Managing Editor, Open Access job with SAGE | Guardian Jobs
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Summary:
"The SAGE Open Managing Editor (ME) will be responsible for the ongoing development of our flagship broad-spectrum, HSS Open Access title – SAGE Open.
Working closely with our global publishing strategy leads, the Managing Editor will be responsible for the ongoing strategic development of SAGE Open. The journal has firmly established itself the leading broad spectrum Open Access journal in the last 6 years – publishing almost 400 papers in 2016 alone. The ME’s job will be to build on this success. As well a working closely with Editorial Board Members and Article Editors to oversee the peer review process of the journal they will also be responsible for devising and implementing strategies to develop the journal further. The main focus of the role will be editorial development they will collaborate closely with marketing on the journal and have a key voice in the development of the journal online presence.
Reporting to the Executive Director for Open Access the role will have direct line responsibility for one publishing assistant as well as working with a team of 6 peer review administrators based in India.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Strategic Development of the journal – editorially and online. Specifically, devising strategies to increase citations.
- Commissioning Review and Original Research articles across the social sciences to drive usage/citations
- Identify and cultivate new Special Collections and manage current and future Guest Editors
- Acceptance/reject decisions on some articles here appropriate
- Manage referral of articles from other appropriate SAGE journals. This will involve working closely with the wider HSS journal steam and managing relationships with external Editor-in-Chiefs
- Work closely with marketing to drive appropriate marketing strategies
- Advise on development of on-line journal presence
- Develop a functional Editorial Board
- Develop and implement a 5 year plan to make SAGE Open the premier Open Access HSS journal."