Senior Author Marketing Associate

AAAS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation leave

Health insurance

Flexible spending account

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

AAAS in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Author Marketing Associate to develop and execute marketing programs that attract high-quality manuscript submissions and engage researchers across five Science journals.

You will partner with editorial, publishing, sales, and marketing teams to align author acquisition with journal growth, usage, and subscription objectives, and manage email campaigns, webinars, conferences, and other outreach initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, scientific publishing, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in academic marketing.
• Proven success developing and executing marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of the scholarly publishing landscape and library marketplace.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing email marketing, digital campaigns, webinars, conferences, and audience engagement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Institutional Licensing, publishing, and editorial teams to align author acquisition and content marketing with growth, usage, and subscription objectives.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen journal reputation and research impact through author recruitment and audience development.
• Monitor submissions, publication performance, author engagement, and campaign metrics to guide strategy.
• Contribute to marketing strategies and campaigns to increase submissions and journal revenue.
• Develop marketing initiatives to raise awareness and usage of journal content among key research communities.
• Prepare presentations on campaign performance and market insights for stakeholders.

Skills

Email marketing

Campaign management

Audience engagement

Content marketing

Strong communication

Project management

Research publishing knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, scientific publishing, or related field

Job description

Washington D.C.
1200 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005, USA

Washington D.C.
1200 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005, USA

The Senior Author Marketing Associate develops and executes marketing programs that attract high-quality manuscript submissions and increase engagement with researchers and authors across a portfolio of five peer-reviewed Science journals. Through email campaigns, webinars, conferences, calls for papers, and other outreach activities, this role helps raise journal visibility, strengthen author relationships, and encourage submission of impactful research.

Reporting within the Institutional Licensing team, the Senior Author Marketing Associate works closely with editorial, publishing, sales, and marketing colleagues to support journal growth. This position helps connect author acquisition, journal reputation, content usage, and subscription value by ensuring journals are well positioned within their research communities and continue to attract influential authors and high-quality research.

Help us ignite the next era of science.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Institutional Licensing, publishing, and editorial teams to align author acquisition and content marketing strategies with broader journal growth, usage, and subscription objectives.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen journal reputation and research impact through strategic author recruitment, community engagement, content promotion, and audience development activities.
• Monitor and analyze submissions, publication performance, author engagement, campaign effectiveness, usage, and market trends to identify opportunities for growth and inform strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to the development and execution of marketing strategies and campaigns designed to increase high-quality submissions and support journal revenue goals.
• Develop marketing initiatives that increase awareness, engagement, and usage of journal content among key research communities, supporting journal reputation and institutional value.
• Prepare presentations for stakeholders, communicating campaign performance, key metrics, market insights, and progress toward journal objectives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to conduct audience and author research, identify market opportunities and gaps, and develop targeted marketing plans to address them.
• Coordinate the development of marketing collateral and promotional assets in partnership with design and content teams.
• Stay current on developments in scholarly publishing, research communications, marketing technologies, and industry best practices.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, scientific publishing, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in academic marketing or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing marketing campaigns that drive audience engagement and measurable results.
• Knowledge of the scholarly publishing landscape, author acquisition strategies, and the institutional library marketplace.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience managing email marketing, digital campaigns, webinars, conferences, and other audience engagement initiatives.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines across a portfolio of journals.
• Experience utilizing a variety of marketing channels and platforms, including digital, social media, email, and content marketing.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a commitment to fostering positive working relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

The anticipated initial rate of compensation for this position is between $80,000 – $85,000 per year. AAAS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, each subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply.

AAAS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

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