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Editorial Assistant

Employer
Wiley
Location
Medford, MA, USA
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
May 15, 2021

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Sector
STEM Publishing
Organization Type
Corporate

Job Details

At Wiley, we welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning whether online or in print. Learning is for everyone and so is our workplace. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion. It's in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

We are offering an opportunity for an enthusiastic, driven, and organized professional to join the editorial team as an Editorial Assistant for Wiley's General Social Sciences and Humanities journal publishing program - and to play crucial role in a key Wiley business.



How you will make an impact:

• You will be responsible for supporting journal publishing managers in the administration of their programs. This will include a combination of administrative support and strategic business planning, including analysis of key market trends and reporting to support internal and external strategy decisions. In addition, you will manage your own journal portfolio in an assigned subject area.

• You will be charged with ensuring the smooth running of daily operations, including communication with researchers, editors, scholarly societies, and other external partners, plus inter- and intradepartmental collaboration. Provide administrative support for the rollout of new policies and practices, including collating of feedback from teams and external contacts.

• Prepare first drafts of annual and other periodic reports, resolve simple queries independently, monitor progress, and chase overdue reports from other departments.

· Work closely with the marketing team to ensure journal homepages on Wiley Online Library are kept up to date, making periodic website updates, entering any new data, amending features, analyzing usage, creating special features pages, and linking to social networking sites.

· Provide regular data and analytics on an ad hoc basis using the various Wiley databases available (QlikSense, Web of Science, InCites). Liaise with societies and communicate the context and information to society partners.

· Work with Accounts Payable team to ensure routine and non-routine payments and invoices are mailed according to schedule.

· Organize meetings with journal editors, attending and taking minutes where appropriate, supervising catering arrangements, and processing payment of expenses.

• The Editorial Assistant role provides excellent opportunities for developing key administrative skills, including management of external vendor and customer relationships, which contribute toward Wiley's global objectives of success in professional publishing.

We are looking for people who have:

• A demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple projects and manage time independently; able to shift focus quickly.

• An enthusiastic and uncompromisingly professional; eagerness to learn and to be a team player.

• The ability to work quickly, accurately, and diplomatically under pressure; creative problem solver.

• Basic experience with web developer tools.

• Highly collaborative with good verbal and written communication skills.

• Attention to deadlines a must.

• University degree or Associates degree or equivalent experience. A background in social sciences or the humanities is desirable but not essential.

• Wiley is a Microsoft Office 365-based workplace and provides training opportunities at all levels, including our proprietary web design tools.

About Wiley:

We are in one of the most dynamic periods in our history as technology, globalism and economic diversity create far-reaching changes in the world. As a learning business, Wiley makes meaningful contributions to research discovery and lifelong learning by helping organizations achieve their goals and people achieve success from education through their career. We may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: change with the times and adapt to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers. The company's headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants and treat all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

When applying, please attach your resume and cover letter to be considered.

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Company

Wiley's mission has always focused on helping our customers succeed, wherever they are in their education and professional careers.

We are bridging the higher education gap by delivering content solutions in new and innovative ways to enrich the learning experience. We are a proven leader in strategic higher education consulting and partnering with educators and institutions globally to achieve success, and our print and digital solutions enable students and instructors worldwide. We encourage learning to be a continuous, lifelong experience – an integral, essential part of every stage of building a career.

We are closing the talent deficit by supporting employers, helping them find and retain top talent, assess their employees’ skill sets, and implement training in order to transform company cultures. For decades we’ve helped people learn; today we’re showing them new ways to achieve, get certified and advance their careers.

We are strengthening the research community by partnering with learned societies and supporting researchers to communicate discoveries that make a difference. We collaborate with authors, societies, libraries, and other members of the research community to generate, communicate, and enable access to the scientific and scholarly insights that are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Our commitment to partnership helps us advance innovation and connect researchers, learners, and professionals with the content, platforms, and tools they need to be successful.

To view some of our brands and imprints, click here.

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