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Senior Editor

Elsevier
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Apr 2025
💰 $134,700/yr

About the role

Senior Editor
 

Would you like to join The Lancet’s journal’s editorial team?
 

Would you like to help ensure the best science for better lives?
 

About our Team
 

The Lancet is part of our family of world-renowned medical journals committed to publishing leading science for better lives. We are a small, collaborative team handling a large volume of high-quality research submissions and thought leadership for our journals. We build solid relationships with our researchers to ensure we offer a personalized and exceptional publishing service.
 

About the Role
 

You will be a Senior Editor with The Lancet family of journals in North America. Working closely with the North American Executive Editor. The Senior Editor role is a hybrid based out of the New York office.
 

Responsibilities

  • Liaising with the Lancet specialty journals to help communicate content and promoting special projects in the US.
  • Conducting peer reviews, clinical trials and acquisitions, negotiate revisions.
  • Evaluating papers, team presentations, peer reviews for those with the highest potential clinical impact and participate in team decision making.
  • Promoting special projects (e.g., Series, Commissions, etc.) in the US. In addition, to managing the Preprints with The Lancet in partnership with the SSRN team.
  • Contributing to the commissioning of Comments, Perspectives, Seminars, Reviews, and Clinical, Global Health, and other Series and Commissions.
  • Reviewing editorial writing and outreach and working with other Lancet branded programs.


Requirements

  • Have a PH.D in an area relevant to health or an M.D.
  • Able to think critically about a wide range of scientific and health-related issues.
  • Display exceptional oral and written communication skills.
  • Have interest in engaging with the scientific, clinical health and public health communities.
  • Have talent for distilling complex concepts and communicating them.
  • Able to work well in diverse team settings.
  • Have excellent time management and organizational skills.
  • Able to work in office 1-2 times per month.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive


Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

  • Health plan benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Various Leave Programs
  • Educational Assistance
  • Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice


About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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The salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for NYC:$80,800.00 - $134,700.00

Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accom

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