Sub Editor

Job Title:

Sub Editor Permanent, full-time

Location:

London, UK Application deadline: 19 October 2026

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Our hiring approach balances skills, experience, and potential to ensure each role is fulfilled with both short-term effectiveness and long-term growth in mind.  About the Role Are you a scientist with a keen eye for detail? Would you like to play a part in ensuring high standards of quality for one of the world’s leading science publishers?

We have a vacancy for a Sub Editor responsible for providing a fast, efficient and high-quality service for authors. The role involves sub editing short, non-primary research content from our Nature Research Journals and Nature Reviews journals and proofreading longer-form primary research and review article content from Nature, Nature Research Journals and Nature Reviews journals. The location(s) strategy supports team structure and aligns business needs.

Role Responsibilities:

Copy‑edit assigned non‑primary content within agreed turnaround times, ensuring the text is readable, grammatically correct, accurate, internally consistent, and aligned with house style. This requires strong Editorial Skills, excellent Writing Skills, and high Scientific Comprehension.

Ensure that figures are accurately reproduced and consistent with the text, applying Critical Scientific Evaluation and familiarity with Publishing Workflows & Systems to check accuracy and coherence.

Confer with production staff to set priorities and edit figures, demonstrating effective Collaboration, clear Communication, and strong Interpersonal Awareness when coordinating with colleagues across teams.

Check authors’ proof corrections and accurately incorporate those changes that are reasonable and correct
- Adaptability.

Ensure all final content is accurate and completed to the authors’ satisfaction, drawing on strong Editorial Skills, Scientific Comprehension, and professional Communication to deliver high‑quality outputs.

Resolve copy‑editing queries escalated from authors or other departments
- Communicates Effectively.

Provide assistance for other sub‑editors according to workload, demonstrating strong Collaboration, Adaptability.

Experience, Skills &

Qualifications:

Essential Excellent attention to detail

Excellent knowledge of the English language

Computer literate

Good knowledge of Microsoft Word Good interpersonal skills

Ability to work individually or as part of a team Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

Broad interest in production and publishing

Flexible and adaptable

Punctual and reliable

Good degree in a physical sciences subject area Desirable
Publishing/copy-editing experience is desirable, but not essential

Post-graduate science qualification and/or publishing qualification is desirable, but not essential

To apply , please submit a CV…