Prepress Coordinator

Taylor & Francis Books is currently recruiting for a Prepress Coordinator to oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author’s uncopyedited typescript through to delivery of the final content, providing support to external project managers and ensuring new books meet our quality requirements. Closing date for applications: Tuesday 8th September 2026. What you’ll be doing: - Commissioning, preparing material for, managing and feeding back to external project managers. - Entering and maintaining up-to-date information on our database. - Communicating with colleagues in other departments as necessary. - Controlling and maintaining schedules. - Quality control of final content. - Controlling budgets, assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment. - Liaising with authors if required, and providing necessary support. - Completing multiple tasks to deadlines. Full training will be provided. What we are ideally looking for: - Accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines. - Organised and able to multi-task. - Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify spelling and grammatical errors. - An understanding of the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database. - A good communicator, both written and verbal, able to represent the company professionally and contribute to the team. - Basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader. - Ability to problem-solve and work effectively, both on your own initiative and as part of a team. - Experience of working within budgets. - An aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and dealing with people, and an ability to adapt well to change.