Publishing Assistant Oxford, England
Job description
We have been a leading figure in publishing for more than 500 years. We have always been a forward-looking organization, maximizing the technology for the day, but the digital revolution is bringing enormous change, fast. That same spirit of adventure and entrepreneurialism is critical to our future success. In a fast changing publishing landscape, OUP welcomes the inquisitive, the inventive, and the ambitious; people who challenge the conventional, and pioneer the possible.
We believe that the skills you bring to OUP are just a starting point. We want you to have the opportunity to expand your abilities, and innovate and develop in areas which both interest you, and support your aspirations.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As our new Journals Publishing Assistant, you will be a key member of our global Publishing Support Team, providing administrative and editorial support across our multi-disciplinary portfolio of academic Journals. You will be supporting the team with:
- The management of existing journals through administrative and research support
- Preparing the regular publishing update reports for Society partner journals covering a wide range of performance measures
- Providing regular data reports and analytics to support and develop Journal strategies
- Organising meetings, attending and taking minutes as appropriate, undertaking catering, travel and room booking arrangements and paying of expenses
- Completing relevant payments and tracking efficiently and accurately
- Ensuring journal home pages are up to date, for example by maintaining Editorial Board details, or adding new data or features
- Maintaining relevant and appropriate gratis subscriptions across a list of titles
- Maintaining the journals contracts repository and maintain best practice in data management
- The acquisition process with preparation of proposals
- Working with other U.S. and UK Journals departments as required to accomplish tasks and enhance communications between NY, Cary, and Oxford, UK.
- Assisting in launch of acquired journals and participate in launch meetings
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
ABOUT YOU
You should be able to demonstrate:
- Good organisational skills and the ability to work independently
- Experience in an office based environment
- Good knowledge of Excel
- 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
- Good attention to detail and numeracy
- Excellent spoken and written English
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 of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, 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.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
QUERIES
Please contact [email protected] with any queries relating to this role.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
