Morgan Healey

Journals Commissioning Editor Location: London / Hybrid Salary: On Application We are seeking a proactive and commercially minded Journals Commissioning Editor to help drive the growth and success of a leading scholarly journals portfolio. Working closely with the Head of Journals, you will be responsible for attracting high-quality submissions, building strong relationships with authors and editors, and delivering an outstanding author experience throughout the publishing journey. You will play a key role in commissioning new content, managing manuscript transfers across the portfolio, and supporting the development of Special Issues that align with strategic publishing priorities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the dissemination of research in the environmental and water sciences sector, helping ensure that important scientific discoveries reach the global communities that can benefit from them most. Key Responsibilities: Act as a trusted advisor to authors, providing guidance and support throughout the submission and publication process. Drive the acquisition and retention of high-quality journal content in line with portfolio growth objectives. Deliver annual commissioning targets and contribute to the achievement of wider journal performance goals. Lead the development and execution of the Special Issues programme, including identifying and recruiting Guest Editors, evaluating proposals, and ensuring successful publication of commissioned content. Manage and optimise manuscript referral and transfer pathways across the journal portfolio, ensuring authors receive a seamless experience and suitable manuscripts find the right publication outlet. Build and maintain strong relationships with editors, authors, reviewers, and research communities to develop a sustainable pipeline of future content. Collaborate with colleagues across publishing, marketing, and content teams to maximise content opportunities and audience engagement. Support article-level promotion initiatives and contribute to increasing the visibility and impact of published research. Stay informed about emerging research trends, influential authors, and developments within relevant scientific disciplines. Skills & Experience: You will combine a strong understanding of academic publishing with excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills. We are particularly interested in candidates who have: A background in water sciences, environmental sciences, engineering, or a related discipline, ideally supported by a PhD. A strong understanding of the academic research and scholarly publishing landscape. Previous experience within journal publishing, ideally in a commissioning or content acquisition role. Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills. The ability to build trusted relationships with authors, editors, and research communities. Experience using research and bibliographic databases such as Web of Science or Dimensions would be advantageous. Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of industry trends and market dynamics.

Education Partnerships Manager Location: London, Hybrid (3 days in the office) Salary: £45,000 Basic + Bonus Our client, a fast-growing intellectual media and education platform, is recruiting an ambitious Sales Manager - Higher Education to drive the expansion of its content across universities and educational institutions worldwide. At the heart of its offering is a rapidly growing digital educational platform, used by universities and schools globally to access cutting-edge debates and talks featuring leading thinkers, scientists, politicians and artists. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded partnerships professional to help scale adoption across higher education. As Sales Manager - Higher Education, you will play a key role in expanding the organisation's presence across universities and educational institutions globally. You will lead sales activity within the education segment, building relationships with academic institutions and converting engagement into long-term subscription partnerships. Key Responsibilities: Developing and executing outreach to universities and educational institutions Initiating and managing subscription trials and converting these into long-term partnerships Identifying opportunities to align platform content with specific courses, curricula and student needs Driving new revenue through education sector subscriptions Managing and nurturing relationships with existing institutional partners Supporting and guiding sales activity within the education partnerships team We are looking for a dynamic, commercially driven individual who is excited by the opportunity to bring world-class intellectual content to students and educators worldwide. You will likely have: 2+ years' experience in sales or partnerships within the education or EdTech sector A proven track record of originating and developing partnerships or subscriptions Strong relationship-building and communication skills A commercial mindset, with ambition and energy to drive growth The confidence, charisma and initiative to open doors and close deals A genuine interest in ideas, culture, education or intellectual debate A strong academic background (minimum 2:1 from a top university) Experience leading or mentoring team members would be advantageous. Leading experts in STM Publishing & Digital Content Recruitment Referrals: We offer a reward if you recommend the perfect candidate for this position and our client hires them. You can send contact details of anyone you want to recommend to