Senior Commissioning Editor

An academic publishing company is seeking a Senior Commissioning Editor to provide strategic development of a portfolio of society owned journals. This role is based in Oxford.

Key duties:

• Manage the strategic development of the Psychology and Educational Research journals
• Acquire new society contracts and retain contracts for existing journals
• Build strong relationships with societies
• Commission established and new titles and enhance society services
• Implement major editorial or financial development on individual titles
• Attend conferences and meetings in the UK and overseas as required
• Line management duties

Experience / skills required:

• A good understanding of journal publishing processes and issues is essential
• Experience of working with professional associations or learned societies
• You will have prior demonstrable experience of fronting editor and editorial board meetings
• The ability to deliver editorial and financial development
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required
• A collaborative approach and the ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to lisasmars@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Lisa Smars

Tel:                   01865 339 529

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