Assistant Publisher in Oxford

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.

Responsibilities

• 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, attend and take minutes as appropriate, undertake catering, travel and room booking arrangements and pay expenses in accordance with hospitality policies.
• Complete relevant payments and track efficiently and accurately.
• Provide general support for renewals, bids, launches, and acquisitions, working with the relevant teams to produce analysis, conduct competitive research, source quotes, and contribute to the written proposal document.
• Work with other Journals departments globally 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.

Qualifications

• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently.
• Ability to pick up new tasks and learn new systems and processes quickly.
• A good team spirit and ability to work collaboratively.
• Self-discipline with 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 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.
• Basic understanding of academic publishing, including editorial processes, production process, marketing, industry trends, systems, competitors, and technology.

Benefits

• 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.