Junior/Assistant Publisher

Recruiter:

Persona Staff

Job Ref:

CPT005691/PA

Date posted:

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client in the educational industry has a vacancy for a Junior/Assistant Publisher who will coordinate the end-to-end publishing process for a portfolio of scholarly books. This includes managing manuscript submissions, overseeing peer review processes, coordinating production stages, ensuring metadata compliance, and facilitating online publication. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and effective communication with authors, editors, and contractors.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

Manuscript management: Distribute author guidelines, verify manuscript formatting, and ensure rights and ethical compliance.
Peer review coordination: Assign reviewers, track responses, and manage communications between reviewers, editors and authors, and internal stakeholders.
Production oversight: Coordinate with copy editors, proofreaders and typesetters, conduct quality checks and implement changes, and ensure timely publication.
Metadata and archiving: Register DOIs and reference lists and ensure accurate metadata entry.
Project tracking: Maintain up-to-date records in project management tools (e.g., ClickUp), monitor timelines, and report on project statuses.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Publishing, English, Communications, Humanities, or similar
1 to 3 years experience in publishing operations, editorial coordination, or administrative support roles.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
Professional communication skills and email etiquette.
Familiarity with ClickUp, SharePoint, Excel/Sheets, and metadata platforms (DOI, ORCID)
Experience with academic publishing systems (OMP or OJS) is an advantage.

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