Journal Website Content Manager

Journal Website Content Manager

Based in Cambridge, UK

We are creating an exciting new role to enhance the community content on our journal websites.

We publish five important journals that serve the biological research community. All have effective publishing platforms and a good social media presence. We now seek to extend our community engagement, raise awareness of our charitable activities and build connections with early career scientists.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated team player to support us in this initiative, which is initially planned as a 2—3 year project to determine future directions. Working with experienced editorial teams, you will have the opportunity to develop content for the journal websites that appeals to our communities. We are open to new creative ideas.

Core responsibilities include:

• Engaging the scientific community through the journal websites.
• Generating more dynamic content, including writing short pieces to draw in a broad audience.
• Measuring usage and online behaviours to assess and guide strategies.
• Working with the journal teams on other community engagement content such as social media and video interviews.
• Seeking opportunities to actively engage early career scientists.
• Identifying opportunities within an evolving engagement strategy.
• Diplomatic and collaborative liaison with multiple teams, balancing their needs as we develop cross-title projects.

The successful applicant will have:

• Research experience in the biological sciences, ideally a PhD in a field relevant to one or more of our journals.
• Experience with community engagement such as blogging, social media or outreach.
• A strong understanding of the opportunities presented by the online environment.
• Excellent and proven writing skills.
• Web skills would be an advantage (creating and editing webpages, CMS).

With an attractive salary, this is an exciting opportunity to work on prominent and highly successful journals within a well-established publishing company. The role is based in our attractive modern offices on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK.

The Company of Biologists (biologists.com) exists to support biologists and inspire advances in biology. At the heart of what we do are our five specialist journals – Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open – two of them fully open access. All are edited by expert researchers in the field, and all articles are subjected to rigorous peer review. We take great pride in the experience of our editorial team and the quality of the work we publish. We believe that the profits from publishing the hard work of biologists should support scientific discovery and help develop future scientists. Our grants help support societies, meetings and individuals. Our workshops and meetings give the opportunity to network and collaborate.

To apply, please send your CV by email to recruitment[at]biologists.com along with a covering letter that states your current salary, summarises your relevant experience and explains why you are enthusiastic about this opportunity. You must be able to demonstrate your entitlement to work in the UK.

Applications should be made as soon as possible and by 4th December (late applicants may be considered)

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