Production Editor - Journals

Location: Hybrid, with a minimum of three days per week in person at the Milton Park office in Oxfordshire; candidates must live within commuting distance and have the right to live and work in the UK. The office is expected to relocate to Oxford city centre in late 2027 or early 2028.

Company

Informa and Taylor & Francis Group publish peer-reviewed books and journals and provide academic, business intelligence, knowledge, and events content.

What you will do

• Coordinate communication between authors, editors, societies, suppliers, and internal colleagues throughout the publication of articles and issues.
• Ensure journal articles and issues are published according to agreed schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Analyze errors and defects, implement corrective actions, and improve publishing quality.
• Monitor supplier performance, provide constructive feedback, and collaborate on defect management and process improvements.
• Develop knowledge of supplier workflows and share publishing best practices across internal and external stakeholders.
• Own a portfolio of journal titles, identify product-level improvement opportunities, and support changes that develop each title.

Requirements

• Experience working as part of a team and in a process-driven environment.
• Experience working with external suppliers and partners.
• Experience managing small projects and working in a customer-facing role.
• Industry and market awareness.
• Right to live and work in the UK.
• Ability to commute to the Milton Park office and work in person at least three days per week.

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a similar production or publishing role.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible balanced working model combining office-based collaboration with support for working from home or remotely when not working in person.
• 25 days of annual leave, a birthday day off, and three additional discretionary days during the holiday season.
• Four paid volunteering days per year.
• Company-funded private medical insurance, employee assistance support, life assurance, optical and medical care.
• Share Match plan and pension scheme.
• Flexible and inclusive workplace focused on wellbeing, professional development, and work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Submit a covering letter explaining motivation and transferable skills.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process upon request.