Editorial Assistant/Coordinator
May 15, 2008 3:39 PM
Editorial Assistant/Coordinator, Publications Dept., Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Reporting to the Co-Directors of Publications, the Editorial Assistant provides administrative support to the Publications department staff and is responsible for the tracking and maintaining of the production schedule and workflow of exhibition materials among editors, designers, curators, and educators.
Duties include: generating contracts and payments for outside parties such as authors, editors, co-publishers, printers, and customs agents; preparing travel requests and reconciling expenses; monitoring and processing royalty payments; organizing distribution of exhibition catalogues in-house and externally; maintaining inventory of existing catalogues; and general troubleshooting. In addition to these primary duties, there is also potential to gain editorial experience by assisting senior editors in a variety of entry-level editorial tasks, including proofreading, fact-checking, and some copyediting.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent amount of professional experience. The qualified candidate will also have excellent interpersonal, administrative, organizational, and language skills.
payscale: inquire
job type: full-time
Reporting to the Co-Directors of Publications, the Editorial Assistant provides administrative support to the Publications department staff and is responsible for the tracking and maintaining of the production schedule and workflow of exhibition materials among editors, designers, curators, and educators.
Duties include: generating contracts and payments for outside parties such as authors, editors, co-publishers, printers, and customs agents; preparing travel requests and reconciling expenses; monitoring and processing royalty payments; organizing distribution of exhibition catalogues in-house and externally; maintaining inventory of existing catalogues; and general troubleshooting. In addition to these primary duties, there is also potential to gain editorial experience by assisting senior editors in a variety of entry-level editorial tasks, including proofreading, fact-checking, and some copyediting.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent amount of professional experience. The qualified candidate will also have excellent interpersonal, administrative, organizational, and language skills.
payscale: inquire
job type: full-time
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