dedicated to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace, encouraging personal initiative, creativity, and diverse perspectives among its workforce.
📋 Description
• Handling production editorial work for original titles (both 1-color and 4-color) from manuscript to bound book/ePub, as well as hardcover compilations • Hiring, for original titles, freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers and reviewing their work through all passes, including clearing manuscripts post-copyediting and collating changes from authors and freelancers in page proofs • Performing quality checks on ebook files • Copyediting jacket/cover copy and second-format additional material, including sales quotes and reading group guides, and proofreading jackets/covers, captions, and additional material • Electronic coding/tagging manuscripts for design and composition • Collaborating with production, design, and managing editorial departments on and maintaining book schedules
🎯 Requirements
• A minimum 3 years’ experience as a trade-book production editor or freelancer with comics experience • Excellent copyediting, proofreading, and organizational skills • A detailed familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style, and general facility with modern copyediting style • Ability to manage a diverse set of responsibilities efficiently and effectively • Ability to set and meet deadlines • Capable of rising to a challenge, and comfortable asking for help when needed • Expertise with electronic copyediting, using Microsoft Word • Experience with Adobe Acrobat PDF markup tools • Experience working on graphic novels, comic books, or other 4-color books
🏖️ Benefits
• Medical/Prescription drug insurance • Dental • Vision • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account • Health Savings Account • Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k) • Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance • Life/AD&D Insurance • Commuter Benefits • Student Loan Repayment Program • Educational Assistance • generous paid time off
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