2001-11-30 - 12:07 a.m.

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., including 1/2 hour lunch, Monday through Friday, beginning December 12:

Xavier Project Editor, Education

I. Major Purposes

 Develops projects from conception to completion

 Interacts with out-of-house freelancers, authors, and writers to ensure implementation of project goals for completion within budget and schedule

 Collaborates with other in-house editors, design, catechetical, and production for timely completion of a project within budget

II. Major Responsibilities

 Edits manuscripts to specification to ensure quality products that are on time and within budget

 Collaborates with design and production to troubleshoot problems at all stages of editorial, design, and production so that assigned projects are completed on time and within budget

 Collaborates with authors and colleagues to conceptualize and develop content outlines for new products based on knowledge of the market and analysis of the competition

 Creates editorial guidelines as assigned

 Pulls together all resources needed (people, documents, equipment) to complete a project

 Provides status updates on projects, responds to correspondence, and maintains files pertaining to individual projects and authors

 Continues professional development by keeping abreast of educational trends through reading and by attendance at workshops and conferences

 Supports sales as requested

III. Position Requirements

 Bachelor�s degree in English or other applicable area; teaching experience desirable

 Successful previous editorial experience

 Excellent communication skills

 Knowledge of desktop publishing

 Specific skills of negotiating, resolving conflict, explaining policies and techniques, coordinating people and projects

 Familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style and ability to learn Loyola style manuals

 Knowledge of copyediting and proofreading symbols

 Available to travel as needed

IV. Impact of Decisions

 Handles daily scheduling and prioritizing of work, solves problems creatively, resolves conflict to keep a project on schedule

 Ensures adherence to project guidelines and style for all components of project

 Determines extent of and implements editorial revisions to manuscript

 Refers major project-wide decisions to executive editor or editorial director

 Collaborates with executive editor, senior editor, design, and production on design and schedule of project

 Works with authors and freelancers

V. Principal Accountabilities

 Accountable for implementing project guidelines, meeting schedule and budget requirements, and developing a project to completion

VI. Work Relationships

 Reports to senior editor

 Works with authors and other out-of-house people on the project

 Regularly interacts with executive editor, other editors, production, catechetical, and design departments, marketing staff, and other in-house people

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