Journal Manager-1026-CHN-207

RELX India (Pvt) Ltd Els div Company; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Flexible Working Arrangement

Employee Assistance Program

Medical Screening

Modern Family Benefits

Long-Service Awards

New Baby Gift

Subsidized Meals in Chennai

Free Transport pick up and drop (ChEN)

Job summary

Elsevier Health in Chennai is seeking a Journal Manager to serve as the primary contact for a portfolio of journals and deliver excellent customer service. You will oversee editorial workflows, report on performance, and drive improvements to ensure timely publication. This role combines hands-on coordination with strategic oversight.

The position is hybrid, offering remote work up to 3 days per week with in-office presence, and includes health and wellbeing benefits for employees and families.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English (oral and written).
• Excellent communication skills and proofreading aptitude.
• Strong organization, planning and change management abilities.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a customer service role.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for customers on a portfolio of journals.
• Provide excellent customer service and ensure journals run smoothly.
• Spot problems early and implement solutions to improve publication processes.
• Prepare standard or custom reports for society editorial offices and journal publishers.
• Participate in continuous improvement of processes and performance.

Job description

Journal Manager

Do you like managing teams to deliver success for customers? Would you like to manage a diverse portfolio of journals?

About our Team

Elsevier Health applies innovation, facilitates insights, and helps drive more informed decision-making for our customers across global health. We support health providers by providing accessible, trusted evidence-based information; prepare more medical and nursing students with effective tools and resources; provide insights that help clinicians improve patient outcomes; and support a more personalized and localized healthcare experience. All for the benefit of every patient.

About the Role

As a Journal Manager, you will be the first point of contact for customers on a portfolio of academic journals. Your focus will be on providing excellent customer service and ensuring the journals run smoothly. With a helicopter view, you'll spot problems before they happen, putting solutions in place to improve the journal publication process.

Responsibilities

• Employing the highest level of customer service, act as the primary day-to-day contact for queries for internal and external customers
• Completing tasks and re-plan issues in Elsevier's workflow management system, ensuring accurate and timely status reporting
• Preparing standard or custom reports as needed to society editorial offices and journal publishers
• Participating continuous improvement, working with colleagues to review processes and performance, ensuring high levels of quality and customer satisfaction
• Managing the process for assigned journals, providing editorial process support to stakeholders, and ensuring timeliness and accuracy to production schedules

Requirements

• Be fluent in English (oral and written) and have excellent all-round communication skills
• Have solid organization, planning and change management skills
• Show an aptitude for proofreading and excellent attention to detail
• Be proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Have a Bachelor`s degree in English, communications, journalism or related field of study
• 5 years + Experience in a customer service role

Work in a way that works for you

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 remotely from home up to 3 days a week and in our office in a hybrid style. Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day. We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

Working for you

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
• Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
• Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.
• Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.
• Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.
• Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.
• Modern Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.
• New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.
• Subsidized Meals in Chennai: Enjoy delicious meals at discounted rates.
• Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.
• Free Transport pick up and drop from the home -office - home (applies in Chennai)

About the Business

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 know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights.

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