The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) is currently looking
for
a Publisher to run our journals division and continue our
rapid
growth. You will be ultimately responsible for all aspects
of our
journal publishing business: marketing, sales, acquisitions,
policy, and production. Our VP of Journal Sales and our
Journal
Director will report to you. The division is running
smoothly,
and, as a result, your position will have substantial time
for
you to personally work on acquisitions in addition to
management,
and possibly some marketing if you have a strength in that
area.
You will need to travel extensively to universities and
conferences throughout the U.S. to recruit top academics to
found
journals and to find opportunities to acquire
underperforming
journals.
Requirements are a proven track record of personally
acquiring
successful academic journals, senior-level management
experience,
and the ability to lead a technologically innovative
operation.
Experience with accounting and prior P&L responsibility
is a big
plus, as are comfort and contacts with the library and
scholarly
community. Living in or relocating to the San Francisco Bay
Area
is a must. If you can't do that, please consider our
currently
posted job for Acquisitions Editor.
The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) currently has over
35
employees and publishes 38 electronic peer-reviewed
journals,
primarily in the social sciences (economics and law) with a
growing cluster in STM. Bepress also has a successful
software
development and licensing division. We license Digital
Commons,
the world's leading hosted institutional repository
platform,
ExpressO, the leading submission platform for law review
submission, and EdiKit, a peer-review workflow system.
Journals at bepress feature several innovations in
electronic
publishing, including our guest access publishing model
(recently
shortlisted for the ALPSP/Charlesworth award for Publishing
Innovation). Edited by leading scholars, including two Nobel
Laureates, the journals are steadily growing in popularity
and
selectivity. Revenue is growing at 40% per year, without
price
increases. Submissions have grown at 40% per year for three
years running, while the number of articles published has
grown
more slowly as selectivity has increased.
To find out more, visit http://www.bepress.c
om/journals.
To apply, please email your resume and a cover letter to:
Aaron Edlin
Chairman, The Berkeley Electronic Press
aedlin bepress.com
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
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