Production Editor (maternity cover contract)

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.   

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge.  We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.  

Are you someone who is very process driven but also loves working with people and offering great service? Are you looking to start or continue your career in publishing, or simply looking for a new challenge? 

Then come and join Taylor & Francis Group - a leading academic publisher - within our Books Production Editorial department, where we are recruiting for a Production Editor on a maternity cover basis to project manage books production across the Routledge and CRC Press imprints! 

As a Production Editor you will oversee the production of new titles from receipt of the author’s un-copyedited typescript through to delivery of the final product, ensuring new books meet our quality requirements. 

The key responsibilities of the Production Editor are: 

• Commissioning suppliers, preparing material for suppliers, managing relationships with, and feeding back to, suppliers 
• Handling incoming queries from authors and editors 
• Maintaining up-to-date information on our database 
• Quality control of final content   
• Controlling schedules  
• Controlling budgets, and assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment  
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines within a process-driven environment 

Please note that training will be provided. 

Qualifications:

In order to be successful in this role you will: 

• be accustomed to prioritising and working to deadlines, be organised, and be able to multi-task 
• have excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify errors 
• understand the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database 
• be able to manage expectations so that we deliver to everyone's satisfaction 
• have the ability to problem-solve 
• be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team 
• have the ability to build rapport with people and offer first class customer service as well as be very process-driven 
• adapt well to change and not be daunted by changing priorities 
• have basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat Reader, and have an aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology 
• ideally have experience of working within budgets (but this is not essential) 
• ideally have a basic understanding of the publishing process from typescript submission to final content (but this is not essential) 

Additional Information:

* You must have the right to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role. *

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

What we offer in return: 

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture 
• 25 days annual leave 
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year 
• 4 volunteering days annually 
• Day off for your birthday 
• Company-funded single cover private medical insurance   
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 wellbeing support  
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares
• Pension scheme  
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care 

Additional Information: 

This role is offered as a maternity cover contract and is due to commence early November 2026. 

Closing Date: Applications will close on 15th September 2026 - but please note that applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising, so we encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.  

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time, with those 3 days a week spent in our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire.

Please note that our Milton Park office will be relocating to Oxford city centre in late 2027 / early 2028, offering an exciting new workplace in the heart of the city.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier,  and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please Your request will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business:

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you can show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, having more time for questions, or anything else. Please ask us; we are happy to be flexible!

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis:

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life. 

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.