Managing Editor

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Managing Editor will work with commissioning editors, publishers, external editors, and operational partners to organize and manage collections for key parts of the SN Journals portfolio. This role involves project management of multiple live collections and close collaboration with operational teams for enhanced oversight of commissioned articles. The primary goal is to increase commissioned content, contributing to the growth of Springer Nature journal portfolios while maintaining excellent quality and author service. The role requires managing collections, supporting editors and authors, engaging with the marketing department, and reporting on collection performance.
Must have:
  • Project management of live collections
  • Support Commissioning Editor/Guest Editor and Authors with queries
  • Engagement with Marketing department
  • Contact point for Guest Editor throughout the collection
  • Reporting on Collection Performance
  • Monitoring of content flow and delivery
  • Enhanced oversight for service and quality
  • Filtering of MS and peer review oversight
  • Assign new submissions to assistant editor
  • Monitor turn around times (TATs)
  • Contribute to robust workflow documentation
  • Point of contact for production queries
  • Solid experience of journal publishing workflows
  • Good understanding of publishing ethics
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good administrative and organizational skills
  • Strong English skills (written and spoken)
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Understanding of operational efficiency and editorial rigor
  • Bachelor's Degree minimum
Perks:
  • Support networks for diversity and community
  • Wellbeing initiatives for work-life balance
  • 24-hour access to learning and development platform
  • Fantastic benefits package

Job Details

Job Title: Managing Editor 

Location: Pune

Job Type: 6 months Contract

About the Springer Nature Group

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 Brand

Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions is the technology and publishing solutions arm of the Springer Nature Group. We leverage our insight in the publishing domain and acquire, produce and deliver content across media and markets using our Technology and Publishing Solutions. With a focus on technology driven solutions and deep insight in the publishing domain, Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions offers a range of services that help our Group brand acquire, produce and deliver content in the most efficient ways possible. We are driven by over 1000 professionals in Technology, Research & Analysis and Marketing shared services

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 Managing Editor will work with commissioning editors, publishers, external editors and our operational partners to organize 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 Nature journal portfolios and this role ensures we can do this at scale while maintaining an excellent level of quality and author service. 

  

Roles 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 multi-task 

  • Has a sound understanding of the balance between operational efficiency and editorial rigour. 
      

Qualifications: 

  

  • Bachelor's Degree minimum 
      

  

Please Note- In accordance with our internal career movement guidance, 12 months in current role is a requirement before applying to a new role.

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. 

At Springer Nature we value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We recognise the many benefits of a diverse workforce and strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles. https://group.springernature.com/jp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion.  

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