Production Editor

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 1 year of relevant experience
• Degree Substitute: LSU values skills, experience, and expertise. Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply- a degree is not required as long as the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description.
• Specific Experience: employment on the staff of a publishing house as a copyeditor, production editor, or managing editor
• 2 years of relevant experience
• Additional Job Description:
• Special Instructions:
• Please provide cover letter, resume, (3) professional references (including name, title, phone number and e-mail address), and transcripts. Official transcripts are required prior to hire, if needed.
• For questions or concerns regarding the status of your application or salary ranges, please contact Catherine Kadair at clkadair@lsu.edu
• Skills Needed:
• Preferred Skills:
• Posting Date:
• June 12, 2026
• Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):
• June 26, 2026
• Additional Position Information:
• Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.
• Essential Position (Y/N):
• LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• All candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and maintain that valid work authorization throughout employment. Changes in laws, regulations, or government policies may impact the university's ability to employ individuals in certain positions.
• HCM Contact Information:

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All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progress will be saved as a draft. You will be able to access and complete the application through "My Draft Applications" located on your Candidate Home page. Job Posting Title: Production Editor Position Type: Professional / Unclassified Department: LSUAM AO - Press - Editor (Catherine L Kadair (00010188)) Work Location: William P. Johnston Hall - Office Pay Grade: Professional Job Description: Experienced production editor oversees the copyediting and publication process for scholarly and trade books published by the Press. Duties include working with freelance contractors, copyediting, and production editing. Reports to the managing editor. Job Responsibilities: Serves as a production editor to facilitate the copyediting process for selected titles, as assigned. Evaluates manuscripts and sends them to freelance editors, recommends kind and level of editing, and tracks and troubleshoots projects through the copyediting process. Sets budgets and schedules in consultation with the managing editor and receives invoices. Duties as production editor include finalizing and transmitting manuscripts to the production department, checking permissions, coordinating page proof review with authors, finalizing page proof corrections, scheduling indexers and editing indexes, checking revised stages of proof, tracking publication schedules, editing and proofreading promotional copy, troubleshooting, communicating with other departments as needed, and acting as primary liaison between author and Press. May copyedit short manuscripts and those with complicated picture programs. 60% Prepares and formats manuscripts for electronic editing, using Editor's Toolkit or other applicable programs, as assigned. Cleans and formats indexes. Performs final cleanup of edited MSS, as assigned. 30% Performs editorial work on reprints and new paperbacks as assigned. Performs other tasks within the editorial department as needed. 10%

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