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Senior Editor

4 weeks ago

Singapore ONE VISA PTE. LTD. Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

Reports to: Editorial Director (Books) Clinical Medicine, Biomedicine & Life Sciences


Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading global research, educational and professional publishers. It is home to an array of respected and trusted brands and imprints, with more than 170 years of combined history behind them, providing quality content through a range of innovative products and services. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals and resources reach millions of people, helping researchers and scientists to discover, students to learn and professionals to achieve their goals and ambitions. The company has almost 13,000 staff in over 50 countries.


Roles & Responsibilities

  • Manages and builds an active and efficient book/video program in assigned subject areas by acquiring new projects; accomplishes this through email and phone/video correspondence, attending meetings, traveling for university visits as needed, consulting with book series editors, volume editors, authors, etc.
  • Meets annual individual and/or team targets set by editorial management for book/video publishing agreements signed, and for book/video projects transmitted to production
  • Prepares and presents book/video proposals and publishing agreements to satisfaction of manager and/or Editorial Director
  • Presents new developments and status of book/video programs (as well as those of direct reports) to Editorial Director and others as needed
  • Corresponds with volume editors and authors to troubleshoot issues that may arise during development or production of manuscript/video project
  • Reviews and approves manuscripts/video projects submitted by vendor for responsible-editor approval
  • Corresponds with and monitors external vendor project coordinators to ensure book projects are completed efficiently and according to schedule
  • Interacts with Springer staff members from all departments, including editorial, production, marketing, sales, royalties, customer service, and others
  • Conducts market and competitive research
  • Reports on book project progress using department’s shared online status report
  • May manage Editor(s) and Associate Editor(s) as formal direct reports
  • Works with various proprietary Springer electronic systems as well as third-party software packages (Word, Excel, Google applications, etc.)


Experience, skills, and qualifications

  • Strong demonstrable experience in STM publishing.
  • Strong team management and leadership experience.
  • Educated to Masters degree level (or equivalent), in a relevant field, or a combination of advanced degree and editorial experience.
  • Strong understanding of the book market.
  • Excellent communication skills, including oral and written presentation skills.
  • Customer-focused.
  • Strong prioritization and time management skills.
  • Strong financial skills, including experience with budgeting and P&L oversight.
  • Ability to work as part of a team.
  • Enthusiastic and committed.

Tell employers what skills you have

Excellent Communication Skills
Leadership
Editorial
Medicine
Books
Marketing
Customerfocused
Publishing
Team Management
Budgeting
Excel
Presentation Skills
Consulting
Customer Service
Life Sciences

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