Assistant Publisher

We are seeking an Assistant Publisher to join our Journals Editorial team with the Academic Division. The role will be a key member of our global Publishing Support Team, providing administrative and editorial support across our portfolio of medical journals.,

• Support Publishers in the management and development of their portfolio of titles.
• Suggest ideas for analysis and provide data analysis to enable evidence-based decision making for strategic/editorial development of journals
• Work collaboratively and productively with other functional groups (especially production, marketing, product, and platform) to deliver an excellent service
• Assist in maintaining the journals contracts repository and maintain best practice in data management
• Organize meetings, attending and taking minutes as appropriate, undertaking catering, travel and room booking arrangements and paying of expenses, in accordance with hospitality policies
• Completing relevant payments and tracking efficiently and accurately
• Provide general support for renewals, bids, launches, and acquisitions, working with the relevant teams to produce analysis, conduct competitive research, and source quotes, and contribute to the written proposal document
• Work with other Journals departments globally as required to accomplish tasks and enhance communications between our global offices
• Participate in departmental projects including ownership of a relevant key user project
• Train new Publishing Assistants in key systems, processes, and ways of working
  
  To be successful in this role, you will ideally have/be:
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently
• The ability to pick up new tasks and learn new systems and processes quickly
• A good team spirit and the ability to work collaboratively
• Self-discipline with the ability to manage and balance priorities under time pressure and manage one's own workload independently
• Excellent attention to detail and numeracy
• Excellent spoken and written English and the ability to influence and persuade both internal and external parties
• Experience with Microsoft Office products
• Some previous experience in journals publishing or transferable professional experience
• A basic understanding of academic publishing, including editorial processes, production process, marketing, industry trends, systems, competitors, and technology
  
  We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.