Publishing Platform Lead

The essentials

• Permanent, full-time (part-time considered)
• £32,000 - £35,000 (depending on experience)
• Hybrid working with 2 days per week based in our Bath office
• Expected start date of 26th May 2026

The Geological Society Publishing House has an exciting opportunity within the publishing operations team for a Publishing Platform Lead to maintain our established flagship publishing platform the Lyell Collection.

Founded in 1807, we are the oldest geological society in the world. Today, we are a world-leading communicator of Earth science through publishing, library and information services, cutting‑edge scientific conferences, education activities and outreach to the general public. We also provide impartial scientific information and evidence to support policy‑making and public debate about the challenges facing humanity.

We have a membership (Fellowship) of c. 12,000, more than 2,000 of whom are based outside the UK. Approximately 3,000 are Chartered Geologists or Chartered Scientists – professionals who have demonstrated a high level of technical competence in their field and a commitment to professional ethics.

We have been a major publisher within the community since 1811. An independent and international publisher, we are dedicated to providing a high‑quality service to geoscientists globally and any surplus is invested to support our discipline. We publish a diverse range of books and journals on the Lyell Collection, with over 10,000 pages of new peer‑reviewed geoscience literature being made available every year.

To oversee the smooth running of the Society’s publishing platform, which showcases our portfolio of online titles. Reporting to the Head of Publishing Operations (HoPO), you will be chiefly responsible for the management, support and maintenance of the Atypon‑powered Lyell Collection platform.

You will collaborate with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless operations and stay up to date with the latest emerging platform technologies. You will be responsible for maintaining the Society’s online publishing platforms, so an understanding of a range of standard integrations, workflows, HTML and XML is essential.

• Oversee and maintain the Atypon Web Admin Tool (WAT) for the Society’s scholarly book and journal platform.
• Manage a queue of platform maintenance and change requests, including triage, feasibility analysis, testing and quality assurance.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for reporting platform issues to Atypon (the hosting provider), managing communications, and monitoring the support ticket system to ensure timely resolution.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot platform issues reported internally and communicate resolution statuses.
• Support development of new platform features and assist with implementation and QA.
• Maintain, validate, edit, and troubleshoot JATS XML while staying current with JATS and NISO standards and ensuring vendor compliance.
• Set up new pages and journal/book series sites within the platform as needed, ensuring all new website content is consistent with site templates and branding.
• Ensure that any new developments are tested and work as per requirements, utilizing the test facilities of the platform via sandbox areas.

• Act as the point of contact with vendors who provide supporting or downstream services for the Lyell Collection, e.g. Cross Ref, Digital Science, indexing services etc.
• Oversee the smooth deposit of selected content via Zipline into the Geo Science World  (GSW) platform, hosted by Silverchair. This is published via multiresolution DOI on both the Lyell Collection and GSW.

• Manage web accessibility compliance in collaboration with internal teams and external vendors by overseeing the implementation of necessary improvements in line with publishing standards and directives.
• Check that any changes in XML tagging or online display meet accessibility requirements.

The duties and responsibilities highlighted in this Job Description are indicative and may vary over time. As required, post holders are…