Subeditor, Team Leader

Nature Portfolio; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the publishing industry seeks a Subeditor, Team Leader to oversee a team dedicated to ensuring high standards in scientific content. This hybrid role based in London requires strong editing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively. Ideal candidates should possess a degree in a scientific field, with proven communication and proofreading abilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in a scientific discipline is preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Demonstrable ability to proofread text and artwork.

Responsibilities

• Line manage a team of subeditors.
• Sub-edit material accepted or written for publication.
• Assist with recruitment of new team members.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent written communication skills

Good literacy skills

Ability to work in a team

Ability to cope under pressure

Education

Degree in a scientific discipline

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Job description

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Job Title: Subeditor, Team Leader

Location(s): London, Full time, Hybrid working

Organisation: Springer Nature

Application Deadline: 20th June 2025

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup

Job Title: Subeditor, Team Leader

Location(s): London, Full time, Hybrid working

Organisation: Springer Nature

Application Deadline: 20th June 2025

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup

About The Brand

Nature Portfolio is a flagship portfolio of journals, products and services including Nature and the Nature-branded journals, dedicated to serving the scientific community.

Visit nature.com and follow @Nature / @NaturePortfolio

About The Role

The Subeditor Team Leader role is a fast-paced and engaging position that involves leading a small team of subeditors to maintain the highest standards of accuracy and readability in Nature’s magazine content. The successful candidate will be comfortable reading and writing about all fields of science, take pride in being a stickler for grammar and facts and enjoy working as part of a close-knit team to publish engaging content both in print and online.

This role is based in our London office on a hybrid working model.

Role Responsibilities:

Sub-editing

• Sub-edit material accepted or written for publication by Nature as directed by the Chief Subeditor
  
  

Production

• Correct proofs, artwork and pages during the production process, to ensure that the pages are finished to the appropriate standard for output.
  
  

Managing

• Line manage team of subeditors
  
  

Mentoring and training

• Help to mentor and train the sub-editing team.
  
  

Recruitment

• Assist with recruitment of new team members.
  
  

Writing

• Write headlines and captions for Nature material as required.
  
  

Maintenance of standards

• Advise Nature editors on matters of house style and use of English.
  
  

Website

• Ensure that Nature material is correctly and appropriately displayed on Nature’s website.
  
  

Projects

• Undertake and oversee additional projects with the team (for example, maintenance of the Style Guide)
  
  

Essential

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

• Degree in a scientific discipline is preferred.
• Good literacy skills
• Demonstrable ability to proofread text and artwork.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, tact, diplomacy, discretion.
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of word-processing — in particular Adobe InDesign — and other relevant IT skills.
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
• Strong time management
• Broad interest in and understanding of science
• Flexibility
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Tact in dealing with authors and colleagues
  
  

Springer Nature is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and wish to submit your application in an alternative format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process, please get in touch either by phone on [phone] or by email [e-mail] so we can make any necessary arrangements.

At Springer Nature we value the diversity of our teams. We recognise the many benefits of a diverse workforce with equitable opportunities for everyone. We strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here:

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion

For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatureCareers

Job Posting End Date:

21-06-2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Book and Periodical Publishing

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