Associate Publishing Manager

Job Title: Associate Publishing Manager, Nature Masterclasses

Location: London (Hybrid)

Full Time, Permanent

Application Deadline: Sunday 20th September

About Springer Nature

Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of research in the world. We publish the largest number of journals and books and are a pioneer in open research. Through our leading brands, trusted for more than 180 years, we provide technology-enabled products, platforms and services that help researchers to uncover new ideas and share their discoveries, health professionals to stay at the forefront of medical science, and educators to advance learning. We are proud to be part of progress, working together with the communities we serve to share knowledge and bring greater understanding to the world. For more information, please visit about.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature.

About Nature Masterclasses

Nature Masterclasses is a portfolio of professional development training via online content and in-person workshops, drawing on the expertise of Nature Portfolio journal editors, dedicated Expert Trainers and world-class renowned international Academic Experts. Our e-learning portfolio includes over 160 hours of online courses and webinar recordings to support researchers at every stage of their career from the design of their research to its funding, execution, analysis, publication and dissemination. We sell licenses to labs, departments and research institutions to offer full a ccess for their researchers and we also have some free to access content on our platform. Our p latform is used by early career researchers all around the globe, including in China.

About the Role

The Associate Publishing Manager will coordinate and support the development of the Nature Masterclasses online training products, including online courses, and webinars and short-form content, tailored for researchers around the world.

Role Responsibilities:

Content Production

• Support the Publishing Manager to develop proposals for new content and formats
• Coordinate the commissioning and recruitment of internal (Springer Nature) and external expert s , reviewers, and freelancers
• Lead the production of video content (including coordinating filming, quality control, etc.)
• Manage the workflow for copy-editing and proofreading content; follow best practice for QA review and support work on clearing rights and permissions
• Work with learning design, content engagement and marketing to upload, update and organise content on content and learning management systems
• Accurately track and record content development-related costs
• Lead on the production and running of webinars (including commissioning of experts, preparing presentations, collating questions, communication with participants and technical setup , pu blication ) .

Project Management

• Support the Publishing Manager to manage projects for training content creation su ch as webinar development and publication
• Create comprehensive schedules and timelines with key project dates/milestones for on-going non-content related projects
• Support the Publishing Manager in meeting project deadlines by documenting progress, prioritising tasks, mitigating risks and keeping stakeholders informed
• Lead internal team meetings and take comprehensive notes
• Ensure that the wider publishing team are kept on track to meet ambitious team goals

People

• Work closely with the Publishing Manager
• Build relationships with key colleagues in learning design, content engagement, marketing and sales as well as freelancers to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of content and communication with users
• Support the development and implementation of diversity, equity & inclusion and accessibility measures for the publishing team's contribution to the training team portfolio

Quality & Customer Satisfaction

• Support the wider publishing team in ensuring that high quality standards are maintained within course content
• Support the wider publishing team in ensuring that the training is high quality, engaging and continues to meet the diverse and changing needs of today's researchers and customers
• Where requested, monitor and report on established KPIs

Product strategy

• Support the Publishing Manager to create the strategy on the development of training services and new content by gathering and analysing market intelligence and competitor data
• Assist the Pu blishing Manager with the piloting and implementation of new products and innovations, including those which blend live and on-demand training
• Support in delivering tactical implementation plans to drive forward the goals of the wider researcher training team

Sales & Marketing

• Collaborate with the marketing and content engagement teams to plan and deliver marketing campaigns for new content
• Where requested, work with marketing team to create promotional product collateral
• As needed, work with the sales team to develop materials to support client conversatio