What jobs are on the payroll of a middling-to-large RPG publisher?

[Tav_Behemoth]

Behemoth3 is moving towards incorporation, and as we think about payroll issues and the like, I'm wondering about how other publishing companies do things. Right now it's natural for us to each have more than one hat, and we're each happy divvying up everything that needs to be done. In setting up our corporate structure and planning for expansion, though, it'd be nice to know how those hats might be broken down and distributed if we had enough people so that each of us could specialize more.

For companies bigger than us (5+ more-than-part-time workers), what are the jobs that need doing? What titles do people have, and how many hats are each of them wearing? What are the rough organizational divisions within the company?

Answers to any of these questions will be much appreciated!

 

[MongooseMatt]

Not sure if we are entirely typical, but. . .

2 Directors (split between Ops and Strategic, for want of better terms)
1 Accounts Manager
3 Editors
1 Studio Manager
1 Miniatures Manager
4 Staff Writers
1 Demo Team Manager

Got a feeling I have missed someone there. . .

 

[The Don]

Not sure if we are entirely typical, but. . .

2 Directors (split between Ops and Strategic, for want of better terms)
1 Accounts Manager
3 Editors
1 Studio Manager
1 Miniatures Manager
4 Staff Writers
1 Demo Team Manager

Got a feeling I have missed someone there. . .

It's always us production people who get left out and unloved...


Don

 

[Axegrrl]

And by the time you get to be 12+ people, you probably also need one admin type (who probably also does any required shipping/receiving). And you also need to consider who's going to do the computer maintenance/security/etc.

 

[MongooseMatt]

For us, the admin is split between the Accounts Manager and one of the Directors. We have a standing maintenance contract to look after our IT requirements (which are growing at a rapidly worrying pace).

On top of this, of course, are the dozen or so proofreaders, 50-odd freelance artists, on spec editors, the odd writer, miniatures sculptors and office cleaners (two of them!) who work on a contract basis.

It is exhausting just thinking about it!