Senior Publisher, Community Journal

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Publisher, Community Journals to join our Publishing team on a permanent basis. If you’re looking for the next step in your Publishing career, then look no further! 

You will be reporting to APAC Associate Director who always offers coaching and will inspire you to build your growth at IOP Publishing.

Role Overview

The Senior Publisher, Community Journals is responsible for the performance and day-to-day management of a portfolio of journals, managing and motivating the Publishing team, overseeing commissioning and managing resources and budgets. 

What will you be doing?
Key job accountabilities include:

• Responsibility for the day-to-day management of a portfolio of journals- 

- Develop a portfolio strategy in line with market trends and business strategy and work with AD to identify new launch opportunities in line with this strategy；

- Keep the AD informed on the progress of the portfolio and journals against relevant targets and plans, and support AD in some ad hoc tasks;

• Managing and motivating a Community Journal portfolio team

- Provide effective line management of the Publishers, Associate Publishers and Assistant Publisher within the portfolio;

- Act as publishing expert for the portfolio and as the escalation point for the team for issues which require complex resolution;

- Develop and mentor direct reports and develop talent within the portfolio and across Journals Development, in conjunction with the other Senior Publishers;

- Deputise for the Associate Director, Journals Management;

• Implement the development strategies for the portfolio

- Ensure the team understands the commissioning strategies for the portfolio and titles and that team’s commissioning activities are adapted in line with journal and portfolio YTD performance;

- As a commissioning expert, ensure that departmental commissioning processes are adhered to and troubleshoot commissioning issues with alternative solutions and tactics;

- Develop and manage the portfolio’s Editorial Boards in line with journal strategic and operational requirements, and overarching diversity and inclusion goals;

• Supporting projects and growth across Publishing Development, delivering other key Publishing Development projects as agreed with Associate Director;

About you:

Successful applicants should demonstrate the following:

• Educated to degree level (a Science degree is desirable);
• People management experience;
• Project management experience;
• 5-10 years experience in analytical skills in the STM Publishing industry;
• Previous strategic experience;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Fluent in both Mandarin and English;
• A collaborative approach to team management and working with peers.

About us:

IOP Publishing is an international scientific publisher, through which leading-edge research is distributed worldwide. Our rapidly expanding journals programme is published alongside other sources of scientific information in the form of ebooks, magazines and conference proceedings. Other publications include easily accessible community and regional websites. We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community and have offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.

IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to supporting science through the activities of the Institute. With a continuing focus on growth, we recognise that every single person has a real part to play if we’re to achieve our aim of becoming the world’s leading publisher in our field.

IOP Publishing is an equal-opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

Vision Our vision is that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is both natural and sustainable and that is visible through the work we produce, our Ways of Being, our company branding, our professional networks and the colleagues and communities we serve and support.