Fellowship Description:
The Social Impact Fellow for Digital Production will contribute to an initiative to maintain the vitality of the Press’s intellectual property, by making available backlist titles in digital and print editions, The Fellow will be involved with the Princeton Global Discovery (PGD) project and assist with researching the renowned Bollingen Collection, including the Mellon Lectures for digitization.
By digitizing our content, we make our intellectual property more widely available to audiences who may not otherwise have access. This ensures our scholarly works are available in perpetuity and contributes to our mission to advance knowledge and reach scholars, students, and engaged readers everywhere.
In this position you will review both PDF files and physical books for suitability for ebook conversions, following a matrix for Press requirements, and provide those instructions to the conversion vendor. The work will be tracked via spreadsheets and Monday.com, as well as within the Press’s title management system. The position has potential to learn in depth about the Press’s ebook program on the production side, and there is opportunity to develop ePub and basic HTML skills.
Essential Functions
- Reviews digital assets and physical books to determine suitability and required conversion instructions.
- Monitors and tracks editions identified and cleared for the project, and updates systems as necessary at every stage.
- Possibility to perform quality assurance checks on converted ebook files.
- Supports the Digital Production Manager for ebook metadata requirements in the title management system.
Additional Job Functions
- Completes all other duties as assigned or requested for the general support of the organization.
Qualifications
- Minimum of an Associate Degree or equivalent experience.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office (especially Excel); experience with Monday.com, Adobe Acrobat, and ebook formats a plus.
- Must be detailed oriented; organizational and time management skills are a plus.
Physical Demands
This is an office type environment with heavy computer use.
Fellowship Mentor:
Christie Henry is Director of Princeton University Press, and has nearly 30 years experience in university press publishing. Since her arrival at PUP, the Press has launched an Audio Imprint (PrincetonAudio), an Equity and Inclusion Strategic Initiative, a Community Building Committee, a Digital Marketing Team, and an in -house speakers…
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