Academic Journals Editorial intern

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Closing date: 23rd April 2025

Payment: £22,222 per annum (prorated for your 8-week internship)

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid

Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week) / Fixed Term (8 weeks)

Placement dates: 14th July – 5th September 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is keen to learn more about journals publishing and eager to start a career in this area.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a passionate, fast-paced environment providing world class support to our millions of customers and qualifications around the world.

Our Journals Editorial team is responsible for managing the 400 academic journals we publish including multiple field-leading publications and journals published on behalf of the leading scholarly associations in their disciplines globally.

The Journals Editorial intern role will cover a mixture of responsibilities to allow the role holder to obtain a rich experience of tasks undertaken by Journals Editorial staff, develop an excellent understanding of where Journals Editorial sits within the publishing ecosystem and obtain the essential skills required for a career in academic journals or books publishing.

What you'll be doing

As part of this role, you will:

• Assist and shadow a variety of roles across the Journals Editorial team.
• Gain an overview of the academic journal lifecycle from peer review to publication.
• Learn more about the Editors-in-Chief who select the content for each journal and the scholarly associations who own a large number of our journals.
• Provide support on key projects and tasks including conducting market and competitor research, preparing materials for meetings, compilation of key data for reporting and updating journal webpages.
• Spend time with other teams that work closely with Journals Editorial, for example online peer review, operations, production, marketing, sales and books editorial.

What you'll bring

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Excellent understanding of the English language and clear written and verbal communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong organisational skills including the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Experience using Microsoft Outlook and Office, especially Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

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