Publishing Support Assistant

16 hours ago


Oxford, United Kingdom RELX Full time

Ready for a challenge?

Who are we looking for

Publishing Support Administrator

Would you enjoy providing business support to a busy publishing team?

Do you enjoy delivering effective administration services that make a difference to our success? Join our Publishing Team

Our team works globally with Publishers, Journal Editors and external society stakeholders to coordinate logistics for editorial board meetings. We provide general administrative support for journal and portfolio needs to our customer base. We create and provide customized reporting and data for journal performance such as usage and citation, to discover new opportunities.

In this role you will deliver a valuable service to our team by handling various journal administrative tasks on behalf of your publishers. You will take ownership for coordinating off-site and on-line meetings for your publishers. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop analytical reporting through creating and identifying insights to contribute to our strategy.

**Responsibilities**:
- Coordinating logistics for off-site and on-line Board Meetings including invitations, booking locations and facilities for attendees. Ensuring a professional and seamless experience for all;- Gathering data, information and facts by using existing reports to build analyses for publishers to use in proposals, reports, editorial appointments and meetings;- Contributing to best-practice initiatives for operational procedures and workflow efficiency through collaborating with internal teams to record Best Practices and implement improvements;- Taking ownership of interesting and varied administration tasks to support the publisher in the smooth running and success of our journals;- Manage various systems to ensure that data is up to date and accurate;- Communicating confidently and widely to ensure that tasks are kept on track and any problems resolved.

What you should bring- Have great organizational skills and be able to provide timely and consistent support to teams;- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrate an eye for detail;- Be able to gather data for analysis from several sources and systems and present in a clear and readable format;- Be data literate and confident in asking questions to ensure that you understand what is being asked and able to collaborate with the publishers to provide the right data to answer their questions;- Have excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office with proficiency in Excel and the ability to learn new systems;- Enjoy collaborating with teams to deliver projects that help make a difference.

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities to develop yourself. Elsevier’s benefits are also very competitive.Please read our


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