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Assistant Managing Editor

SAGE Publishing

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Graduate in engineering or physical sciences (MSc or BSc with appropriate peer-review experience)
  • Experience in journals publishing
  • Good commercial awareness and high level communication/interpersonal skills
  • Proficient in standard IT packages, including Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

  • Manage peer review processes up to recommendations within agreed timeframes and ensure ethical and scientific standards are met
  • Execute the editorial strategy for allocated journals and develop quality, profile, market share, and financial performance in line with the wider SAGE strategy
  • Build and maintain relationships with editors, boards, authors and external partners and support stakeholders to publish high-quality content consistently and in a timely manner
  • Monitor travel budget and support investigations into ethical issues such as plagiarism and duplication within the portfolio

Key facts

Hard skills

Ethical Research Editorial Design Peer Review Data Duplication Management Budget Management Market Development Stakeholder Communications Standards Organization Industry Trend Analysis Commercialization

Other skills

  • Strategic Thinking
  • Quality Assurance
  • Adaptability
  • Communication
  • Time Management
  • Prioritization
  • Social Skills

About the company

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SAGE Publishing

Book Publishing

Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, 24-year-old Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely. Driven by the belief that social and behavioral science has the power to improve society, we focus on publishing impactful research and enabling robust research methodology. We produce high-quality educational resources that support instructors to prepare the citizens, policymakers, educators and researchers of the future. Sage is committed to building an inclusive organization where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect, regardless of age, ability, gender, marriage and partnership status, pregnancy and parental responsibilities, race, religion and belief, socio-economic background, or sexual orientation. Diversity is one of the cornerstones of a vibrant culture and we are undertaking work to build a Sage that is more equitable and representative of the communities we serve and of which we are part. As well as driving change within Sage, we are also passionate about supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in wider society through our publishing activities. To find out more, visit https://group.sagepub.com/dei

Company details

IndustryBook Publishing
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Job Purpose

To proactively develop journals in order to deliver growth in terms of published content. To build relationships with authors and editors such that journals meet or exceed their published content targets. 

Key Accountabilities

 

  • Manage peer review processes, up to and including recommendations, within agreed timeframes, as required; ensure that all published content meets required ethical and scientific standards; recommend changes to peer review processes to improve efficiency. 

  • Support internal and external stakeholders to ensure that journals publish high quality content consistently and in a timely manner. 

  • Undertake to maintain strong subject knowledge within allocated journal fields, including via national and international conference attendance when required. 

  • Execute the editorial strategy of the allocated journals, in line with SAGE’s wider strategy. 

  • Develop the quality, profile, market share, budget and financial performance of journals within the assigned portfolios, in line with SAGE’s wider strategy. 

  • Build and maintain positive relationships across SAGE and with external partners, including journal editors and boards. 

  • Support any ethical peer review investigations, plagiarism, and duplication concerns on journals within assigned portfolio. 

  • Monitor and stay within own agreed travel budget. 

 

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

  • Graduate in engineering or physical sciences (MSc, or BSc with appropriate peer-review experience) 

  • Experience in journals publishing 

  • Good commercial awareness 

  • High level communication and interpersonal skills 

  • Strategic awareness, including a detailed understanding of industry trends and best practice 

  • Excellent prioritisation skills and a high level of adaptability 

  • Proficient in standard IT packages, including Microsoft Office 

Sage is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and is an equal opportunities employer. We value individuality and therefore welcome all qualified applications from a diverse range of candidates.

 

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