Sub Editor

**Job Title: Sub Editor****Permanent, Full-Time****Location: London, UK****Application deadline:** **20th October 2025****About Springer Nature Group**Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup**About the Brand**Nature Portfolio is a flagship portfolio of journals, products and services including Nature and the Nature-branded journals, dedicated to serving the scientific community.Visit nature.com and follow @Nature / @NaturePortfolio**About the Role**Ensuring the highest quality copy editing and proofreading of journal editorial content within production deadlines to meet Nature Portfolio quality expectations.**Role Responsibilities:*** Copy-edit assigned non-primary content within agreed turnaround times, ensuring that the text is readable, grammatically correct, accurate, internally consistent and conforms to house style* Ensure that figures are accurately reproduced and consistent with the text* Confer with production staff to set priorities and edit figures* Check authors’ proof corrections and accurately incorporate those changes that are reasonable and correct* Ensure all final content is accurate and completed to the authors’ satisfaction as far as reasonably possible* Resolve any vendor queries escalated from the Journals Support Team* Provide absence cover for other in-house sub-editors* Provide assistance for other sub-editors according to workload**Experience, Skills & Qualifications:***Essential** Excellent attention to detail* Excellent knowledge of the English language* Computer literate* Good knowledge of Microsoft Word* Good interpersonal skills* Ability to work individually or as part of a team* Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines* Broad interest in production and publishing* Flexible and adaptable* Punctual and reliable* Good BSc within relevant subject area*Desirable** Publishing/copy-editing experience is desirable, but not essential* Post-graduate science qualification and/or publishing qualification is desirable, but not essential*To apply, please submit a CV and a cover letter outlining your key ambitions in the role.*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. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation. For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit#LI-AC1Job Posting End Date:21-10-2025We are an ambitious and dynamic organisation, and home to some of the best-known names in research, educational and professional publishing.Working at the heart of a changing industry, we are always looking for great people who care about delivering quality to our customers and the communities we work alongside. In return, you will find that we open the doors to discovery for all our employees – offering opportunities to learn from some of the best in the business, with a culture that encourages curiosity and empowers people to find solutions and act on their instincts. Whether you are at the beginning of your career or are an experienced professional, we invite you to find out more about the roles we offer and explore our current vacancies.We are a global and progressive business, founded on a heritage of trusted and respected brands – including Springer, founded in 1842, Macmillan, founded in 1843 and Nature, first published in 1869.Nearly two centuries of progress and advancement in science and education have helped shape the business we are today. Research and learning continues to be the cornerstone of progress, and we will continue to open doors to discovery through trusted brands and innovative products and services. Springer Nature Group was created in May 2015 through the combination of Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media. #J-18808-Ljbffr