Managing Editor - Heidelberg, Deutschland - Springer Nature

Springer Nature

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Heidelberg, Deutschland

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Date:
Nov 21, 2023

Location:
Heidelberg, DE Berlin, DE

Company:
Springer Nature Group

About Springer Nature Group

Managing Editor

Location:
Berlin or Heidelberg

Permanent Position

Closing date: 5th of December 2023

The Springer Nature Journals Group aims to support researchers in communicating and advancing discovery for a better world. We do this by providing a trusted environment in which researchers can quickly, easily and transparently share their discoveries, data and research stories

The Collections Management and Acquisition Team is a division within the Publishing Performance & Intelligence group providing expertise and dedicated resources to support the growth of commissioned content across the SN Journal portfolio.

The Managing Editor will work with commissioning editors, publishers, external editors and our operational partners to organise and manage collections on behalf of key parts of the SN Journals portfolio.

They will be responsible for the project management of multiple live collections and will work closely with our operational teams to provide an enhanced level of oversight for commissioned articles.

Increasing commissioned content is an essential part of our strategy to grow our Springer portfolio and this role ensures we can do this at scale while maintaining an excellent level of quality and author service.

Responsibilities:

Project management of live collections
Support Commissioning Editor/Guest Editor and Authors with queries
Engagement with the Marketing department
Contact point for Guest Editor throughout the collection
Reporting on Performance of Collection
Contact point for Guest Editor and operations
Monitoring of content flow and delivery against collection submission window
Enhanced oversight to ensure service and quality and key escalation point
Responsible for filtering of MS and general oversight that excellent peer review is in place for commissioned content
Assign new submissions to assistant editor and support as needed
Monitor turn around times (TATs)
With the Editorial Support Advisor team contribute to robust workflow documentation to be used across all portfolios
Point of contact for production and other queries.

Experience:

Solid experience of journal publishing workflows, specifically around submit to accept
Good understanding of publishing ethics and integrity issues
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written and in person/on the phone
Good administrative and organisational skills
Strong English skills in written and spoken language
Ability to multitask Has a sound understanding of the balance between operational efficiency and editorial rigour.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree minimum

At Springer Nature, we're committed to creating a great working environment which includes the benefits you receive, opportunities for you to develop your skills and ways to get to know your colleagues

Some of these include:

Support networks that focus on fostering dialogue around diversity, community building, advice and advocacy
Wellbeing initiatives to support in maintaining a healthy work life balance
24 hour access to our learning and development platform LEAP and LinkedIn Learning to help develop your skills
A fantastic benefits package

Further information about life at Springer Nature, hybrid working and the range of benefits available in your preferred location will be shared during the interview process.

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