Production Editor (Toronto Hybrid)

Company: HarperCollins Canada

Job Title: Production Editor

Department(s): Creative Operations

Reports to: Asst Mgr, Prod Editorial

Status: Regular full time

Location: 22 Adelaide St W., Toronto (hybrid model)

HarperCollins is currently seeking a Production Editor in the Harlequin imprint group to assist in the production editorial process on a wide variety of titles, both fiction and nonfiction, representing a broad and diverse collection of voices, cultures, and perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and styles manuscripts using proprietary Microsoft Word and Harper’s proprietary software, for copyediting, design, and composition.
• Hires freelance copy editors and indexers, and oversees their work.
• Collates and processes proofreads and slugs in Adobe Acrobat, and checks all stages of proofs and PDFs, for interiors.
• Copyedits flap a...