Editorial Assistant

Join a dynamic global team working with academics around the world to build digital learning resources for the academic library market. This London-based position provides administrative and editorial support for the Business & Management group (90%) and CQ Researcher (~10%) within Learning Resources Editorial. Product support includes Sage Business Cases, Business Foundations, Data Decisions, CQ Researcher, and a new future business collection

Could you be our new Editorial Assistant? Are you?

Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint (and other presentation tools), Outlook and Internet
Interact appropriately with authors, customers, and colleagues to handle situations within the model of SAGE's vision statement.
Demonstrate a high level of maturity and professionalism.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills.

Your new role:

Executing contracts and financial documents using DocuSign and Proactis for the Business & Management products and CQ Researcher. Monitor and troubleshoot both as needed.
Completing tasks in SAGE Track to assign content to reviewers, evaluate level of development needed, maintain product data, and prepare content for production.
Sage Central: creating, updating, and maintaining work items in Central. Readying content for Central and troubleshooting as needed.
Arranging payments: Work in Proactis to prepare payment requests and vendor setup for authors, editors, consulting editors, reviewers, and others as appropriate, on a timely basis.
Working with Acquisitions Editors to support commissioning of new content for the Business & Management suite through researching potential contributors, peer reviewers, and licensor opportunities; answering author queries; and providing an initial review of submissions.
Support our Business Dean Outreach initiative, including communications, helping to track KPIs, organizing support materials, and providing admin assistance.
Entering data into spreadsheets and systems accurately and on time. This includes Airtable updates, tracking spreadsheets, and creating toll-free links to completed publications for authors.
Providing administrative and special project support to the management in the Business & Management group and CQ Researcher. For example, assisting on creating and/or refining Power Point and other presentations.
Support our competitor and other market research to support product development.
Working with Editors, Publisher, Senior Director to develop strong editorial and communication skills through mentorship.
Working with colleagues in Production Innovation, Production, Marketing, and other departments as needed.
Participate in dept meetings as directed by manager

If you have a disability and you need any support during the application process, please contact humanresources@sagepub.co.uk. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

A cover letter is important to us, this offers the hiring manager valuable insights into how your skill set aligns with the role, what unique contributions you can bring to the team and why you are interested in this position. Therefore, when applying for this role online, please upload your cover letter and CV as one document.