🌟 Perfect for a mature, tech-savvy professional—possibly semi-retired—who wants flexible, meaningful remote work. 🌟

Are you an organized, tech-savvy professional with a background in publishing and a desire to stay engaged in work that matters—on your own terms? Ingenium Books seeks a part-time Publishing and Title Management Coordinator to play a central role in supporting our values-driven mission: breathing life into powerful transformative stories.

This role is ideal for a tech-savvy someone, perhaps recently retired or semi-retired, who is energized by variety, thrives in a support role, and is excited by meaningful, part-time remote work (approx. 10–20 hours/week to start).

🧩 Who You Are

• A publishing professional or project coordinator with experience managing editorial/design/production pipelines.
• Comfortable with remote work and using modern tools like Trello, Google Drive, Canva, KDP, IngramSpark, and WordPress along with the MS Word and Excel.
• A natural relationship builder: clients and teammates trust you.
• Self-governed, dependable, and decisive—yet collaborative and warm.
• Someone who loves helping others succeed.
• You value honesty, integrity, service, and efficiency.

🛠️ What You'll Do

• Coordinate and update publishing projects in Trello to keep authors, editors, designers, and stakeholders aligned.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for authors and freelancers.
• Track and support production schedules, release dates, team assignments, and title lifecycle oversight.
• Help maintain author- and public-facing tools, update key project status reports for authors 
• Participate in project planning discussions with the publisher and team.
• Set up new project workflows and maintain metadata integrity across platforms.
• Support monthly author community events and occasional Canva-based design tasks.
• Contribute to a dynamic, flexible team with ideas for process improvement.

🎯Your Ideal Experience

• Publishing project coordination or editorial operations experience (required).
• Knowledge of ONIX metadata, distributor interface platforms (e.g. KDP, IngramSpark, Kobo, etc. (strong asset).
• Familiarity with taxonomy principles and cloud file management.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills (we’re a publishing company!).
• Bonus if you’ve previously led transition projects for a publisher changing title management systems, distributors, or distribution models.

💻 This Role Is Perfect for You If You…

• Want to contribute meaningfully without returning to full-time work.
• Enjoy variety, autonomy, and staying “in the know” at the heart of a team.
• Are flexible, open to evolving duties, and unafraid of ambiguity.
• Are energized by deadlines, details, and continuous learning.
• Believe that helping others succeed is the best kind of success.
• Located (at least most of the time) in North America (for time zone cohesion).

✅ What We Offer

• Remote-first work environment, flexible hours
• Part-time contract role (~10–20 hours/week)
• Opportunity to grow with us as we grow
• Direct engagement with a purpose- and values-driven publishing team
• A dynamic role where your ideas are welcomed and valued.