Rosie Hastings

"My personality types are Coach, Coordinator and Trainer. I think this is a good reflection of some important aspects of my job, for example, trying to understand and help a lot of different people achieve different goals. This requires good communication skills, which is an important quality for all of these personality types. It also involves coordination of a lot of different tasks and people to achieve the maximum benefit, which can be done best by first listening and investigating to find out what people want, then working creatively and in an organised way to make it happen."

"I work with academics to organise the publication of journals. For example, I have worked with professors of philosophy to create collections of articles written by other professors, doctors and students which discuss different topics relating to philosophy. I have also worked with neuroscientists to make sure that the articles published in their online journal were checked properly by other scientists so that we know the research was done correctly and explained well.At work, I speak with a lot of different authors and reviewers to answer their questions about how to submit an article to the journal, how to use the online system where the articles are stored and checked, and how their article is doing in this process. I also help the \"Editors in Chief\" (the main academics in charge of the journal) with any problems they have, I explain how the journal is doing financially and how popular it is, and I help them come up with ideas to improve the journal. Finally, I speak with colleagues from different teams within the company to solve problems, improve our day-to-day efficiency and make sure the journal is printed properly.The best thing about my job is being able to work with so many different people, especially scientists and academics, because you can learn a lot this way. Another great thing is that you can work all over the world - so far I have worked for a company in Switzerland and one in Germany. The starting salary for my first job in Switzerland was 68,000 CHF per year (but it is less in most other countries!)."

"I began working in publishing thanks to a great internship opportunity that I found after university, where I completed a BSc in neuroscience. I have not undertaken any other training or qualifications since finishing university because there haven't been very many opportunities to do this through my job, however, some companies do offer a week of paid educational leave per year, which you can use to study or train for something that interests you.In the future, I would like to work more in science policy. This is because I have realised whilst working in publishing how important it is to try to improve the ways in which we talk about, share and do science and other academic research."

"Outside of work I love reading all kinds of books and magazines about all kinds of topics, sometimes this also helps me in my job! I also love eating and cooking, so I like to try out new recipes and visit interesting restaurants. Recently, I have started taking pottery classes and trying to practice my drawing and painting skills because I find it very satisfying to create something beautiful or functional. But sometimes I like to just chill out and watch a bit of Netflix!"

"Typically, I cycle to work and start my day by checking my emails and doing any urgent or easy tasks, like answering small questions or replying to a colleague. I then spend some time working on on-going issues, like creating documents to help authors write and submit their article correctly or discussing plans for the content of the journal with the Editors in Chief. Usually I also have one or two meetings with my colleagues to discuss various topics, such as news from inside the company or new plans and updates to our working methods. Finally, I work on much bigger projects which maybe take several months to complete. Currently I am working on building a database containing information on all of the journals owned by my company, and another project to document all of our process, tasks and working methods. Both are very time consuming and so big that it's hard to think of everything all at once, so I spend a lot of time making lots of notes so that I don't forget what I'm doing over time!"

"I went to school in Scotland where we did standard grades, highers and advanced highers - I did a lot of science and language subjects, completing highers in Maths, English, Chemistry, Human Biology, German and Art and an advanced higher in French. After this I studied Neuroscience, which involved a lot of Biology and Psychology, as well as a little Physics and Chemistry. "