Publisher - Maternity Cover

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom bmj-group Full time

Overview:
**Job Title**:Publisher

**Contract**: Fixed Term Contract - 1 year Maternity Cover (Full Time)

**Salary**:£51,446 per annum

**Location**: BMA House, London - UK (Hybrid)

**Application Closing Date**:Sunday 16th July 2023

BMJ are seeking an experienced Publisher to oversee a portfolio of journals, with a primary focus on general medicine (excluding The BMJ, BMJ Medicine, and BMJ Open). As part of your responsibilities, you'll be required to conduct a strategic review of BMJ Case Reports, our database of clinical case reports.

Your role will involve managing the publishing operations, driving strategic development, and ensuring the financial success of your portfolio. Collaborating with internal teams to optimise publishing services and develop commercial opportunities will be essential. If you possess solid scholarly publishing experience, effective communication skills, and experience in strategic decision-making, we invite you to join our team

**Responsibilities**:

- Cultivating effective relationships to ensure the efficient day-to-day running of journals, in close cooperation with relevant internal staff, e.g. marketing, production, finance, sales
- Building knowledge of the field and the relevant scientific communities to offer market insight, sound advice to identify development opportunities and translate them into actions to maintain a competitive advantage and financial stability. This will involve engaging with external stakeholders and community leaders to obtain their advice.
- Setting and managing annual Journal Development/Improvement Plans and overseeing their implementation and successful conclusion by providing and interpreting data to enable evidence-based decision making for strategic and editorial development including:

- Bibliometric analysis to understand drivers for impact factor
- Competitor analysis
- Emerging trends
- New journal launches
- Content growth
- Financial modelling
- Working collaboratively and productively with other functional groups (especially production, marketing, digital) to deliver an excellent service for all stakeholders
- Working with finance to set and manage costs for the portfolio
- Driving content development discussions using analytics and evidence through regular communication, hosting strategy meetings, and presenting at editorial board meetings
- Ensuring that all KPIs (annual targets for journal submissions, publications and transfer volumes) are regularly monitored, reported and met, and that action is taken as needed
- Working with the Research Integrity team to resolve pre
- and post-publication issues raised by staff, Editorial Board Members and readers (e.g. authorship, scope, ethics and consent, misconduct, policies)
- Meeting portfolio-related objectives with regard to market share, editorial succession, cost per article, operations, and growth
- Reviewing new journal and commercial opportunities in consultation with the Head of Portfolio and contribute to journal proposals

Qualifications:
**Skills & Experience**
- Demonstrable experience in scholarly publishing and familiarity with open access and the research-to-publication process.
- Proficiency in list management and strategic planning.
- Sound understanding of journal finances and financial management.
- Proactive approach with excellent project management and organisational abilities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Computer literacy and familiarity with publishing platforms.

**Why should you apply?**

**BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes.**

You may know us as the publisher of one of the world’s most cited general medical journals,
_The BMJ. _We also publish over 70 specialty journals, many of which are the most influential titles in their field.

We also offer digital professional development courses and clinical decision support tools to help medical institutions and clinicians tackle today’s most critical healthcare challenges.

Evidence underpins everything we do - it’s what makes us one of the world’s most trusted knowledge providers. And the figures speak for themselves. More than 50 million users from over 150 countries access our websites every year.

BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA), with nearly 500 employees worldwide. Our head office is located within the Grade II listed BMA House in Euston, London, with more offices in China, India, North America, and Wales.

**You will be able to join any of our employee-led networks focusing on: Gender, Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers, and Age.**

**We offer flexible work arrangements to all our employees.**

Those who come to work with us are assured of a rewarding career in an increasingly global company. In return, we offer a great place to work with a wide range of benefits, inclu

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