Senior Production Project Editor

Organizational Profile:

AACR membership includes more than 58,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and patient advocates residing in 141 countries and territories around the world. Presently, 32% of members live outside the United States and 22% of AACR’s international members are located in countries with emerging economies.  Its mission is to prevent and cure all cancers. The programs and activities of the AACR foster the exchange of new knowledge among scientists and physicians in the cancer field as well as in related biomedical sciences. AACR publishes nine peer-reviewed scientific journals and an award-winning magazine for cancer patients and their loved ones; convenes topical scientific conferences and an annual meeting that draws more than 22,500 participants; offers educational workshops that train young investigators in a variety of scientific and clinical areas; funds fellowships, career development awards, and research grants for both senior and junior investigators; raises public awareness of the progress in and reasons for hope in the biology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer; engages actively in advocacy for increased federal research funding and other national policies that accelerate progress against cancer; and interacts with regulatory agencies to support regulatory science and policy.

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for issue management, copyediting, production, and quality control of scientific journal content from acceptance through online and print publication.   This position requires the individual to work independently and possess good decision-making skills during the journal production process.  Oversee and manage vendor performance.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Manages issues and prepares assigned manuscripts for publication according to established AACR quality guidelines while meeting all production, printing, online publishing, and mailing deadlines:

• Checks for consistency and accuracy of style in copyediting and composition and ensures all necessary components of manuscripts and issues are present.
• Meets established deadlines consistently.
• Oversees graphic design and manages submission of digital art, assuring acceptable quality and implementation of all art prior to publication.
• Works with the managing editor and authors to select and/or obtain cover art according to the schedule; facilitates production of cover with AACR graphics staff.
• Assures that all necessary documents are in-house prior to publication, including signed copyright forms, permissions, conflict of interest forms, and author contribution forms.
• Identifies problems interfering with fulfillment of department’s goals and informs manager promptly.
• Responsible for copyediting to conform with journal style, including detecting and correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax; oversees copyediting by vendor to ensure style is consistent throughout articles and issues.
• Maintains and updates publication schedules using journal production system.

Monitors established budgetary parameters:

• Checks authors’ proofs to reduce changes and to monitor editing problems.
• Monitors performance of composition provider and printer for quality and on-time performance.

Maintains online versions of the journal and online information about the journal:

• Manages electronic files, TOCs, covers, highlighted articles.
• Reviews online information about journal on hosting platform and on the journals’ website.

Performs other tasks as assigned by publications management.

Job Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of editorial production experience within a scientific or other scholarly publication.
• Detail-oriented with a customer service approach to authors and editors.
• Superior communications skills, verbal and written.  
• Superior knowledge of grammar, style, scientific conventions.
• Familiarity with printing and electronic publishing methods and procedures. 
• Familiarity with CSE and AMA Style Manual; medical terminology a plus.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor's degree or extensive equivalent experience

Technical Competencies and Special Skills:

• Good computer skills; knowledge of submission and production tracking systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Familiarity with digital art formats.
• Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills.
  

Equal Opportunity Employer