I have now been at the RSC for 2 months working as a development editor in the Inorganic Team (
Dalton Transactions, CrystEngComm and
Catalysis Science & Technology)
I joined the RSC straight from University having finished the experimental work for my PhD in August, so I’m now balancing working life with writing my thesis. The RSC is a very friendly place for graduates to join as there are a great number of us in the same boat!
The role as Development Editor is very varied and every day I am doing something completely different. For example yesterday I wrote
blog posts for
‘Hot Articles’ in
Dalton Transactions and liaised with board members about promoting the journal at different conferences. Today I’ve designed journal flyers and found some leads for commissioning review articles.
So far one of the most exciting parts of the job is having leading authors accept review invitations. It can be really time consuming looking for suitable authors and topics and then inviting them to submit a paper, so it’s great when they accept.
Switching from research to publishing has been a great change and I’ll keep you updated as I progress through the Graduate Training Scheme
Matthew is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Publishing Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email