Commissioning Editor - Collections Management and Acquisition

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Job Description

The Commissioning Editor will be responsible for attracting high-quality content into key Springer Nature journals by creating Topical Collections. This involves identifying appropriate topics, analyzing market trends, conducting competitor analysis, building relationships with editorial communities, and using data analysis tools. The editor will also manage the Collections pipeline, collaborate with editorial teams, engage with Guest Editors and potential authors, and coordinate the promotion of Collections. The role requires strategic thinking, communication skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Furthermore, the editor will be responsible for orchestrating the training of Guest Editors and supporting the team of Managing Editors with overseeing the management of peer review for the Collections’ pipeline. The role offers a rare opportunity to shape a new and growing team.
Must have:
  • Sound knowledge and keen interest in Science
  • Familiarity with the Research Process
Good to have:
  • Direct experience of managing a journal portfolio
  • Strong data analysis and reporting skills
Perks:
  • Support networks for diversity and community building
  • Wellbeing initiatives for work-life balance
  • Access to learning and development platform

Job Details

Job Title:      Commissioning Editor, Collections Management and Acquisition

Location:     Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing

About the Springer Nature

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

About the role:

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 Commissioning Editor is responsible for attracting high-quality content into key Springer Nature journals via the creation of Topical Collections. Increasing commissioned content is an essential part of our strategy to grow our Springer Nature journal portfolios and as such appropriate topic identification is critical.

The Commissioning Editor will work with our Editorial Board Members and with our data scientists and analysts to ensure topic selection benefits from being data driven. Similarly, identification of an appropriate Guest Editor is key to a Collection’s success; the Commissioning Editor will reach out to high-level active researchers and encourage them to engage in Topical Collections in Springer Nature journals either as an editor or an author. This is a rare opportunity to join and help shape a new and growing team at a pivotal time.

Responsibilities:

  • Overall responsibility for planning and implementing commissioning strategies on key journals
  • Define and implement best practices across the Collections lifecycle
  • Identify appropriate topics for Collections
  • Ascertain and understand trends in market share at the level of specific topics
  • Carry out strategic competitor analysis
  • Build and leverage relationships with internal and external editorial communities
  • Use a wide array of data analysis tools to ensure topic selection is data-driven
  • Participate in the development of new technology aimed at solving complex topic modeling problems
  • Manage Collections pipeline against ambitious publication targets
  • Partner with our journals’ editorial teams so that Collections strategy is congruent with journal development plans and is translated into a consistent flow of opening and closing Collections, whilst ensuring the editorial teams retain ownership of their journals’ content
  • Identify and engage with Guest Editors and potential authors by inviting them to edit a Collection or submit their research articles.
  • Orchestrate the training of Guest Editors
  • Engage with our Marketing teams to coordinate and improve the promotion of our Collections, and develop new ways to reach out to the external communities served by our journals
  • Support the team of Managing Editors with overseeing the management of peer review for the Collections’ pipeline

Experience

  • Sound knowledge and keen interest in Science
  • Familiarity with the Research Process and the Scientific community

Skills/Knowledge:

  • An excellent understanding of the research publishing landscape and how journals and journal publishers serve the research community.
  • Direct experience of managing a journal or journal portfolio is desirable
  • Strong data analysis and reporting skills – ability to directly query data is desirable
  • Practical awareness of the importance and key aspects of research ethics
  • Excellent presentational skills
  • Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders
  • A creative mindset and the ability to bring energy, ideas and new approaches
  • A strategic and commercial mindset, with experience in developing and implementing plans.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to change, juggle a varied workload under pressure and work quickly and efficiently on own initiative as well as part of a team
  • Experience in Tableau is desirable

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a STEM discipline
  • We also welcome applications from fresh Ph.D. graduates for the CE role

This role can be based in our Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing offices on a hybrid working basis. Please indicate your preference of location in your application.

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.

To apply: please submit your CV and cover letter.

Internal applicants please inform your line manager when applying for the role.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion

If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation.

For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatureCareers/

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