Do you want to be an editor for a biomedical publishing company? Do you hold a Life Science degree?
Our client is searching for a Journal Development Editor to join their team!

About the Company:
Our client is at the forefront of Biomedical Publishing, focused on breakthrough medical, biotechnological, and scientific research. This forward-thinking company serve the scientific and medical communities by reliably producing trustworthy online, print and physical resources.
Alongside publishing eBooks and journals, they also develop specialist knowledge networks and content hubs to allow professionals to easily connect and collaborate with their peers in niche scientific fields.

Their offerings include being the market leaders in plain language summaries of publications. At 60 employees, this company works at high speed, getting into exciting new niches early before the competition arises. This also ensures a homely social office environment in which everyone feels valued. The company culture is hinged on cross-departmental collaboration and a non-hierarchical structure that priorities development and a positive work environment.

The Role:
As a Journal Development Editor, you will report to the Managing Editor where your role will involve research, delivering high quality content and building/maintaining relationships with editorial board members and subject experts. This role is based out of the office near Finchley Central station.

Your responsibilities will include:
Journal and article content development (including but not limited to the following):

Ensure the scope and journal content reflects advances in the field
Keep up to date with research advances via news sites, conference programs, etc.
Prepare and deliver article acquisition strategies
Target commissioning activities towards key institutions in the subject area of each journal
Proactively define and action journal editorial programme
Independently propose alternative commissioning approaches to maintain necessary acceptance rates or to resolve issue size/content problems

Editorial Board and Subject Experts (including but not limited to the following):

Define and action a regular communication strategy for Editorial Board members to encourage active engagement
Monitor Editorial Board member activity
Independently analyse Editorial Board representation/coverage
Identify key Subject Experts in centres of excellence of relevance to the journal, and establish/maintain relationships that support journal, and wider company, activities

Journal Management (including but not limited to the following):

Be the first point-of-contact for your journals for all internal and external communications
Manage content pipeline to meet article publication targets and production deadlines
Monitor progress of all on-going authors (by email/telephone, as appropriate) to company timeframes
Act as point-of-contact for your journals
Propose potential next steps to Manager for complex editorial scenarios

Quality Control (including but not limited to the following):

Ensure manuscript tracking system is up-to-date and use to report to maintain journal standards
Action Editorial Office recommendations following first-draft manuscript triage
Collate peer reviewer comments and send to authors within company turnaround time

Social Media/Digital Products (including but not limited to the following):

Curate your journals’ Twitter accounts, sending a minimum of 1 tweet/day/journal, replying to direct messages, and monitoring for and reporting to your Manager any negative comments
Curate your journals’ LinkedIn groups (if relevant) daily to accept/reject member requests and curate discussions, and post to the groups weekly
Contribute to FSG social media accounts/digital products relevant to your journals

Departmental goals & company projects:

Understand how to translate departmental and company goals into personal objectives that are within sphere of influence
Proactively suggest business/marketing opportunities as part of annual plan and assist with related activities
Represent company/journals externally as requested by your Manager

About You:

2:1 or above in a Life Science degree or other relevant discipline
You must have a passion for communicating science
Interest in and desire to build knowledge of relevant scientific subjects
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent organisational and time-management skills
Ability to work quickly, under pressure and to deadlines
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Keenness to build knowledge of academic publishing
Experience in a publishing environment is desirable

Company Benefits:

Travel allowance of £3,000 per annum (£250 per month)
Employee assistance programme for 24/7 support for mental health, work or personal issues etc.
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday
Contributory pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution
Vibrant social committee, which organises events including summer and Christmas parties paid for by the company

Journal Development Editor

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SALARY

£24000

LOCATION

North London

CONTRACT TYPE

Graduate job (permanent)

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