Associate Publishing Manager

Job Title: Associate Publishing Manager, Nature Masterclasses

Location: London (Hybrid)

Full Time, Permanent

Final date to receive applications: Sunday 20th September

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  and follow @Springer Nature.

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 access for their researchers and we also have some free to access content on our platform. Our platform is used by early career researchers all around the globe, including in China.

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.

• Support the Publishing Manager to develop proposals for new content and formats
• Coordinate the commissioning and recruitment of internal (Springer Nature) and external experts, 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, publication).

• Support the Publishing Manager to manage projects for training content creation such 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

• Work closely with the Publishing Manager
• Build relationships with key colleagues in learning design, content engagement,marketing and salesas well as freelancers to ensuretimelyandhigh-qualitydelivery 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…