Ask Our Staff: What does a production editor do?

What does a book production editor do? What happens during the book production process?
In this video, UC Press Marketing Associate and FirstGen Program Committee member Sara Fan interviews Senior Production Editor Stephanie Summerhays and FirstGen Program Committee member on everything a production editor does throughout the book production process.
Stephanie Summerhays, senior production editor at UC Press, has been producing books for almost 15 years. She has experience with everything from genre fiction to trade nonfiction and technical science but enjoys university press books the most. She loves her work in publishing, her mischievous young children, and serial commas.