Position: Associate Editor, Clinical Medicine, Beijing/Shanghai
Location: Beijing or ShanghaiReporting Line：Report to the Senior Editor (Clinical Medicine), Beijing
Task and Responsibilities
- Actively build up author/editor network among the scientific community.
- Keep abreast of the latest development of responsible subject areas; focus on emerging or hot topics.
- Plan, acquire and manage Editorial Projects with Chinese authors/editors directly or in cooperation with Chinese partners. Editorial Projects include books and journals.
- Work closely with the editors in the medical publishing unit to achieve the targets assigned by the company.
- Help present Springer’s overall clinical medicine program at conference exhibits in China.
Job Requirements
- Preferred a master degree or PhD in medicine or life sciences. Further experience of the medical research environment or publishing is desirable.
- Scientific editorial/publishing experience, including contact with editors, authors and reviewers desirable.
- Experience of developing and maintaining productive and friendly relations/partnerships with hospital and industry-based scientists.
- Preferably experience of presenting information to and conducting discussions with senior academics and representatives of organizations(e.g. learned societies, libraries).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Mandarin.
- Ready to travel in China and globally.
- Strong organizational skills, detail orientation, and capability of handling multiple priorities.
- High motivation with a sense of self-discipline and entrepreneurial interests.
- Experience of living / working in a foreign country outside China preferable.
Associate Editor, Earth Science
Position: Associate Editor, Earth Science, Greater China region
Location: Beijing
Reporting Line: Report to Senior Editor and Team leader of Earth Sciences, Geography & Environmental Sciences in Greater China region
Task and Responsibilities
- Actively build up author/editor/reviewer/partner network among the scientific community in Greater China
- Keep abreast of the latest development in earth sciences and related areas worldwide, focus on emerging or hot topics as well as interdisciplinary research
- Plan, acquire and manage Editorial Projects with Chinese authors/editors/partners. Editorial Projects include journals, books, proceedings and electronic products in earth sciences and related areas
- Ensure the high quality of the Editorial Projects, including metadata, academic content, language, etc.
- Work closely with global Physical Sciences &Engineering team and other Springer Nature in-house teams to develop international projects/initiatives and provide local support
Job Requirements
- Master degree, ideally PhD, in Earth Sciences (include but not limited to Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Sedimentology Geotechnical Engineering etc.), preferably acquired in a foreign country
- Previous working experience in international STM publishing industry is preferable
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good team player
- Fluent written and spoken English, excellent presentation skills
- Proven mastery of Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
- Ready to travel frequently within China and occasionally overseas
- Positive attitude, strong organizational skills, detail oriented, and capable of handling multiple priorities
- Highly motivated with a sense of self-discipline and of entrepreneurial interests
Associate Editor, Business/Economics and Political Sciences
Position: Associate Editor, Business/Economics and Political Sciences
Location: Beijing
Reporting Line: Reports to the Executive Editor Business/Economics and Political Sciences, Singapore
Task and Responsibilities
- Actively develop network of business/economics and political science authors and editors within academic research communities of Greater China
- Plan, acquire and manage books and journals with Chinese authors/editors directly, as well as in cooperation with Chinese publishing partners
- Keep abreast of the latest developments of responsible subject areas; follow emerging topics, as well as cross-disciplinary research trends
- Ensure high quality of the books and journals, including metadata, academic content, language, layout, etc.
- Cooperate closely and act as a team player with editorial colleagues throughout the Global Publishing Unit, regionally and globally, to achieve the targets assigned by the company
- Help present Springer’s overall business/economics and political sciences program at conference exhibits in China
- Gain knowledge of the SpringerNature corporate strategy and business models, as well as a nuanced understanding of the Springer imprint
- Gain in-depth understanding of the Chinese educational system, the universities, as well as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Job Requirements
- Master degree, ideally PhD, in Business, Economics, Management or related subject, some higher education experience abroad, e.g. in Europe or the US, is a significant plus
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- First class presentation skills, fluent written and spoken English
- Willingness to travel frequently within China and occasionally abroad
- Strong organizational skills, detail orientation, and capability of handling multiple priorities
- High motivation with a sense of self-discipline and entrepreneurial interests
- Previous working experience in international scholarly publishing industry helpful
- Experience living and/or working in a foreign country outside China desirable
Editorial Assistant, Social Sciences
Position: Editorial Assistant, Social Sciences
Location: Beijing
Reporting Line: Report to Executive Editor Social Sciences China
Task and Responsibilities
Editorial Assistant assists the editors in the administration of all aspects of publishing related operations, including but not limited to planning, acquiring, managing, producing, marketing book and journal projects. The responsibilities are:
• To assist the editors to manage the publishing projects. Publishing projects include books, journals and electronic publications.
• To assist the editors to communicate with book/journal partners, authors, and reviewers.
• To work with other in-house teams to coordinate the editorial, production and promotional activities.
• To support the editors to prepare and manage their travelling and meeting schedules, handle phone calls and emails delegated by the editors.
• To prepare reports, presentations and minutes as requested by the editors.
• To enter data into various database systems and maintain the project information throughout the publishing process.
• To carry out other job functions as required by the editorial team.
Job Requirements
• Bachelor degree or above, preferably in Social Sciences fields.
• Previous working experience in STM publishing industry is preferable.
• Fluent written and spoken English is a must.
• Proven mastery of Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, and capable to handle multiple priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good team player.
How to Apply
Potential candidates who meet our requirements may apply with a cover letter and full resume in both English and Chinese stating your current and expected salaries, availability and contact details to sarah.huo@springer.com in the subject of “Job Title (Wechat)“.
Marketing Executive, APC Marketing
Position: Marketing Executive, APC Marketing
Location: Beijing
Reporting Line: Report to Assistant Marketing Manager, Greater China
Task and Responsibilities
· Understand the needs of the market and collaborate with global, regional and local marketing colleagues to develop and execute marketing plans that drive APC revenues to the strategically important and fast-growing Open Research journals.
- Plan and implement a range of marketing communications tactics to:
- Promote content to target audience
- Drive appropriate submissions to relevant journals
- Build and maintain good relationship with scientific communities in Greater China
- Generate revenue income
- Explore and implement creative and effective marketing activities to increase customer engagement
- Work with the Global marketing department to ensure that all branding used in marketing materials is consistent with Springer Nature global branding rules.
- Manage, track and maximise the cost-effectiveness of marketing budgets, and contribute forecast process as required.
- Analyse and report on ROI of activities
- Achieve specific KPIs as agreed with line manager
Job Requirements
- University Degree or similar professional qualification
- Awareness of industry trends and developments that target authors, researchers and scientific communities
- Understanding of the open access landscape would be an advantage
- Strong communication skills in Mandarin and English
- Strong skills in producing marketing copy in English and simplified Chinese
- Digital marketing（online campaigns） planning and implementation
- Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g. MS Excel)
- Creative sense, copywriting
- Numerical aptitude
- Works effectively to meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent time and organizational management skills
- Familiar with Webtrekk and Google Analytics
Open Access Account Manager
Open Access Account Manager
Greater China
Position: Open Access Account Manager, Greater ChinaLocation: Beijing, China
Reporting Line: Report to Direct of Open Research Group, Greater China；Dotted line to Head of Institutional Engagement
Task and Responsibilities:
· In support of the Director, act as the primary contact for institutions and funders on behalf of ORG, with particular focus on their OR needs
· Build up contacts in all relevant departments within institutions – i.e. library, research office, etc.
· Through direct contact and outreach with institutions, log scholarly communications status, with a particular focus on OR (open research) – i.e. OA policy, mandate, funding info in Greater China.
· Ensure the wider business in the region is kept up-to-date with external developments in the market, including funding, policy, and competitor initiatives.
· Gather OR requirements directly from institutions, and communicate to Product Management and Institutional Operations teams in order to build solutions to meet institutional needs
· Collate and document institutions’ OR requirements and general contact, in order to be communicated as market intel to China ORG team and wider global Institutional Engagement dept., and relevant teams across Springer Nature
· Work closely with Institutional Operations team for effective management of our existing institutional and social accounts in Greater China, driving APC revenue from them, as well as the development of new and existing products for institutions.
· Set up centralised billing agreements with institutions, covering the full ORG portfolio
· Sell any products potentially developed in-house for the institutional market
· Understand and keep up-to-date with current OR and scholarly communications’ market
· Represent ORG at public and institutional events in Greater China region, speaking on behalf of the division where appropriate
· Work with Marketing team to develop marketing plans and campaigns for existing institutional membership and institutional outreach in the region
· Meet specific KPIs set by management
Job Requirements
· Fluency in English
· Experience with an STM or academic publisher
· Proven consultative sales or account management experience – managing customer relationships, negotiations and pipelines
· Able to gather, understand and respond to customer and market needs
· Confident communicator with the ability to interact with external and internal contacts at all levels
· Assured and confident when public speaking
· Demonstrates a high-level of initiative and self-motivation
· Excellent time management and organizational skills
· Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
· Highly Computer literate including MS packages
· Experience/knowledge of open access publishing or a background in publishing desirable
How to Apply
Potential candidates who meet our requirements may apply with a cover letter and full resume in both English and Chinese stating your current and expected salaries, availability and contact details to sarah.huo@springer.com in the subject of “Job Title (Wechat)“.
Position: Production Editor
Location: Beijing
Reporting Line: Reporting to Senior Production Editor, London office
Task and Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of journals from acceptance into production through to online publication
- Performing safety checks on manuscripts prior to publication to ensure they conform to Journal style guides and house policy
- Work closely with and manage vendor performance to ensure articles are published within agreed target-times and meet quality standards
- Act as an escalation point for vendors to answer queries and resolve issues
- Commit to and prepare for weekly 1-2-1 catch ups with line manager via phone/Skype for support, queries and portfolio/workload update
- Ensure high-quality author experience, and liaise with authors via email and telephone to answer their queries and keep them informed about the publication process
- Liaise with internal publishing, editorial and customer service teams to ensure they are kept informed about progress and issues encountered
- Ensure Production policies and processing times are maintained and educate where required regarding limitations and possible alternatives in order to always reduce exceptions to the standardized policies
- Liaise with internal/external editorial regarding journal production schedules and content quality
- Liaise with marketing and communication teams in order to organize and manage article Press Releases
- Attend and contribute via conference call to Production team weekly meetings to identify inefficiencies and share suggestions for process improvements, share knowledge, discuss new policies to be implemented and maintained, update team on ongoing project involvement
- Make recommendations with regard to process improvements and participate in User Acceptance Testing of changes to the tools and processes
- Contribute to production and inter-departmental development projects
- Act as mentor to new starters
- Assist with organization and provision of training on production policies/processes where required
- Maintain current and accurate records of all relevant communications, audits, corrective action plans, and effectiveness monitoring
- Perform other duties as necessary within the realm of the Production team, and on occasion provide general assistance to other teams within the company
Job Requirements
- Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) –
- Ability to present and report information clearly and concisely to internal/external customers and colleagues and represent BioMed Central to our customers
- Ability to effectively communicate queries, problems and accurate workload updates to line manager
- Ability to effectively communicate and educate about Production policies to editorial/publishing colleagues in the Beijing office and report back any problems
- Highly organized – able to manage multiple priorities and stick to deadlines
- Detail-oriented –ability to perform safety checks and proofing
- Proven experience of providing high-quality customer service
- Track record of identifying issues/inefficiencies and using own initiative to suggest solutions/improvements
- Team worker – evidence of positive interaction across various teams
- Highly computer literate – understands common software (e.g. Microsoft Office suite)and picks up new software skills quickly
- Embraces change with a positive attitude
- Willing to travel – to meet and train with colleagues in the London office
- Proven experience of using initiative- the ability to self-manage when required and have the confidence to make decisions on how to approach problems is essential due to this role being remotely line- managed from London
Desired – one or more of
- A scientific degree or equivalent
- A background or interest in publishing or other relevant experience
- Knowledge of XML markup process, typesetting, graphics, copyediting and proofing process. Candidates do not need to be specialists in all of these as training will be provided, but an understanding of all is desirable
- Ability to anticipate problems/issues
How to Apply
Potential candidates who meet our requirements may apply with a cover letter and full resume in both English and Chinese stating your current and expected salaries, availability and contact details to sarah.huo@springer.com in the subject of “Job Title (Wechat)“.
Position: Sales Support Specialist, China, Springer NatureLocation: Beijing, China
Reporting Line: Report to Sales Support Manager, Greater China, South Korea and Mongolia
Task and Responsibilities
- Generate and Manage Licensing Process for all Products from start to full execution
- Mater use of SAP-CRM and Sales-force and help the sales team to keep the update of the information in the systems
- Liaison with License Control Department based on Netherlands to generate the contracts for customers, communicating between with sales teams and License Control on any local variations
- Work with License Control Department and sales teams on the contract signing and invoice issuing process, making sure all records and figures are correct
- Work with License Control Department to grant the access to trial and paid customers
- Work with operation teams to make sure the orders are processed timely and accurately
- Master all the proposals, terms and clauses of the contracts.
- Alert the renewal for the sales teams
- Meet or exceed monthly Sales teams invoicing and sales targets and goals
- Manage daily account maintenance, IP updates, access problems, usage report generating, invoicing related Issues
- Prospecting leads for Licensing/Account Managers
- Communicate with internal parties on the possible solutions needed to meet the customers’ requirements.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with minimum 3 years prior service experience, preferably work in the publishing or academic sector.
- Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese
- A strong understanding and previous experience in the STM market and knowledge of journal and multi-site licensing is a plus.
- Strong computer skills in databases, MS Word, Excel and Power Point a must.
- Must be well organized, highly motivated, flexible and able to work independently.
- Must be motivated, flexible and be able to work independently.
- Detail oriented and highly organized.
- Ability to work with numerous individuals on a daily basis to sort issues, discuss clients, find solutions.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Demonstrate initiative and follow-up skills.
- Understanding on how to maintain and build lasting corporate and internal relationships.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required.
- Confident and polished presenter with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
How to Apply
Potential candidates who meet our requirements may apply with a cover letter and full resume in both English and Chinese stating your current and expected salaries, availability and contact details to sarah.huo@springer.com in the subject of “Job Title (Wechat)“.
