PLOS Medicine - Associate/Senior Editor

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, At least 2 years’ editorial experience within scholarly publishing required for the Senior Editor position.

📍 Location: UK, FL, GA, MA, MD, NY, PA, VA, VT

💸 Salary: 42000.0 - 57000.0 GBP per year

🔍 Industry: Non-profit, Open science

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: At least 2 years’ editorial experience within scholarly publishing required for the Senior Editor position.

🪄 Skills: ResearchEditingMentorshipAnalytical thinking

A PhD in a relevant scientific discipline and/or an advanced medical degree.
At least 2 years’ editorial experience within scholarly publishing required for the Senior Editor position.
History of mentorship within publishing preferred for the Senior Editor position.
Experience in cross-collaboration and project management.
Ability to understand and assess research on a broad range of medical science topics.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
A keen eye for detail.
Outstanding time-management and organizational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively across teams in different time zones.
A passion for science and open access.

Handling research manuscripts submitted to the journal.
Commissioning articles for the Magazine section.
Undertaking lab visits and travelling to conferences to represent the journal and recruit submissions.
Participating in writing of editorials, blog posts and related materials.
Participating in the daily running of the journal and aligned editorial projects.