Reporting to Macmillan’s Senior Manager, Digital Production, this position will support our ebook and print-on-demand production teams. They be responsible for checking Macmillan’s trade ebook files for errors, putting select titles and updates into production, maintaining our metadata, and ensuring that our deadlines are met. They will also support our print-on-demand program through file sourcing and metadata management. The person hired will be part of an exciting team that manages the full range of digital content operations. We are looking for someone who is detail-oriented and deadline-conscious, and who can prioritize responsibilities in a busy department.

What you'll do:

Perform QA (Quality Assurance) reviews on a large volume of ebook files Create, monitor, and maintain ebook metadata Perform various tasks related to ebook production, including correcting ebook files, sending file updates to our vendors, maintaining the integrity of metadata, and managing and executing a suite of weekly ebook title reports Ensure that ebook conversion deadlines are met each week Source files from internal systems for print-on-demand titles Create and maintain metadata for print-on-demand titles

What you'll bring:

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Google Suite Comfort with databases, reporting, and spreadsheets Extremely detail oriented and precise Prioritizes effectively and asks questions when needed Must be able to work meticulously with little supervision

Ideal experience/education:

0-1 years experience Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

This is a contracted position. The successful candidate will be employed through Headway Workforce Solutions at $25/hour.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.