Job Description

We are recruiting for a Publisher to join the Medicine & Health journals team. The Publisher will be responsible for our portfolio of Disability & Rehabilitation Journals.

The successful candidate will be a part of our highly motivated Medicine & Health team, supporting Taylor & Francis' wider success through the management and development of academic journals. Our Disability & Rehabilitation high value portfolio publishes at the cutting edge of the field, working with leaders in academia, healthcare and industry.

As part of our global cross-functional publishing team, this role will work closely with colleagues and partners worldwide.

This role is offered on a hybrid basis with 3 days per week to be worked from our office in Philadelphia with the remaining days worked from home.

What you'll be doing:

Portfolio Management and Growth

• Creating and delivering strategic development plans that drive quality, growth, and profitability for the Disability & Rehabilitation portfolio
• Overseeing and managing P&Ls under the direction of the Executive Publisher
• Meeting and exceeding where possible revenue and article volume targets
• Building, maintaining and sharing a thorough knowledge of market need and competitor activity to inform decisions on journal development
• Contributing to new and existing journal proposals, managing the successful transition of acquired titles to Taylor & Francis and onboarding newly launched journals
• Working with external Editors, Editorial teams and internal colleagues to commission and acquire new content

Relationship Management

• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships with academic societies
• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships with journal editors and potential editors from relevant academic communities
• Developing networks within academic communities to position T&F as a subject leader
• Representing T&F Journals at conferences and editorial board meetings
• Championing portfolio initiatives with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborating effectively with immediate team members and the wider business to exchange ideas, share best practices, and offer necessary support
• Supporting the best interests of the business during negotiations, collaborating with their manager to ensure a positive outcome for all parties involved

Operational Excellence

• Ensuring compliance with T&F Journal policies and best practices
• Optimizing publishing processes for efficiency and quality
• Collaborating with and supporting the work of the Editor Services team
• Collaborating across departments to ensure publication quality and timeliness
• Assuming accountability for managing your own learning, taking responsibility to identify and develop skills gaps

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• Proven track record of working in scholarly publications
• Knowledge of publishing best practice and policies, including an interest in publication ethics, funder mandates and industry trends
• Strong subject matter expertise or interest in a relevant field
• Experience working with external partners, including editors, editorial boards, and Society leadership
• Experience with recruitment and engagement of external Academic Editors
• An understanding of financial reporting and analysis as they relate to academic journals and previous P&L responsibility
• Experience gathering competitive intelligence and performing market analysis
• Communication and presentation skills

Additional Information

What we're offering in return:

• Annual salary starting from $76,500 + 10% annual bonus
• Salary commensurate with experience
• 15 paid vacation days
• 10 paid sick days
• Paid day off for your birthday
• 4 paid volunteering days per year
• Paid leave for major life events; i.e. wedding or moving
• Medical & vision benefits
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible working schedule
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

What you should know:

• Applications will close on Wednesdays, September 23.
• Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity
• You must the right to live and work in the United States
• In-Person Time: The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model
• We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Philadelphia to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it onsite 3 days per week.

Interview process:

Once you have submitted your application, we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience, and motivation. Following this, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, either virtually or in person. Typically, we'd then finish the interview process with a final, 2nd stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else - please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]