Company: Thomson Digital

Location:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Experience:
5–7 Years Role Overview: Thomson Digital is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Editorial Manager – Books to manage editorial activities for book publishing projects. The candidate will be responsible for overseeing editorial quality, coordinating with internal production teams, managing schedules, and ensuring that editorial deliverables meet the required quality standards and deadlines. The candidate should have a solid academic background, excellent command of written and spoken English, a sound understanding of book editorial workflows, and the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of projects.

Key Responsibilities
1. Editorial Operations & Workflow Management
• Manage editorial activities across book publishing projects, ensuring adherence to established workflows, schedules, and quality standards.
• Oversee editorial processes, including manuscript assessment, copyediting, language editing, proofreading, reference checking, and author query management, as applicable to project scope.
• Ensure consistency in language, grammar, style, formatting, and adherence to client-specific style guides.
• Review editorial deliverables and ensure that they meet customer specifications and publishing standards.
• Monitor project progress, identify bottlenecks, and take corrective action to ensure timely completion. 2. Team Management & Coordination
• Coordinate with editors, proofreaders, editorial coordinators, project managers, and book production teams.
• Allocate and prioritise editorial work based on project requirements, deadlines, and available resources.




• Guide team members on editorial standards, style requirements, and quality expectations.
• Monitor team performance, productivity, and turnaround time. 3. Quality Assurance
• Ensure high standards of editorial accuracy, consistency, readability, and language quality.
• Conduct quality reviews and audits to identify errors, inconsistencies, and deviations from client requirements.
• Analyse recurring errors and implement corrective and preventive measures. 5. Project Planning & Delivery
• Plan and monitor editorial schedules to ensure timely completion of assigned titles and projects.
• Track milestones, pending activities, author queries, and dependencies.
• Prepare and maintain project status reports, quality reports, and productivity trackers. 6. Process Improvement
• Identify opportunities to improve editorial workflows, productivity, and quality.
• Support the implementation of standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Stay updated on developments in book publishing, editorial tools, digital publishing, and AI-assisted editorial workflows. Preferred Candidate Profile
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in book publishing, editorial services, publishing production, or a publishing services organisation.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in English, Literature, Journalism, Publishing, Mass Communication, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Strong academic record, preferably from a reputed college or university.
• English-medium educational background preferred.
• Strong understanding of book editorial workflows and publishing standards. Work from Office (6 days a week) Interested candidates can send their CVs to [email protected]

📌 Editorial Manager – Books (Chennai)
🏢 Thomson Digital
📍 Chennai