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Job Title : Deputy Editor, Communications Sustainability
Locations : New York, Shanghai, Beijing - Hybrid Working Model
Application Deadline : January 5, 2025
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians, and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms, and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years, our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood, and used by our communities - enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.
About the Brand
Nature Portfolio is a flagship portfolio of journals, products, and services including Nature and the Nature-branded journals, dedicated to serving the scientific community. Nature Portfolio is the world's leader in publishing high-quality research from across the natural sciences.
About the Role
We are currently seeking a Deputy Editor with experience in research as well as editorial experience to join Communications Sustainability - a new launch of a multidisciplinary open access journal in the Nature Portfolio. The journal will publish research across the fields pertaining to sustainability, including natural environment, energy transition, humans in the environment, food & water, governance, solutions, monitoring & assessment. The Deputy Editor is responsible for leading the journal's editorial strategy, liaising closely with the Chief Editor, building and managing a diverse and efficient Editorial Board, and managing part of the joint team of internal editors.
Role Responsibilities :
- Working with the Chief Editor to define journal aims and scope, develop the website, plan outreach activities, and set up the journal.
- Line-managing part of the joint internal team Communications Sustainability / Communications Earth & Environment.
- Growing the editorial board to ensure adequate subject area coverage across the topics covered by the journal.
- Overseeing and developing Editorial Board Member engagement with the journal.
- Handling original research papers and working closely with other editors on all aspects of the editorial process, including manuscript selection and overseeing peer review.
- Liaising extensively with editors at other journals in the Nature Portfolio family and with experts in the international scientific community.
- Attending conferences and visiting research institutions (in person and online).
- Commissioning Reviews and Comment articles and writing Editorials.
- Suggesting and overseeing Collections within both journals' Collections program.
- Ensuring Production receives manuscripts in an appropriate and complete state.
- Other tasks as required.
To be considered for the position, you will have :
To Apply
Applicants should include a CV, a cover letter explaining their interest in the post, and a 500-word outline of their vision for Communications Sustainability, including the publishing landscape, opportunities, and potential challenges. Applicants should also state their preferred office of employment.
Closing date - January 5, 2025
Springer Nature US provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes : Medical, Dental and Vision, 401(k) with company match, Hybrid office working policy, Summer Hours, and paid time off, Flexible Spending and Commuter programs, Multiple Life insurance options, Disability coverage, Tuition Assistance, Voluntary benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Family friendly benefits, and a variety of employee discounts.
US Annualized Base Salary Range : $100,000 - $110,000. The salary offer may vary based on work experience, education, skill level, and equity.
Springer Nature is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following poster :
At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive.
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Salary : $100,000 - $110,000
