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We are developing a leading global publishing and technology business, which has grown from a science and bio-medical publishing base to encompass a diverse range of products and services in the media, online and technology sectors. We have created the UK's largest entertainment listings database, developed the leading mobile phone navigation software platform and are the largest Open Access publisher. Our brands stand for top quality and our business is driven by innovation and creativity. At SNG you will enjoy working in a diverse, challenging and rewarding environment at our London headquarters or one of our offices world-wide. We are committed to equal opportunities and believe in investing in our employees. To apply for any of the opportunities listed below please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, Science Navigation Group, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. |
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Current vacancies
Assistant Editor (Ref: CHC/AE) - Chemistry Central Chemistry Central, part of the BioMed Central group requires an Assistant Editor to work on Chemistry Central Journal and other newly launched chemistry titles. The role will involve management of the peer review process, and managing relations with the journal's Section Editors, Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) and authors. Main duties
Requirements Applicants must have:
Previous experience of scientific publishing would be beneficial, but is not a requirement. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Senior Marketing Executive (Ref: MR/SME) - Faculty of 1000 Faculty of 1000, part of the Science Navigation Group, is seeking an organised, creative, and communicative marketing professional to join its busy marketing & sales team. The award-winning online literature awareness services "Faculty of 1000 Biology" and "Faculty of 1000 Medicine" comprise a unique collection of the world's leading scientists & physicians who select, rate and evaluate key articles (www.facultyof1000.com). The product is sold to the academic, corporate, and sponsorship markets. Reporting to the Director of Marketing & Sales, the Senior Marketing Executive will be responsible for: reviewing current strategies; planning and managing the marketing strategy; developing new campaigns, using all aspects of the marketing mix, especially e-marketing; conference attendance; budget oversight; and monitoring campaign effectiveness. In addition, they will be responsible for the line management and development of a Marketing Assistant. The successful candidate will have: relevant marketing experience; email marketing experience; excellent copywriting skills; an eye for detail; the ability to juggle several projects, and to respond quickly to changing priorities. Further desirable experience includes STM publishing, a scientific background or knowledge of the biomedical market, and a CIM qualification. This is a rewarding position in an innovative environment. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Assistant Editor (Ref: BMC/AEB) - BioMed Central BioMed Central Ltd, the leading open access publisher, is looking for an Assistant Editor to join the team responsible for the independent journals portfolio. The role involves providing a high quality and objective peer review service on selected journals, and working with Editors-in-Chief to set up new journals. Suitable applicants must be degree qualified and have a background in biomedical science with a keen interest in academic publishing. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential. The applicant should be self-motivated, with excellent attention to detail and strong organisation skills. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Deputy Biology Editor (Ref: BMC/DBE) - BioMed Central BioMed Central, the Open Access Publisher, is looking for a life sciences PhD with editorial experience to help oversee the peer review and development of a major series of Open Access biology journals (part of the 'BMC-series'). Applicants should have a broad knowledge of biology, ideally with experience of research and peer review. Duties include helping to find reviewers, offering guidance on whether to publish a manuscript based on reviewers' reports, and handling issues related to publication ethics and policies. The role will also involve approving press releases and website content. Applicants should have a broad knowledge of current biological research, and should ideally have a background that in research combined with experience in scientific publishing. For further information on this position please contact Penelope Webb via email at penny.webb@biomedcentral.com Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Open Repository Service Manager (Ref: BMC/ORM) - BioMed Central Open Repository is a service from BioMed Central to build, launch, host and maintain institutional repositories for organisations. Built upon the latest DSpace repository software the service has been designed to be flexible and cost-effective. BioMed Central's economy of scale makes it possible for organisations that could not otherwise afford to, or lack the infrastructure or technical capacity in-house to run their own repositories. BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical research. As the Open Repository Service Manager you will help organisations build and launch their own institutional repositories; developing strong working relationships with our customers, acting as a first point of call for questions and areas of concern, and understanding and managing their needs and requirements. You will also understand the technical requirements for hosting and maintaining the service, and support the relevant IT support teams where necessary. You will make sense of, analyze and prioritise: business requirements, customer requirements, developments in institutional repository software and related fields (such as digital preservation and metadata standards), and developments within DSpace software specifically. You will work with the project technical architect to create short-term and long-term project roadmaps. You will lead the project planning and work closely with the Business Development Manager, sales and marketing teams, OR Architects, DSpace community, and new and established customers. The role is customer facing and requires occasional travel to meetings, conferences and clients. Most importantly, you will possess strong project management and communication skills, be highly organised with developed people management and customer service skills. Start date: As soon as possible. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Protein Information Monitors (Ref: CBD/PIM) - Current BioData Based in Swansea Current BioData Ltd (a joint venture with the founders of Swiss-Prot), is developing the Targeted Proteins database (TPdb), a new set of resources for scientists and others involved in drug discovery. We are seeking enthusiastic, well-organised individuals to join the editorial team as Protein Information Monitors. You will be responsible for the data selection of daily literature-based and weekly patent-based updates of the database. This involves critically assessing the scientific content of papers and patents and the relevance of the research to protein entries in the Targeted Proteins database. You will also have to work closely with the internal editorial team to update the database and liaise with leading experts in the field to obtain comments on important new publications. You must have an undergraduate degree in biochemistry or molecular biology. You will also require excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and good computer literacy. The successful candidate will also need to be well organised and have an aptitude for understanding technical scientific issues. In this role, you will be able to stay at the forefront of scientific research and develop an exciting career, making a real contribution towards scientific understanding to support the development of new therapeutics. See www.currentbiodata.com for further information. Informal enquiries may be made to Rebecca Lawrence, Editorial Director, at rebecca.lawrence@currentbiodata.com Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Junior Production Assistants (Ref: BMC/JPA) - BioMed Central BioMed Central Ltd (www.biomedcentral.com), the pioneering open access publisher, is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. We are seeking Junior Production Assistants to join our busy production team. The Junior Production Assistant has a wide-ranging role covering all aspects of the electronic production process. Main duties include performing formatting checks and corrections on articles, and liaising with authors and editors to ensure that the published articles match the submitted manuscript. Other duties may include the running of BioMed Central's semi-automatic article PDF layout system, loading and correcting article XML, and liaising with mirror databases. Full training will be given; we are looking for organised and keen team-workers, with excellent communication skills and an eye for detail. This entry-level role offers the opportunity to work within a friendly and focused team in a company at the forefront of Scientific Open Access Publishing. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Production Assistants: Liverpool (Ref: BMC/PAL) - BioMed Central We are the World's largest open access publisher with journals covering biology, medicine, chemistry and physics. Our expansion plans mean we have a range of openings for Production staff in our new offices in Liverpool. We are seeking proactive individuals with good English language skills, attention to detail, computer literacy and strong organisational skills to work on our scientific journals. A background in science, publishing or other relevant experience would be advantageous, but not essential. Training will be provided. You will liaise with authors and editors to ensure that the final versions of manuscripts are produced to a high standard and in appropriate time frames. You will carry out quality control checks and edit article XML and check PDF layout of articles. Main Duties:
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Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Protein Information Editors (Ref: CBD/PIE) - Current BioData Positions available in Swansea Current BioData Ltd (a joint venture with the founders of Swiss-Prot), is developing the Targeted Proteins database (TPdb), a new set of resources for scientists and others involved in drug discovery. A rapidly expanding company, we have recently opened additional offices in Edinburgh and Swansea and are seeking enthusiastic and well-organised postgraduates (PhD or equivalent) in either biochemistry or molecular biology, to join the editorial team. The successful candidates will be responsible for creating and maintaining the database content for a set of protein families, together with primary responsibility for ensuring the database content is kept up-to-date, providing scientific input to support other members of the editorial team, and overseeing the quality and accuracy of any updates in content. Candidates should have strong communication skills and enjoy interacting with people. Computer literacy, excellent English language skills and attention to detail are essential. In this role, you will be able to stay at the forefront of scientific research and develop an exciting career, making a real contribution towards scientific understanding to support the development of new therapeutics. Informal enquiries can be made to the Editorial Director, Dr Rebecca Lawrence: rebecca.lawrence@currentbiodata.com Closing date 15/02/08. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Assistant Editor (Ref: GM/AE) - BioMed Central Genome Medicine, a new online journal being developed by the open access publisher BioMed Central, is seeking an enthusiastic, well-organised, literate PhD or MD (or equivalent post-graduate) to join its expanding editorial team as an Assistant Editor. Genome Medicine, the sister journal to Genome Biology, will publish reviews, commentaries and original research articles aimed at keeping researchers informed of advances to the practice of medicine, as influenced by genomics and other large-scale or high-throughput approaches. The successful candidate will, together with other members of the editorial team, identify research articles suitable for Genome Medicine's scope and interest level and make decisions on publication on the basis of referees' advice. Additional responsibilities of the team include the commissioning of reviews, meeting reports and comments, advocacy to authors, as well as liaising with the editorial team that is responsible for peer-review of manuscripts for a wide range of biological and clinical research journals, including BMC Medical Genomics and BMC Cancer. Computer literacy and a keen eye for detail are essential; editorial experience would be an advantage but is not essential for candidates who have editorial aptitude and a relevant science or medical background. Informal enquiries may be made to the Editorial Director (Medicine): Melissa.Norton@biomedcentral.com Start date: As soon as possible. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Assistant Editor (Ref: BMC/MAE) - BioMed Central BMC Medicine, an online journal published by the open access publisher BioMed Central, is seeking an enthusiastic, well-organised, literate PhD or MD (or equivalent post-graduate) to join its expanding editorial team as an Assistant Editor. BMC Medicine the flagship medical journal of the BMC series publishes original research articles of exceptional quality and wide interest, aimed at keeping researchers and clinicians informed of the latest advances to affect the practice of medicine. The successful candidate will, together with other members of the editorial team, identify research articles suitable for BMC Medicine's scope and interest level and make decisions on publication on the basis of referees' advice. Additional responsibilities of the team include the commissioning of reviews and comments, advocacy to authors, involvement in the recruitment and maintenance of the Editorial Board, as well as liaising with the editorial team that is responsible for peer-review of manuscripts for a wide range of specialty biological and clinical research journals, including BMC Public Health and BMC Cancer. Computer literacy and a keen eye for detail are essential; editorial experience would be an advantage but is not essential for candidates who have editorial aptitude and a relevant science or medical background. Informal enquiries may be made to the Editor-in-Chief, Melissa Norton: Melissa.Norton@biomedcentral.com Start date: As soon as possible. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com. Associate Publisher, Chemistry (Ref: BMC/CAB) - Chemistry Central Chemistry Central, part of BioMed Central Ltd requires an experienced chemist with publishing experience to develop and expand its new portfolio of chemistry journals. The role of the Associate Publisher will involve leading the development of the portfolio of open access journals through proactive launches/acquisitions in high growth areas of chemistry, including multidisciplinary research. You will also oversee the editorial process for Chemistry Central Journal and newly launched journals, managing the in-house Assistant Editor(s) and relations with external journal editors, Editorial Advisory Boards (EAB) and authors. You will represent Chemistry Central at industry events and academic conferences, to promote the journal portfolio, solicit manuscripts, liaise with Editorial Boards and advocate open access in chemistry. The role will also involve the planning and coordination of appropriate use of web technologies to improve the delivery and linking of chemical information within the journals and with external resources. A PhD in chemistry or related discipline is essential, as is previous experience of scientific publishing. An understanding of chemistry-related web technologies would be an advantage. Please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, SNG, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com Assistant Editors (Ref: BMC/AE) - BioMed Central BioMed Central Ltd, the open access publisher, is expanding the team responsible for the manuscript peer review process on the BMC-series journals, which cover a wide range of life science and clinical research areas. The key task is to provide a high quality and objective peer review service through liaison with reviewers, editorial boards and authors. Staff also represent the journals at conferences and editorial board meetings. A life science or clinical research degree and postgraduate experience in a relevant subject are both required. A background in clinical medicine, epidemiology, public health, cancer, bioinformatics, genomics or evolutionary biology would be a strong advantage. Excellent English language, computer literacy, analytical and organizational skills are essential. Job description Assistant Editors are responsible for the peer review process on the journals they work on, assessing the manuscript upon submission, selecting and inviting peer reviewers, corresponding with the authors and reviewers, and making decisions on manuscripts on the basis of the peer reviewers' reports. Assistant Editors also suggest manuscripts to be highlighted as Research Highlights and to be press released. Manuscripts
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