Taylor and Francis Books / Routledge have a vacancy for an Editorial Assistant on the Health and Social Care and Law lists. Key tasks include liaising with authors and colleagues in different departments, passing manuscripts to production, writing book blurbs, preparing contracts, managing schedules and providing general administrative support.  

You will need to be well organised, with capable administrative skills. You should enjoy communicating and working with other people, and working under pressure. You will also require good keyboard skills and an eye for detail. It is desirable that you should have some experience of the publishing process.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who wishes to develop their editorial experience working on a range of books for the academic and student markets.  

This position is based at Milton Park, Abingdon and reports to Grace McInnes, Editor 

Closing Date: 15th October 2008