Managing Editor

Job Title: Managing Editor 

Job Type: Permanent 

Location: London  

Closing date: 31st January 2025

Springer Nature Journals aim 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 organise 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. 

Responsibilities: 

• Project management of live collections, including performance reporting (content flow and delivery, turnaround times, general submission/publication performance)

• Support of Commissioning Editors, Guest Editors, and Authors with queries throughout submission, peer-review, and publication processes

• Engagement with the Marketing department, Production teams, Editorial, and other internal stakeholders

• Contact point for Guest Editors throughout the collection 

• Monitoring of content flow and delivery against collection submission window 

• Responsible for filtering of MS and general oversight that excellent peer review is in place for commissioned content 

• With the Editorial Support Advisor team contribute to robust workflow documentation to be used across all portfolios
    

Experience: 

• Experience of journal publishing workflows, specifically around submit to accept, is highly desirable, though graduates looking to begin their publishing career will also be considered and additional training/support given 

• Good understanding of open access publishing, academic journals, and publishing ethics & integrity

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written and in-person/calls, with strong written & spoken English language

• Good administrative and organisational skills

• Has a sound understanding of the balance between operational efficiency and editorial rigour, and capability to multi-task
    

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree minimum 
    

This role is based in our London King's Cross office on a hybrid working basis with 2 days a week in the office required. 

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.