Associate Publisher

RELX Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy work/life balance

Wellbeing initiatives

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Shared parental leave

Job summary

RELX Group's STMJ team seeks an Associate Publisher to manage a portfolio of journals and work closely with editors, societies, and research communities to support development and long-term success.

The role blends relationship building, strategic thinking, data analysis, and a strong interest in scholarly publishing and the evolving scholarly communications landscape. Occasional travel (2–4 trips/year) and flexible hours are expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in publishing, ideally in scholarly journals.
• Excellent networking and communication skills in English.
• Able to adapt to change and manage several responsibilities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Follow the market and identify opportunities for your journals and the communities they serve.
• Set portfolio strategy using market knowledge and data analysis.
• Develop the portfolio by growing content and exploring new formats and channels.
• Manage contracts with editors and oversee editorial fees budget.
• Build relationships with editors, editorial boards, societies, and research institutes.
• Contribute to wider STMJ projects, pilots, or new products and business models.

Skills

Networking

Communication skills

Data-driven

AI tool judgement

Travel willingness

Job description

Are you passionate about scholarly publishing and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of academic research? Would you enjoy building strong partnerships with editors, societies, and research communities while driving the development of a portfolio of influential journals? About our Team Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives. You will join a team of 10 publishers, led by a Publishing Director, who together look after around 150 journals in the life sciences or social sciences/economics space. About the Role As an Associate Publisher, you will manage a portfolio of journals and work closely with editors, editorial boards, societies, and research communities to support their development and long-term success. The role combines relationship building, strategic thinking, data analysis, and a strong interest in academic publishing and the evolving scholarly communications landscape. Responsibilities

• Follow the market. Keep up to date with developments in publishing and research, and identify where there are needs and opportunities for your journals and the communities that they serve.
• Set portfolio strategy. Use market knowledge and data analysis to develop a strategy that meets STMJ targets and keeps your journals competitive. You will need experience gathering, presenting and interpreting data.
• Develop the portfolio. Grow content through existing journals and through acquisitions, and look at new content formats, extensions and channels.
• Manage contracts with editors. Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors.
• Manage budgets. Look after the editorial fees budget.
• Build relationships. Stay in regular contact with editors and editorial boards, and engage with research institutes, societies, funding bodies and others in the research community.
• Contribute to wider projects. Take part in projects across STMJ and in other parts of Elsevier that need STMJ input. These might be pilots of a new product, service or business model, or improvements to how we work.
  Experience in publishing, ideally in scholarly journals is preferable, but not essential.
• Evidence that you have set goals and met them, and that your work made a difference to a journal or programme.
• Excellent networking and communication skills in English.
• The ability to adapt to change, manage several responsibilities at once, and work well both independently and with colleagues and customers at different levels, in different locations and from different cultures, often to deadlines.
• A data-driven approach and an interest in how publishing is changing.
• Financial and commercial awareness, and an eye for how a journal can develop.
• Good judgment when using AI tools, including knowing when output can be relied on and when it needs checking.
• Willingness to travel, on average 2 to 4 trips per year.
  A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
  We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
• Working Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.