Publisher

Elsevier; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global publishing company is seeking a motivated Publisher to manage a portfolio of international journals in Civil Engineering. Candidates should demonstrate a keen understanding of the publishing landscape and excel in constructing strong relationships with editors and stakeholders. The role involves strategic portfolio development, market awareness, and teamwork in a dynamic environment focused on driving growth and quality in publishing.

Qualifications

• Experience in the publishing industry is essential.
• Ability to manage multiple relationships effectively.
• Strong understanding of market developments and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development of a portfolio of international journals.
• Negotiate contracts and manage editor relationships.
• Develop portfolio strategies to meet STMJ targets.
• Stay updated on market developments and business opportunities.
• Collaborate with team members on projects and goals.

Skills

Strong networking abilities

Understanding of publishing industry

Data analysis

Job description

About our Team

At STM Journals, we collaborate with researchers to facilitate the publication of their impactful scientific discoveries, with a focus on rigorous peer review, ethics, and reproducibility. In support of our portfolio of 3,000+ hybrid and open access scientific journals, you will actively contribute to advancing science, improving health outcomes, and fostering equitable participation in publishing.

This Publisher role is part of the Engineering team within Physical Sciences. The team is a dynamic and global team within STM Journals, with offices around the globe including China, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and the USA. We manage an extensive collection of existing journals and society relationships, launch new journals, acquire new societies, and establish new journal partnerships to ensure annual growth and customer satisfaction. We deliver world‑class content by and for researchers across the globe and take a strategic approach to support our various audiences: authors, editors, researchers, societies, and academia.

About the Role

In the Engineering team, we are looking for a bright and enthusiastic individual to join us as a Publisher with responsibility for overseeing a list of international journals in Civil Engineering, as well as to drive expansion of our networks, partnerships, and market share, in line with the overall STM Journals strategy and objectives. The journal list primarily consists of proprietary titles, as well as some society‑affiliated titles, including both Hybrid and Open Access titles.

To excel in this position, you understand the importance of maintaining a strong network both with and beyond current Elsevier editors, authors, and societies. Based on your experience within the publishing industry globally, you can also easily participate in complex industry discussions with high level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio development: Work with editors, authors, editorial boards and the academic community at large to ensure sufficient copy flow of relevant, high‑quality manuscripts; Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors; Continuous quality control and monitoring of all aspects of day‑to‑day editorial, production and publishing operations and actively address improvements where required; Meet portfolio related objectives with regards to content growth, new launches, article market share, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial speeds, editorial fees budget, and author and editor satisfaction.

• Market awareness: You should stay up to date with market developments, to identify and map market needs and business opportunities.

• Portfolio strategy: Combining market knowledge and data analysis, develop a portfolio strategy that will deliver on STMJ targets and to ensure your portfolio remains fully competitive.

• Relationship building: Stay in close contact with editors and editorial boards within journal portfolio, and engage with stakeholders across the research communities, including research institutes, societies, and funding bodies.

• Teamwork: you will need to work closely with team members and other publishing colleagues to help deliver on collaborative projects and goals.

• Participate in projects that are run across STMJ and contribute to projects within Elsevier that require STMJ representation. This could be related to a pilot for a new product, service or business model or even to improving certain processes within