HarperCollins Publishers

Content Management Assistant (Toronto Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers  •  $45k/yr  •  Toronto, CA (Hybrid)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Employee: HarperCollins Canada

Job Title: Content Management Assistant

Department(s): Creative Operations

Status: Regular Full Time Location: 22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto

Job Vacancy Status: Vacant and actively accepting applications

The Content Management department at HarperCollins Publishers is seeking an Assistant to work on the composition and development of both print and digital products.

In this role you will work closely with your colleagues to develop the essential skills needed to create both print and e-book interiors This position works closely with production editors, designers, and production managers across all HarperCollins’ US Trade imprints.

This is a great opportunity to learn print and ebook production as part of a close-knit team working in a rapidly changing, deadline-driven environment The ideal candidate will be someone with superior attention to detail, ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects, a keen interest in composition and typographical principles.

Responsibilities

  • Paginate book interiors with guidance
  • Input text corrections
  • Assist with reprint corrections
  • Assist with ebook creation
  • Prepare print-ready PDFs
  • Route projects via the company Content Management System (CMS)
  • Archive files to the Digital Asset Management system

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Adobe InDesign
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word
  • Excellent attention to detail and organizations skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively.
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong sense of teamwork
  • Willingness to ask questions and raise issues.
  • Familiarity with book publishing and copyediting/proofreading mark up.
  • Familiarity working in a MAC environment.
  • Basic knowledge of XML, HTML(5), CSS(3) and ebook principles a plus.

About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher

in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

The salary for this position is $45,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we do. In addition to the Canadian publishing program, HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales, marketing, and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe.

HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills,

knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at TalentManagement@harpercollins.com. Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HarperCollins Publishers

About HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world.

Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing operations in 15 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 16 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 250,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins is a subsidiary of News Corp.

The house of Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and Margaret Wise Brown, HarperCollins has a long and rich history that reaches back to the early nineteenth century and offers our publishing team a depth of experience that few others can rival—from the modest print shop that James and John Harper opened in 1817 to the global house we are today.

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Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
New York, New York
Year Founded
1817
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