Production and Sales Coordinator (Digital & Print). at HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)

Job Advert Summary    

• In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ in South Africa and the region, the Research Units of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg, and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008.
• HSRC Press, the publishing division of the Human Sciences Research Council, is a small but prolific and innovative publishing house of social science and humanities scholarship and outstanding non-fiction from and about Africa and the global south.
• HSRC Press houses three book imprints, AISA, HSRC Press and Best Red, is a small but prolific and innovative publisher of social science and humanities scholarship. Focused on publishing exceptional scholarly books, the Press has a global footprint in sales, distribution and dissemination.
• The HSRC Press has a vacancy for a Digital Production and Sales Coordinator, with extensive digital expertise.  This position requires an individual to coordinate some of the production and sales outputs of both print and digital publications to the highest possible standards, within the budgetary and time frameworks relevant to each publication.
• The incumbent will be expected to maintain the excellent production quality of the products and services, whether in print or digital format, and to ensure sales work related to these production activities is effectively coordinated. This position will be based in the HSRC, Pretoria office.

Minimum Requirements    

• A degree NQF 7 in print and digital media production or information science with a specialisation in publishing studies
• A minimum of 5 years’ production knowledge and experience in book publishing and print and digital management
• Proven track record of working with Onix or similar systems
• Project management expertise
• A background in design or experience in working with digital products and services, or sales is an added advantage

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Coordination of sales information to and from agents
• Financial control of production and sales work within budgetary and policy frameworks
• Coordination of certain distribution and dissemination outputs
• Administration of production work of new books and services, including establishing metadata and related digital work, to promote and sell new book
• Coordination of production design work and relevant production platforms for new books and overall publishing services.

Closing Date    

• 2026/11/16