Working for us

We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accounts. Our size means that you will also have the opportunity to get involved with specialist projects.

Our staff have a variety of backgrounds – with many coming from scientific research as well as from the world of publishing. It’s this mix of experience that helps us to support and inspire the biological community.

We are an equal opportunities employer and offer a competitive salary and benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme. Staff are based in our Cambridge office.

Vacancies will be posted on this page, but if you don’t see anything relevant please do still get in touch with us by emailing recruitment@biologists.com.

Editorial Administrator

The Company of Biologists is looking to recruit an Editorial Administrator to work across our portfolio of five life-science journals, with a particular focus on Journal of Experimental Biology and Development.
Reporting to the Managing Editor of Journal of Experimental Biology, you will be responsible for the administration of the journal peer-review system and are required to ensure that the journal administrative procedures are as efficient as possible and meet the needs of authors, referees and editors. Please see the full job description for further details.

Please send applications by email to recruitment@biologists.com by 27 March 2024.

Hosted internships

We offer professional internships for PhD students. Each internship is carefully defined, both with the institute and the individual, and usually involves projects with our journal teams. Each year, we host a 12-week internship with a focus on data gathering and analysis.
We are currently also looking for one or more interns to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. If you are interested in applying for either of these opportunities, please contact us at recruitment@biologists.com.
Hosted internships are funded through PhD programmes – created by funders to help further your professional development – and should be agreed with your PhD supervisor and institute.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Company of Biologists is proud of its inclusive culture. We aim to maintain and improve our working environment so that everyone is included and able to give their best. We build on current thinking and best practice to ensure that equity, diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. Our EDI page provides more details about our actions to date and our plans moving forward.

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Disability Confident

The Company of Biologists is signed up to the Disability Confident scheme.

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Professional Internships for PhD Students at The Company of Biologists

2 August 2023

Erin Brown posing for a photograph in front The Company of Biologists and the slogan "supporting biologists inspiring biology".

Erin Brown recounts her recent internship experience with The Company of Biologists.

“I have been fortunate to have undertaken my Professional Internships for PhD Students (PIPS) at The Company of Biologists. The decision to choose an internship within publishing was driven by a curiosity to understand a different perspective of the academic process. From the application process to my arrival in Cambridge, I felt supported and excited with how my 12-week experience outside the lab would go.

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