Company:                  HarperCollins Publishers

Job Title:              Assistant, Editorial Services

Department(s):    Creative Operations

Reports to:          Assistant Manager, Editorial Services

Status:                 12 month contract (fixed term)

Location:              22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto (hybrid model) 

HarperCollins Publishers is seeking an Assistant, Editorial Services in our Toronto office. This position is part of an Editorial Services group that provides proofreading, corrections, and other content-specific services to managing and production editorial teams in New York, Toronto, and other remote locations. This is an entry-level position.

• Quality check eBooks across a variety of genres and formats (reflowable and fixed format), identifying errors in content, construction, and functionality
• Enter corrections specified by production editorial team into manuscripts using Microsoft Word and HarperCollins’s proprietary markup language
• Learn HarperCollins-specific systems/processes/standards for proofreading and corrections
• Assist in editorial services projects as needed

• 0–2 years’ experience in an editorial capacity (proofreading, copyediting, corrections entering) or degree in applicable subject (publishing, journalism, English)
• Strong interest in eBooks, digital publishing technologies, and digital innovation
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, InDesign, and Acrobat
• Familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style
• Strong attention to detail
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities as skill set grows
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work on multiple priorities in a very fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with cross-functional teams

About the Company:

HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With nearly two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 17 languages, and has a print and digital catalogue of more than 200,000 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, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.

We 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.

We are also committed to ensuring that the accessibility needs of candidates and employees are considered and accommodated during the recruitment process.

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