Editorial & Publishing Assistant

Every paper and book BRJ publishes passes through dozens of careful hands-on steps: checking new submissions, corresponding with authors and reviewers, tracking corrections, preparing manuscripts for production, proofing formatted PDFs and coordinating issue launches. The Editorial & Publishing Assistant is the person who keeps each of those steps moving on time.

You will assist the publisher and managing editors daily, learning the craft of scholarly publishing from the inside. It is an ideal role for someone early in a publishing, communications or research-adjacent career who is meticulous, kind in correspondence and motivated by seeing finished work go out into the world. The role is based on-site at our Somerville, MA office.

• Triage incoming submissions: completeness checks, formatting sanity, plagiarism/AI screening workflow.
• Draft and send author and reviewer correspondence, and keep every thread answered and on schedule.
• Track manuscripts through review, revision, acceptance, invoicing and production milestones.
• Assist with copy-editing, reference checking and proofing of formatted articles and books.
• Coordinate issue assembly and launch logistics with the production and web teams.

• 1–3 years in publishing, editorial, communications, research administration or similar (strong internships count).
• Meticulous attention to detail — you notice the missing DOI and the inconsistent reference style.
• Excellent written English and a professional, warm correspondence voice.
• Comfortable juggling many small deadlines across tools (email, spreadsheets, our Atlas publishing system).
• Able to work on-site at our Somerville, MA office.

• Familiarity with academic publishing conventions (peer review, ORCID, DOIs, CC licensing).
• Copy-editing experience or coursework; a second language.