Immunocore is an innovative and dynamic biotechnology company developing a unique platform of T Cell receptor-based therapeutics, called ImmTAX molecules, as a novel class of treatments for cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases.

Immunocore has a well-established pipeline of wholly owned programmes, of world leading science and strong IP position, which has led to discovery collaborations with Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Medimmune as well as a co-discovery & co-development partnership with Lilly, and recent investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Publications Assistant supports the planning, execution and archiving of all scientific communication deliverables, including abstracts, posters, slide decks and manuscripts. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports the timely execution of the publications plan according to strategy.
  • Liaises with Dept Heads / Clinical Leads to collate publication plans
  • Manages new proposals for scientific communications submitted by staff members
  • Tracks internal and external deadlines for conference submissions
• Supports content development for external communications
  • Liaises with internal & external authors during the review stage and collates author comments
  • Supports generation of guidance documents & templates
  • Supports generation of schematics and figures
  • Supports journal or conference submissions
  • Tracks progress of content development
  • Updates journal database and journal formatting requirements
  • Coordinates scientific and medical review of clinical communications
  • Supports the development and maintenance of core publications guidance documents and templates
• Coordinates the internal approval of clinical and scientific communications
  • Serves as the point of contact for staff submitting content for approval
  • Manages each workflow from submission to final internal approval
  • Maintains databases for approved content
• Other publication-related activities
  • Manage quality checks of scientific content (against validated data outputs), including version control, citations and archiving
  • Manage centralised reference databases and ensures compliance with our copyright licensing agreement
  • Performs literature searches to support regulatory submissions
  • Purchases published articles on request

Other

• Providing additional ad-hoc support for projects within the research management and Business Development teams

Experience & knowledge

Essential

• Worked within a relevant scientific background
• Worked to build and maintain effective working relationships, ensuring good written and verbal communication skills
• Worked to a high level with organisational and IT skills
• Worked to ensure excellent organisational skills when working with colleagues
• Worked with reference management software

Desirable

• Advanced degree (MSc or PhD in relevant field)
• Experience in Immunology / Oncology preferred
• Worked within Immunology/ pharmaceutical/ biotech sector
• Worked with writing scientific publications, with experience gained from within academia and/ or industry
• Knowledge of Good Publication Practices
• Worked with graphics software