Project Manager, Journals

Thieme Gruppe; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working Model (3 days in office

Gratuity

Employer NPS

Mediclaim for self, spouse, and up to

two-three children

Accidental insurance

Term Life Insurance

Five-day working week

Performance-based Bonus

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Thieme is seeking a Project Manager (PM) for Journals to oversee editorial and production processes from article acceptance to online and print publication, ensuring journal health and timely delivery. The role involves coordinating artwork processing, communicating with Journal Editors and authors, and maintaining publication quality.

Requirements include a postgraduate degree and 2-3 years in editorial and production work, excellent English, and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate in any discipline from a reputed university.
• 2-3 years of editorial and production experience in journal publishing.
• Excellent English language proficiency.
• Strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate artwork processing requirements for journals.
• Maintain relationships and communicate schedules with Journal Editors and authors.
• Incorporate inputs from authors/Editors into articles and issues.
• Fix initial elements for launch journals and coordinate with Editors.
• Track editorial and production work and maintain production records.
• Ensure quality and schedule adherence in Pre-editing, Copyediting, Typesetting, revisions.

Skills

Excellent English proficiency

Communication skills

Editorial/production knowledge

Education

Postgraduate degree from a reputed university

Job description

Thieme is an award-winning international medical and scientific publisher with a rich history of 130 years. Thieme has demonstrated its commitment to the highest standard of quality in the state-of-art content and presentation of all of its products. Thieme is a multinational company with offices in 4 countries, Stuttgart -- Germany, New York -- the U.S.A., Noida -- India, and Rio -- Brazil. The Project Manager (PM)-Journals will be responsible for overseeing the entire editorial and production process of the journals assigned to him/her, from the stage of acceptance of articles to the stage of their online and print publication, maintaining the overall health of the journals.

Roles & Responsibilities

• He/she must coordinate the work of any artwork processing requirements for the journals.
• He/she must maintain good relationships and proactively communicate schedules and review inputs with Journal Editors and authors, keeping the best interests of the publishing house in mind.
• He/she must ensure that all inputs provided by authors/Journal Editors in their reviews are incorporated in the articles and issues correctly.
• In case of launch journals, he/she must get all the initial elements fixed (Instructions to Authors, Aims and Scope, Editorial Board page, layout, cover, etc.) and coordinate with Journal Editors to settle processes and workflow.
• He/she will be responsible for tracking the editorial and production work of his/her journals, providing reports pertaining to these to all relevant parties, and maintaining all production records for his/her journals.
• For online and print publication of journal articles and issues, he/she must ensure quality and adherence to schedule in Pre-editing, Copyediting, Typesetting, Author's review & Revision(s).

Required Background & skills:

• Must be a postgraduate in any discipline from a reputed university, with at least 2-3 years of experience in editorial and production work of journal publishing.
• Must have excellent English language proficiency and must be able to conduct quality checks of editorial and production work.
• Must have good communication skills to be able to manage relationships and share information with stakeholders.
• Must have the good technical knowledge to judge how a long processing step would take, discern any potential problem, suggest solutions, and plan the work accordingly.

We offer the following benefits to our employees:

• Hybrid Working Model, 3 days per week in the office

• Gratuity

• Employer NPS

• Mediclaim for the self, spouse, and up to three children

• Accidental insurance

• Term Life Insurance

• Five-day working week

• Performance-based Bonus

• Paid parental leave

• He/she must coordinate the work of any artwork processing requirements for the journals.

• He/she must maintain good relationships and proactively communicate schedules and review inputs with Journal Editors and authors, keeping the best interests of the publishing house in mind.

• He/she must ensure that all inputs provided by authors/Journal Editors in their reviews are incorporated in the articles and issues correctly.

• In case of launch journals, he/she must get all the initial elements fixed (Instructions to Authors, Aims and Scope, Editorial Board page, layout, cover, etc.) and coordinate with Journal Editors to settle processes and workflow.

• He/she will be responsible for tracking the editorial and production work of his/her journals, providing reports pertaining to these to all relevant parties, and maintaining all production records for his/her journals.

• For online and print publication of journal articles and issues, he/she must ensure quality and adherence to schedule in Pre-editing, Copyediting, Typesetting, Author's review & Revision(s).

• Must be a postgraduate in any discipline from a reputed university, with at least 2-3 years of experience in editorial and production work of journal publishing.

• Must have excellent English language proficiency and must be able to conduct quality checks of editorial and production work.

• Must have good communication skills to be able to manage relationships and share information with stakeholders.

• Must have the good technical knowledge to judge how a long processing step would take, discern any potential problem, suggest solutions, and plan the work accordingly.

• Hybrid Working Model, 3 days per week in the office

• Gratuity

• Employer NPS

• Mediclaim for the self, spouse, and up to three children

• Accidental insurance

• Term Life Insurance

• Five-day working week

• Performance-based Bonus

• Paid parental leave