Pre-Publishing Executive

About the Role

Notion Press is India’s largest book publishing platform, a 14-year-old company that publishes a new book every 27 minutes. We aim to democratize publishing and help writers sell their books globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and review new author projects from the Sales team, ensuring completeness and readiness for processing.
• Preformat manuscripts as per internal guidelines to prepare them for interior designing and production.
• Verify, organize, and maintain all required project documents, ensuring compliance with formatting, structural, and technical standards.
• Assign ISBNs where applicable and accurately upload and manage project files within internal systems.
• Conduct quality checks to identify and resolve errors, gaps, or inconsistencies prior to handover.
• Coordinate with Sales and Publishing Managers to address submission-related queries and dependencies.
• Officially hand over completed and verified projects to the Publishing Manager team within defined timelines.
• Maintain empathetic and consistent communication with authors while proactively tracking progress, resolving issues, and escalating concerns when required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Prior experience in customer-facing roles, operations, coordination, or similar responsibilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities with attention to detail.
• Comfortable working directly with authors and handling queries professionally.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Fluency in English and Tamil; knowledge of Hindi is an added advantage.

Benefits

• A flat and transparent culture and a chance to work with the leadership team of a high-growth startup.
• Best learning and development opportunities, a chance to have a big impact in a hyper-growth setup.
• The possibility of having a huge societal impact - helping writers fulfil their dreams and books reach hundreds of thousands of readers.
• Employee Stock Options.
• Paid Time Off for Annual Vacations.
• Healthcare Insurance.