Associate Publisher

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

We are looking for a motivated Associate Publisher to manage publishing development for a portfolio of Life Sciences journals. This role sits within Publishing Development in Wiley’s Research business and will support the maintenance, development and growth of a related list of journals. You will work closely with external journal editors and editorial boards to review performance, support journal development plans and ensure alignment with strategic goals. You will also collaborate with colleagues across Wiley’s global research business on portfolio management, content growth, operational improvement and broader strategic initiatives. This role would suit someone with journal publishing experience who is ready to build their portfolio management expertise and contribute to journal development in a growing subject area.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop excellent working relationships with external editors and editorial boards to build and maintain journal reputation, quality and performance.
• Evaluate journal performance using relevant data and metrics, identifying risks, opportunities and actions to support journal development.
• Support journal development planning, including activity focused on submissions growth, published output, author experience and community engagement.
• Manage recruitment for editorial teams, including editor and editorial board appointments, succession planning and changes to editorial structures where required.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues across Publishing Development, Publishing Solutions & Performance, Marketing, Editorial Operations and other teams to deliver portfolio objectives.
• Represent Wiley in the subject community through editor meetings, virtual and in-person outreach, community engagement and thought leadership activity.

Required Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in journal publishing, academic publishing, scholarly communications or a related research environment.
• Understanding of journal publishing workflows, including the role of editors, editorial boards, peer review and journal development planning.
• Ability to interpret journal performance data and use insights to support practical actions and recommendations.
• Good written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain publishing issues clearly.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain progress across a portfolio of journals.
• Strong relationship management skills, with the ability to build trust and work effectively with external editors, editorial boards and internal colleagues.
• Ability to collaborate across teams at both operational and strategic levels.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to use judgement, experience and available guidance to resolve straightforward issues.
• Ability to influence and gain alignment from stakeholders where journal priorities, workflows or strategic goals need to be adjusted.

Preferred Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Experience in journal publishing, academic publishing or a related scholarly communications role.
• Experience working with editors, editorial boards, societies or external academic stakeholders.
• Experience supporting journal development, content growth, commissioning, editor recruitment or portfolio performance activity.
• Familiarity with Open Access publishing, research integrity, author experience and current trends in scholarly publishing.
• Experience using journal metrics, bibliometric tools, dashboards or reporting tools to support recommendations.
• Knowledge of Life Sciences, or experience working with Life Sciences journals, would be beneficial but is not essential.
• PhD or postgraduate qualification in a related subject area would be beneficial but is not required.

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Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything. 
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
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