Editorial Assistant

Job Title

• Title: Editorial Assistant
• Department: Research Editorial
• Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

About the Role

Are you looking to build a career in academic publishing with one of the world's leading educational publishers? At Oxford University Press, you'll be joining a purpose-driven organization committed to advancing learning, research, and education worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of the publishing process, supporting the creation and development of high-quality scholarly and academic content.

As an Editorial Assistant, you'll gain exposure to a broad range of publishing activities, working with authors, editors, reviewers, and cross-functional teams across the business. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys organization, attention to detail, relationship management, and project coordination, and who wants to develop a long-term career within academic publishing.

You will be part of a collaborative and supportive team culture where learning and professional development are encouraged. The role offers exposure to publishing systems, content development workflows, metadata management, contract administration, and stakeholder engagement, providing a strong foundation for future growth within OUP.

Opportunity

As an Editorial Assistant, you will:

• Provide editorial and administrative support throughout the publishing lifecycle across multiple content formats and subject areas.
• Assist with project setup, including maintaining product and content information within publishing systems and supporting project tracking activities.
• Process, review, edit, and maintain content, metadata, and project records to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Support the management of author and contributor contracts, including issuing contracts, maintaining records, and responding to routine queries.
• Act as a key point of contact for authors, editors, reviewers, and contributors, providing guidance and resolving routine queries.
• Assist in preparing manuscripts and supporting materials for handover to Production, ensuring all content is publication-ready.
• Track content, payments, permissions, and project milestones to support efficient project delivery.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Editorial, Production, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Royalties, and other business functions to ensure smooth publishing operations.
• Support departmental administration and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and special projects as required.

Impact

This role plays a critical part in ensuring the successful delivery of OUP's academic publishing programme. By providing high-quality editorial and operational support, you will help bring scholarly content to market efficiently, maintain strong relationships with authors and contributors, and enable seamless collaboration across multiple teams. Your contribution will directly support OUP's mission of advancing knowledge and education globally.

Essential Criteria

• Strong organizational, time-management, and project coordination skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent proofreading and research capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including word-processing and spreadsheet tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and receptive to feedback.
• Ability to work effectively in a virtual and collaborative environment.

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience in academic publishing, editorial support, content development, or project administration.
• Experience working with content management, publishing, or workflow management systems.
• Understanding of scholarly publishing processes and author engagement.
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders in a deadline-driven environment.

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Job Category

Publishing Content

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