Publisher / Associate Editorial Director, Proprietary Journals

Publisher / Associate Editorial Director, Proprietary Journals Life Sciences
Oxford or Chichester
Excellent Salary + Full Company Benefits Package

We may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: change with the times and adapt to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers. 

As a learning business, our mission is to help people and organisations to develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. With new products and services driving our global expansion, we’re looking towards a digital future. It’s resulted in a period of true cultural change here, which means even more career and development opportunities for our talented people. 

The Publisher / Associate Editorial Director Opportunity:

Thanks to the strong growth of our journals business, we are recruiting for a driven, motivated and commercially astute Publisher/Associate Editorial Director to join our already highly successful team. 

In this pivotal, senior role, you will be responsible for the strategic direction and development of a large portfolio of proprietary Life Sciences journals ensuring ambitious growth targets are met You will also lead a team of editors and assistants, overseeing their professional development and performance. Along the way, you will demonstrate first class influencing skills and a strong ability to forge effective relationships with a host of colleagues, external editors, members of subject communities and authors, to deliver highly regarded and well received content. 

About You:

An experienced manager, you will ideally have a background in scientific, technical or medical publishing. You will have a solid grounding and understanding of journals publishing, business models, and publishing processes, with sound financial and budgeting skills. You will enjoy keeping abreast of current trends within the Life Sciences market, ensuring the portfolio remains current and always ahead of the competition. Commercially astute, you will have a proven track record having worked successfully with external editors, and authors, motivated and inspired teams and ensuring targets are met. You will have a persuasive, ambitious, and resilient personality, with a genuine passion for journal publishing. 

Rewards & Benefits:

Our people have always been valued. We work collaboratively across the globe, enjoy what we do and have opportunities to develop throughout our careers. Which means you can look forward to a competitive salary, and benefits including a defined contribution pension scheme and 25 days’ holiday (pro rata), staff discounts and an employee assistance programme. 

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