Editorial & Publishing Assistant

Work directly with our publisher and editors through the full life of a manuscript — from submission triage and author correspondence to formatting, proofing and launch.

Every paper and book BRJ publishes passes through dozens of careful hands-on steps: checking new submissions, corresponding with authors and reviewers, tracking corrections, preparing manuscripts for production, proofing formatted PDFs and coordinating issue launches. The Editorial & Publishing Assistant is the person who keeps each of those steps moving on time.

• Triage incoming submissions: completeness checks, formatting sanity, plagiarism/AI screening workflow.
• Draft and send author and reviewer correspondence, and keep every thread answered and on schedule.
• Track manuscripts through review, revision, acceptance, invoicing and production milestones.
• Assist with copy-editing, reference checking and proofing of formatted articles and books.
• Coordinate issue assembly and launch logistics with the production and web teams.

• 1–3 years in publishing, editorial, communications, research administration or similar (strong internships count).
• Meticulous attention to detail — you notice the missing DOI and the inconsistent reference style.
• Excellent written English and a professional, warm correspondence voice.
• Comfortable juggling many small deadlines across tools (email, spreadsheets, our Atlas publishing system).
• Able to work on-site at our Somerville, MA office.

• Familiarity with academic publishing conventions (peer review, ORCID, DOIs, CC licensing).
• Copy-editing experience or coursework; a second language.

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