Project management

At the busiest times of the year, your list of titles can easily grow beyond your capacity to manage. You might start noticing that you are:

• falling behind on scheduled tasks
• making excuses to your colleagues for delays
• feeling stressed or overwhelmed.

To avoid these negative impacts, it is important to regulate the volume of titles you are managing directly. The answer is to delegate responsibility, for the management of those titles you are unable to cope with, to a freelance project manager who knows how to:

• evaluate the author's text and troubleshoot any budget shortfalls
• plan all the required tasks and negotiate a clear and achievable production schedule
• establish clear rules for communication with all the product stakeholders
• scout for proficient freelancers for the editorial checks and book their time
• provide clear and concise briefing documents to all freelancers involved
• inspect the work of all the freelancers and give them critical feedback
• coordinate with the production team to ensure a smooth handover of the manuscript
• collate corrections to proofs, intervening where necessary to resolve sticking points
• perform all the necessary pre-flight checks before printing/upload
• communicate professionally and politely at all stages.

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