Associate Managing Editor
- Employer
- Wiley
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- May 25, 2022
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- Sector
- STEM Publishing
- Organization Type
- Corporate
Job Details
Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it's in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.
Wiley is the proud publishing partner of some of the worlds most prestigious Societies. Our team is passionate about the quality of our publishing program and dedicated to delivering exceptional service.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented and innovative Associate Managing Editor to join our Research team in Tokyo. Reporting into the Managing Editor this role will manage and oversee a portfolio of journals through the submission and peer-review stages of the publishing process.
How you will make an impact:
- Manage and oversee an efficient, ethical peer review process within acceptable timeframes and support journal development
- Review journal workflows, identifying and implementing changes to improve efficiency and ensure best practice
- Provide an unsurpassed experience to authors, reviewers, and editors through regular communication and developing a deep understanding of their needs, future visions and potential new opportunities for them
- Oversee and proactively monitor a team of vendor-based Editorial Assistants
- Prepare accurate, regular reports to provide journal progress and performance overviews for internal/external recipients as required
What we look for:
- Proven success in a similar position demonstrating exceptional project and vendor management experience
- A high level of customer focus demonstrated through the ability to anticipate customers' needs and exceed expectations
- A strong track record of achieving and exceeding goals despite potential obstacles or set backs
- Ability to take quick and decisive action in a fast-paced unpredictable environment
- Experience in integrating diverse views and finding common ground or acceptable alternatives if conflicts may arise
Why should you join Wiley?
- The team! You'll be joining a talented group of professionals who are truly passionate about the work we do.
- We embrace you for you! Wiley is committed to attracting and retaining a talented and diverse workforce and fostering a work environment in which all colleagues are valued and can enjoy professional success.
- Fantastic well-being initiatives such as 'Happy Fridays' with the afternoon off during part of the year, flexibility to work from home, fun events and activities throughout the year to get colleagues together, free access to Headspace and much more!
About Wiley:
Enabling Discovery, Powering Education, Shaping Workforces.
We clear the way for seekers of knowledge: illuminating the path forward for research and education, tearing down barriers to society's advancement, and giving seekers the help they need to turn their steps into strides.
Wiley may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: our people. We are willing to challenge the status quo, move the needle, and be innovative. Wiley's headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations across the globe in more than 40 countries.
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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.
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- https://www.wiley.com/
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