Job Description

Peter Lang is an international publishing group specialising in Humanities and Social Sciences. We publish about 1,000+ books every year in German, English, and French, as well as in multiple other languages, from traditional print products to eBooks and Open Access publications.

Back in 1970, the Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Lang founded his academic publishing company in his own name. In over fifty years since then, the company has undergone growth and change and overcome many challenges as an independent, internationally focused business. We are now a dynamic, entrepreneurial group of colleagues working across the globe to deliver excellence in academic publishing.

You will experience an international work environment with lean management. The Peter Lang headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, are the central hub for management and administration. The rest of our team is based in continental Europe, Anglo-American regions, and Asia with offices in Berlin, New York, Oxford, Brussels, Chennai and supporting locations in Vienna, Warsaw, Istanbul and Madrid.

Are you interested in becoming an Editorial Assistant but don't have the required skills yet? This could be your opportunity to gain the necessary experience. This role will support the global team of Acquisitions Editors based in multiple locations to enter, maintain and clean our editorial metadata that is the backbone of our publishing programme of some 1100 titles per year.?You will be part of a team of Editorial Assistants and work closely together with them to ensure the?timely and accurate entry of data in our ERP system, which is an industry standard full- service database.

?Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the title metadata of all titles published at Peter Lang.
• Accurate data entry of product information?in our ERP system (Klopotek). This is important keying-in work, and needs to be done in line with best practice documentation.
• Liaison with Editorial Assistants who will be your main point of contact for the maintenance and regular updating and editing of information in the system.
• Appropriate response times to be considered across different time zones.
• Ability to respond to additional requests arising for specific information in the system - reports, updates, schedules, as requested from time to time.
• Following instructions and liaising with other colleagues for required updates or further information required if missing.
• Consideration and due care taken when dealing with important contractual information, and the handling of personal data at all times.
• Opportunities: You could become an Editorial Assistant or an expert for Title Metadata Management.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Degree or relevant professional experience.
• Working with an ERP system.
• An understanding of Excel or Oracle or other databases would be useful.
• Organised, structured approach to working with large amounts of data.
• Good, solid IT experience and knowledge of software as used in most businesses.

Desired Qualifications & Skills

• Knowledge of publishing
• Knowledge and experience of academic content
• HubSpot

Location: remote, CET time zone

Employment rate: 100%

If you are ready to contribute to the excellence of the Peter Lang Group and thrive in a dynamic publishing environment, we invite you to apply. Join us in shaping the future of academic publishing!

Are you interested?

Then send us your complete application by submitting the form available here:

https://wkf.ms/3XR8r5x

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to ?59,999.00 per month

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• UK shift
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• total work: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote