Overview:
This position provides administrative and analytical support to editorial staff. We are looking for a candidate who is eager to learn about and grow within the academic publishing industry, and is able to quickly pick up new information, think critically and creatively, and engage meaningfully with the daily work.
The position is remote.
**Please note that this position does not focus on writing or editing of our content, as it primarily supports the business, technical, and administrative aspects of journal publishing.
Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Provide support in managing the quotidian operations of select social science journals, including administrative and clerical tasks
Help service editorial development and performance goals on an individual journal basis, as well as contribute to assessing holistic performance of department and division level journal portfolio
Conduct research, reporting, tracking, and analysis of various journal performance bibliometrics, subject areas, and industry within scholarly communications writ large
Respond to miscellaneous inquiries and tickets related to journals on editors' lists, as advised by management
Address ad hoc requests in a timely manner and tracking task process through structured workflows
Complete ad hoc special projects as needed and assist other staff who work on the journals
Engage with new, emerging, or otherwise untapped technologies to develop efficiencies and streamline existing work processes
Update databases, websites, and resources as required.
Communicate with internal and external partners, including authors, editors, and societies
Collaborate closely with colleagues in other departments as needed
Use technology solutions in the Microsoft Suite and otherwise inventively and proficiently
Effectively problem-solve and creatively brainstorm in collaborative spaces with other team members