Managing Editor - London, United Kingdom - Redwood Publishing Recruitment

Redwood Publishing Recruitment

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A leading professional scientific membership organisation based in London is looking to recruit an experienced Managing Editor to manage their portfolio of peer-reviewed journals.

This pivotal role will manage the editorial office to ensure the journalsare published on time and to a high standard, providing support to the Editors-in-Chiefs and Associate Editors.

This is a great opportunity to become involved in the organisation's strategic developments of their journals portfolio, where you will combineyour experience of working with peer-reviewed content with your strategic insights of the research publishing industry to drive the development of the portfolio.

This role offers a flexible working arrangement, with a mix of home working and attending theLondon office where there is a need to do so.

Reporting to the Publisher, some of the key responsibilities will include:

Working with Editors-in-Chiefs, Associate Editors and other partners to define the portfolio and journal-level strategies.
Manage the editorial process for manuscripts submitted to the journals, from submission to publication, liaising closely with authors, editors and colleagues.
Drive engagement with the journals portfolio, identifying opportunities to cross promote content collections and editorial campaigns.
Prepare journal and portfolio level reporting as and when required
Prepare and participate in journal editorial board meetings, Society meetings and additional meetings as required.
Assume responsibility for the online submission system.

This is a highly responsible role with the opportunity to develop within the organisation.

The successful person will ideally have a Master's/Doctoral degree in a biomedical or related discipline, and will have proven demonstrable experience of running aneditorial office of a high-profile STM journal.

You will also have proven experience of using an online submission system, ideally ScholarOne.

This role is embedded within the journals team - a cross-functional team comprised of editorial, product, productionand sales, within the organisation, therefore great time management, prioritisation and communication skills are essential to this role.

This position carries a highly attractive salary and excellent company benefits. If you would like further information, please send your CV and a short cover note.