Senior Editorial Assistant

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About the Role

We are excited to offer an opening to join our vibrant and innovative Springer Journals publishing team at Springer Nature, working on our respected and high-profile biomedical journals. In joining the team, you would become part of one of the world’s leading global scientific and medical publishers, with staff based in Europe, Asia and the Americas. We have a fantastic opportunity for an individual with a passion for scientific advancement to develop their publishing career and work alongside some of the best researchers in this field.

As Senior Editorial Assistant, you would be responsible for supporting a defined list of journals within the Biomedicine group, working as part of the British Dental Journal portfolio team, including the flagship BDJ and fully open access BDJ Open. In this role you will contribute to the growth and quality of the BDJ Portfolio by operating journal peer review and copyediting processes, supporting editorial and publishing projects, web processes, and social media marketing and by providing efficient administrative support.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the receipt and processing of journal manuscripts to British Dental Journal, BDJ Open and Evidence-Based Dentistry, including all manuscript correspondence, peer review administration tasks and author decision letters.
• Copyedit articles for spelling, sense, grammar and conformity to house style, and apply the BDJ journal formatting.
• Manage journal inboxes efficiently and respond to author queries to ensure author satisfaction in a timely fashion.
• Support issue sign off as required, including adding author information to accepted articles using the relevant tools, and assisting in QC checks.
• Assist with the running of the BDJ Portfolio Social Media accounts, writing and scheduling regular tweets/posts highlighting content in BDJ Portfolio and adhering to best practice.
• Track research integrity cases for British Dental Journal, BDJ Open and Evidence-Based Dentistry, using Springer Nature best practice guidelines.
• Generate performance reports as necessary, and present the data at relevant meetings, including quarterly business meetings.
• Assist the Marketing Manager with creating content for the BDJ Portfolio socials and/or journal websites as required.
• Take on administrative tasks and editorial tasks, and provide support for publishing projects for BDJ Portfolio as and when they arise.
• Take on writing projects for the BDJ Portfolio as required.
• Make updates to the journal websites as required.
• Take the minutes at BDJ Portfolio meetings as required.

Experience, skills and qualifications

Essential

• Educated to bachelor’s degree level
• Excellent English language, including accurate spelling and grammar, and editing skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong administrative skills.
• Excellent personal organisation skills, with the ability to manage time and projects successfully to meet frequent deadlines, achieve agreed goals, and deal with a wide variety of tasks, prioritising appropriately.
• Confident communicator with ability to deal effectively and professionally with a wide range of individuals on the telephone, by email and in person.
• Has a customer-focussed attitude.
• Ability to compose sensitive correspondence requiring tact, accuracy and confidentiality.
• Proven ability to work both independently and successfully as part of a team is required.

Desirable

• An interest in dentistry and related disciplines
• Experience of using a peer review management system such as eJP or Editorial Manager.
• Experience in journals publishing.
• Experience of managing a social media account.
• Knowledge of science, technical, and medical (STM) publishing, including usage, citation metrics, developments in the market, and commissioning strategies, would be an advantage.
• Demonstrable experience of office administration

The position is offered on a permanent basis and would be located in our London office.

To apply, please submit a CV and a cover letter outlining your key ambitions in the role, including your salary expectations and notice period.

Please note applicants will be considered as they apply and therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent.

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Job Posting End Date:

4-11-2025