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Naomi’s strong people skills come as a result of her working as a trained staff nurse, which eventually led her into a new career path when she joined the pharmaceutical industry. This shift in direction took her into a sales role where she became passionate about customer service and delivery.

Naomi has provided professional editorial services in the publishing industry since 2004, and has extensive experience of submission systems including ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, eJournalPress, AllenTrack and ReView. One of the aspects she has most enjoyed during this time is the productive working relationships she has fostered with editors, authors and reviewers on the countless journals she has managed over the years.

Working alongside her co-founder, Stephanie Sacharov, Naomi’s personal goal is to provide exceptional customer service to all our clients and to each of their editors, reviewers and authors.

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Stephanie’s background in training, combined with her passion for research and commitment to the sharing of knowledge to a worldwide audience, has made academic publishing the perfect industry for her to work in. She is fully committed to working on processes that ensure the quality of published articles is not compromised by sub-optimal practices.

Stephanie started freelancing for Oxford University Press (OUP) before being invited to work as part of their in-house journals team. She still has a close relationship with OUP to this day, and The Editorial Hub Ltd is often called upon to take on some of their more complicated journals.

Stephanie’s previous experience in teaching and event organising ensures The Editorial Hub Ltd can offer excellent training and well-organised support, not only to our clients and their customers, but also to our talented team of freelancers.

Kate has a wealth of journals publishing experience, having first joined the industry in 2002 after completing her MSc in chemistry. She first worked for Taylor & Francis as Publishing Editor (science & engineering list) and then Managing Editor (applied science journals), before moving to IOP Publishing as Publisher (mathematics). From there, Kate took a few years away from publishing to complete an MA Human Resources Management and work in HR, before returning to the publishing fold as Commissioning Editor, then Business Development Manager, at Bioscientifica (Society for Endocrinology). There she launched new products and services, oversaw publishing policy, and deputised for the Head of Publishing.

Kate has been working for The Editorial Hub Ltd since 2019 and is responsible for HR, business administration, and new business development.

Emilie joined our team in 2023. She has worked in academic publishing since 2014, during which time she has been Rights Executive, Journal Production Coordinator, Peer Review Editor, and Research Integrity Manager for a leading scholarly publisher. Emilie has a BA (Hons) in cultural studies and comparative literary studies.

Emilie’s main passion lies within publication ethics. In her previous Research Integrity Manager role, she handled cases of ethical misconduct and conducted investigations in accordance with industry standards. As Community Advisor for UKRIO, Emilie is constantly developing her knowledge of this area, as it continually challenges academic publishing and the scholarly community. Emilie has also worked with indexing services; conducting evaluations and providing feedback and guidance on journals around best practice and offering editorial recommendations for publishers. Emilie offers a multifaceted end-to-end skillset and is familiar with the systems, operating practices and challenges that Publishers and Editorial Boards are managing.

Jodie first started working in publishing in 2010 and has experience working within all areas of academic peer review. She joined our team in 2019, having worked on several large society journals using both Editorial Manager and ScholarOne, and in 2023 was promoted to Team Leader. 

As Team Leader, Jodie is responsible for several client accounts and her work includes managing the team working on a suite of extremely high-throughput journals.

Rebecca has worked as a freelance editorial assistant since 2009, gaining experience in ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, Cognos and AllenTrack. Rebecca previously worked as a business and systems analyst in the retail industry and is currently studying for a BSc (Hons) in combined STEM.

Rebecca joined The Editorial Hub Ltd in 2017, and in 2021 was promoted to Team Leader. In this role she lends her expertise to her team by being a systems ‘super-user’ and the first point of contact to help solve problems, as well as ensuring any training or development needs are met. She enjoys using her considerable peer-review experience to help publishers, societies, editors, authors and reviewers benefit from the development of the most efficient and highest-quality processes.

Nikki has a BSc (Hons) in chemistry and 25 years of experience in laboratories, research & development, trials and sales; working within medical, paper and water industries, as well as in education. As a published author herself, Nikki can fully understand and support authors, editors and reviewers during the peer-review process.

Nikki is highly experienced in peer review, reviewer selection and managing journals using several editorial management systems, including Editorial Manager, eJournalPress, epress, and ScholarOne, having worked in journal administration for The Editorial Hub Ltd since 2017.

Since 2021, Nikki has been bringing her extensive expertise to the role of Team Leader. She is first port of call for her team; answering queries, disseminating information and knowledge, and ensuring best practice is maintained across all teams.