Project Coordinator

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Main Purpose of the Job

We are one of the UK’s leading print and digital design agencies for Publishing, with a specialism within the Educational Publishing sector. Our purpose is to create stunning materials that help to educate and inspire readers across the world.

The main purpose of the job is to support the studio within our Publishing Services department on non-design tasks such as project admin, picture research and artwork / media commissioning within the production of the books and other materials. A fundamental part of this role is to ensure projects leaving the studio meet our exacting standards and meets deadlines.

Main Duties of the Job

The main responsibility of this position is to contribute to the production workflow and to be a valued member of your team under the direction of the Publishing Services Manager.

Education

This will include working, in a non-design capacity, on educational course material including printed books, interactive PDFs, web screens, apps and eBooks and will include:

• Communicating closely with colleagues during the production process to ensure projects run smoothly.
• Assisting with commissioning suppliers, including checking briefs, for clarity and accuracy, liaising with suppliers to maintain schedules and ensure briefs are met, as well as assessing the quality of work supplied.
• Tracking costs and schedules to ensure products are brought out on time, on budget, and to our quality standards, using our in-house methods and studio management system.
• Leveraging internet research skills to search, select, and acquire suitable assets (photos / videos etc.) from web-based libraries, aligning with client briefs, in-house creative requirements, and staying updated on trends and diverse options for published materials.
• Sourcing permissions and clearing rights for photos based on client requests, ensuring strict compliance with client requirements.
• Carrying out instructions on marked proofs for editorial corrections and other non-design changes.
• Checking your own work for accuracy.
• Text formatting – importing text into an InDesign template / document, formatting text into the correct styles using style sheets, tables, feature boxes, GREP etc.
• Text formatting – laying out text and images in Word, formatting text and making corrections.