Production Coordinator (Publishing)
Production Coordinator (Publishing)
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Job Description
This is no ordinary opportunity.
Our Production Coordinator has the power to change the lives of millions of children around the world.
Reporting to the Head of Production (Publishing) the Publishing Coordinator is a member of Library For Alls Publishing Team who will create positive impact for children around the world by coordinating the production of culturally diverse and age appropriate childrens books for our library.
As a Publishing Coordinator you will:
- Bring your strong editing and production skills to the publication of culturally diverse illustrated childrens books and educational resourcesfor children in remote lowincome and otherwise compromised reading environments in Australia and globally
- Use your exceptional written and verbal communication skills to commission creatives from a diverse and multilingual network of authors illustrators designers translators editors and proofreaders to deliver manuscripts images illustrations and design layouts
- Be ready to respond working closely with cultural advisors funding partners and government advisors to ensure books and educational resources reach children as quickly as possible without compromising our high quality benchmarks
Weve already changed the lives of more than 250000 children and with your help we can grow that to 20 million before the end of this decade.
Library For All is no ordinary NotforProfit.
As a social enterprise of Save the Children Australia our mission is to make knowledge accessible to all equally. We have a proud history of leveraging innovation in our everyday work to deliver meaningful change for childrens education around the world. As a trusted partner to many of the worlds leading development agencies were laserfocused on scaling our impact to create measurable change for millions more children.
We offer you: A place to make a difference
In this fulltime fixed term role (12 months with potential for extension) youll work as a part of our Publishing team in Brisbane or remotely to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Production Coordinator plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether its working with an illustrator to produce culturally relevant illustrations for a new book or maintaining our publishing records through our bespoke cataloguing and epub distribution tools youll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia the Pacific and around the world.
You will make a difference by:
- Supporting the Publishing Team in managing the endtoend production of content assets including compliance with budgets and schedules set by internal and external suppliers and contractors
- Coordinating the acquisition of content assets across the publishing pipeline including manuscripts images illustrations digital books print books and educational resources
- Creating clear and comprehensive briefs for contributors and monitoring their compliance correspondence and delivery of assets
- Providing timely and accurate editing proofreading and layout checking on a range of fastmoving and varied publication programs
- Contributing to the continuous improvement and implementation of processes and workflows based on monitoring and evaluation of publishing outcomes
A place to feel valued
Your deep expertise in the production arm of the publishing process including editing design and communication with a wide range of creative contributors is invaluable.
This role requires:
- Significant book industry understanding across a variety of areas such as graphic design printing editorial publication standards or project management
- Significant experience and success in an editing and/ or publishing role ideally with a collection featuring a strong focus on cultural diversity
- Demonstrated knowledge of the impact potential and environmental limitations of book production and distribution (ideally) in lowincome remote or otherwise compromised environments
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Tertiary qualifications and/or industry accreditations in the fields of Creative Industries Editing or Publishing will be highly regarded
A place to belong
We are diverse personalities backgrounds and talents embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation and offer a range of rewards for your effort including:
- Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
- Support for workplace wellness including access to our free confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
- Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. Weve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if thats what you want!) ( Parents and Mental Wellness Alliance First Nations Advisory Committee).
- Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.
Does this sound like the place for you
Wed love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.
Applications close: 4pm AEST Friday 6th June 2025.
Position Description: Production Coordinator
For more information about this position please contact Lara Cain Gray on . Or for more information about a career at LFA and Save the Children Australia visit our Careers Page.
*We understand the need for worklife balance. Weve advertised this role as full time but if youre looking for something different please let us know. We offer flexible hours remote working and individual flexibility plans to ensure were providing you a personalised career.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no onesize fitsall when it comes to recruitment so if we didnt quite hit the mark for you please let us know at . Were dedicated to ensuring Library For All is a place where everyone can feel supported no matter your race ethnicity gender age disability sexuality neurodiversity culture and beliefs.
Library For All is a childsafe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the InterAgency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Library For All is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.
If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role please contact for further support.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
