Applications for this job are now closed
Are you interested in pursuing a career in scientific publishing?
Are you ready to bring your collaborative, team-oriented approach to our dynamic publishing team?
About our Team
Our team owns Social Science journals, as part of our larger Science, Technology and Medical Publishing organisation. We work collaboratively internally across the business and externally with academics to ensure our journals are best in field. We take ownership for the reputation of our journals and the quality of the content we publish.
About the role
You will take ownership of the publishing life-cycle from defining materials for a defined list of social science journals to working on initiatives and projects. You will balance academic knowledge with entrepreneurial skills and a keen interest in new online developments. You will have an ambassadorial role to work effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Building solid relationships with the research community through a mix of communication channels to keep up-to-date with emerging market trends
- Developing a deep market awareness of your market both for your portfolio and the wider team to ensure alignment
- Advocating for journal development to accelerate growth of content particularly content
- Working with key society partners on strategic journal acquisitions, development, renewals, launch plans to overall strengthen business relationships
- Managing editor appointments for your journals to ensuring they have editorial structures that are diverse and dynamic
- Improving the visibility of your journal brands and our company tools and services through effective outreach to ensure ongoing success
- Collaborating closely with team members and other publishing colleagues to help deliver on shared projects and goals
Requirements
- Be degree educated
- Have good experience in an academic or publishing role
- Demonstrate experience in setting, realising goals and making a difference internally and to our customers
- Be able to adopt a range of communication channels and deliver great customer experience
- Be able to work efficiently and productively delivering results in a global matrix organisation and managing multiple stakeholders
- Have an impressive can-do attitude and a team-oriented approach to working
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
- Working remotely and from our office in a flexible hybrid style
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Benefits
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career, as this role is global, benefits may vary according to your location. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Health care plans and benefits
- Modern Family Benefits, including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy
- Life assurance and accident policies
- Comprehensive pension and retirement plans
- Access to learning and development resources
- Your recruiter will advise you on the benefits package for your location
About the Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
