Job Overview

Job Title: Content Development Specialist

Contract: Fixed Term 12 Months (Full-Time)

Salary: £42,050

Location: London - UK (Hybrid)

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 26th August 2025

BMJ Group is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes.

We are recruiting for a maternity cover role commencing in November 2025, which will involve working across our diverse portfolio of specialist medical journals. The Content Development Specialist will help to grow BMJ Group's clinical research content development strategy to support our journals in disseminating high-quality articles to researchers and clinicians. Reporting to the Head of Content Growth, the Content Development Specialist will research, commission, and supervise the delivery of clinical research content relevant to strategically targeted readership groups.

Working closely with journal Editors and Publishers, the role holder will join the content development team to shape and enhance content pipelines and manage a streamlined and efficient operation to deliver BMJ’s content development programme.

Responsibilities

• Implementing the content development strategy to procure and sustain engaging clinical content in targeted therapeutic fields.

• Undertake research into emerging clinical output trends to support an evidence-based content development programme.

• Work with Editors and marketing to write proposals and calls for papers.

• Manage editors, authors and peer reviewers to ensure timely delivery of manuscripts.

• Meet content development targets across multiple therapeutic areas. 

• Monitor and accurately report content development progress against targets, proactively flagging issues and identifying actions to resolve them.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• A BSc in a scientific, medical or health field or equivalent experience would be desirable.

• Ideally, 1-2 years of experience in scholarly publishing and an understanding of open access and the scientific research to publication process.

• Experience in commissioning content packages would be desirable.

• Proactive and able to manage workload to meet targets and deadlines

• Good project management and organisational skills, including managing multiple projects.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with people at all levels of seniority.

• Strong computer literacy and familiarity with publishing indexing platforms, including Web of Science and online manuscript submission systems.

Why work for us

Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here.

Flexible Work and Workplace Perks

• We’re committed to flexible working that supports both your needs and the requirements of the role.

Generous benefits

• Generous double-matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%

• Discounted dental and travel insurance

• Seven x salary life assurance cover and a generous income protection package

• Discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work and season ticket loan

• Discounts for retail and leisure products through yourReward 

Work-life balance and wellbeing

• Twenty-five days holiday + bank holidays + a BMJ Day off.

• Additional holiday through long service; buy up to 5 additional days 

• Leave for moving house, volunteering or getting married

• Concierge service Seniorcare by Lottie

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are not buzzwords to us, but fundamental company priorities

• We believe that a diverse workforce brings unique strengths and insights, enabling us to better serve our customers and drive positive change in our industry. 

• If you are from an under-represented or historically marginalised community, we are particularly interested in hearing from you. 

• Join our employee-led networks focusing on Gender, Race and Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers and Age.

• Disability Confident Committed employer

Learning & Development

• Personal development plan 

• Mentoring scheme

• Career Coaching

• Opportunities to pursue professional development

• Strengths-based development