Associate Publisher/publisher

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Elsevier Full time

Key Result Areas
- Portfolio Management and Development_
- Develop the strategy for the portfolio; ensure alignment with the department’s and wider organization’s strategies.
- Work with editors, authors, editorial boards and the academic community at large to ensure sufficient copy flow of relevant, high quality manuscripts.
- Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors.
- Continuous and pro-active maintenance of the existing portfolio, matching developments in the external marketplace, including the development of Open Access initiatives.
- Continuous quality control and monitoring of all aspects of day-to-day editorial, production and publishing operations and actively address improvements where required.
- Meet portfolio related objectives with regards to content growth, articles market share, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial speeds and author and editor satisfaction.
- Manage the editorial fees budget and provide input to pricing processes.
- Experience in data gathering, presentation and interpretation.
- Relationship Management and Networking_
- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts and networks with key external stakeholders, including editors, authors, society representatives, university leadership and industry, with a view to understanding their professional and organizational needs and ongoing market developments.
- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts with key stakeholders within the company, including editorial, production, publishing, marketing and technology teams, coordinating activities as they relate to the portfolio’s needs and development.
- Business Development_
- Identify and map market needs and business opportunities.
- Develop, and where feasible acquire, new products and services, including society journals and conferences.

About you:
Attitude:

- A creative/entrepreneurial/innovative attitude is essential
- Drive/result oriented/ initiating attitude
- Willingness to travel internationally 30% of the time
- Integrity/commitment to the business
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills
- Willingness to steer and participate in selective projects
- The ability to build, nurture and manage editorial boards is a must.
- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts and networks with key external and internal stakeholders

Educational level and experience:

- University degree or knowledge of field - essential
- Minimum of 3 years’ publishing experience - desirable
- Fluent English speaker - essentialPlease read our

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