Assistant Editor

Springer Healthcare is a leading medical communications and education provider.

Under limited supervision the Assistant Editor will provide administrative and editorial support to the Mathematics publishing team.

• Preparation of incoming manuscripts for production and publication; thorough scrutiny of manuscripts for internal consistency and completeness; completion of all forms to be circulated with manuscripts internally
• Log outstanding permissions and solicitation of permissions from the appropriate publishers/outside authors and/or interaction with Springer authors/editors to assist in the securing of permissions.
• Solicit peer reviews for prospects and signed projects as needed or as directed by editors.
• Prepare contracts; Arrange royalty payments for series editors; Support, monitor and process reprints.
• Under supervision of editor, fulfill author/editor needs, prepare a "before, during and after" relationship with the author.
• Draft and edit back cover copy and book marketing plans for editor's review and approval (in close cooperation with product management).
• Act as liaison between authors, production department and promotion departments after manuscripts have been submitted to production.
• Maintenance of projects database for proposals, upcoming and published books.
• Exhibits attendance.
• Maintain and update journal data and book data as needed.
• Perform related duties as required.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years' experience in related editorial capacity
• Mathematics or science background preferred
• Must be well-organized and attentive-to-detail
• Exposure MS office and databases preferred