Editorial Production Assistant - Journals

A leading society publisher based in London is looking to recruit a Editorial Production Assistant to join their friendly editorial production team.  The organisation publishes world-leading sources of information in the medical field and has expanded its publishing portfolio to include a major Open Access journal.

This role will act as the main point of administrative contact for all the stages of submission. You will work with the production team as well as the Editor in Chief to ensure the reviewing process is completed.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring all the authors are informed on decisions from the Editor in Chief.
• Ensuring all overdue reviewers are chased
• Monitoring the Editor in Chiefs workflow
• Checking for plagiarism on all resubmitted papers
• Provide creative support and design to the Production department
• Carry out the Production checks during the editing process

The successful person will have:

• Administrative experience
• Be highly organised and able to handle a busy workload with a keen eye for detail
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and an interest in publishing
• Educated to degree level
• Experience of working independently and within a team

For further details of this excellent editorial production assistant role please forward your CV with a short covering letter outlining your interest and salary expectations.