Graduate Trainee Vacancies: Editorial

Graduate Trainees within RSC Publishing are employed as either Assistant Editors (Editorial Department) or Technical Editors (Informatics Department).  

You will receive thorough training in publishing and also experience other activities of the RSC, such as science writing.  

Graduate Trainees have used their skills and experience to become journal Editors and Informatics Team Leaders, and have also moved to work in other areas of the RSC such as our Conferences Department.

Assistant Editors

You will:

• be responsible for the peer review of submitted articles
• coordinate referees
• communicate the outcome of peer review to authors
• contribute to the development of a set of journal titles by commisioning articles
• help to liaise with the editorial boards
• attend conferences to represent our journals to the scientific community. 

Technical Editors

Working within teams responsible for a number of titles, you will:

• be responsible for the accurate and timely production of journal articles and database products within the Informatics Department
• manage the flow of articles to schedule for weekly, fortnightly and monthly issues 
• carry out technical editing and correction of articles to ensure the published science is clear
• use your subject knowledge to highlight the scientific content - contributing to our award winning RSC Prospect enhancements which lead the scientific publishing world. 

It is important that you have a good degree, MSc or PhD in a chemical science or related subject.  In both areas you have the opportunity to use your scientific knowledge in an expanding and vibrant worldwide business.  Whether you see yourself communicating with world leaders in the chemical sciences, commissioning their best work and ensuring they get the very best customer service, or using your organisational and technical skills to publish science in unique and innovative ways, RSC Publishing can offer all this to you.

For general information about our Graduate Training Scheme please visit our 'Graduate Training' section.

• Based in Cambridge.
• Salary: Trainee Assistant Editor - £21,363 pa
• Salary: Trainee Technical Editor - £21,363 pa 
• Closing date: 13 June 2008
• Assessment Centre: 25 June 2008