Hybrid Associate/Senior Editor, Communications AI & Computing

at Springer Nature

• Job title: Associate/Senior Editor, Communications AI & Computing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Shanghai, China

About the role

• Associate or Senior Editor managing interdisciplinary research in AI and computational sciences at Springer Nature, focusing on editorial decisions and policy development in open access publishing.

Responsibilities

• Making well-reasoned editorial decisions on submitted manuscripts in the light of expert advice, following the journal’s editorial policy and standards.
• Contribute developing editorial policies and guidelines for research involving AI and computational sciences, with a focus on open science.
• Make accepted manuscripts accessible to a broad computer science readership by advising authors on titles, abstracts, introductions, and structure, as well as ensuring high overall reporting standards.
• Help recruit, support, and engage a team of external editors, guiding and assisting them with the tasks listed above and ensuring they understand and implement the journal’s philosophy and policies.
• Commissioning various content including Reviews, Perspectives and Comment articles.
• Attend conferences and meetings and visit research institutions (in agreement with the Chief Editor) and report on these activities.
• Broadcast published works by curating and suggesting publications for press releases or Research Highlights.
• Contribute editorial content to special projects or collections as agreed with the Chief Editor.

Requirements

• PhD level research experience in computational social science, computational neuroscience, and/or computational linguistics, with strengths in AI ethics and human-machine interaction.
• Editorial experience, postdoctoral experience, and broad training will be an advantage but not an essential requirement.
• The ability to read and assess the novelty, context, and implications of research submitted to the journal from different disciplines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and fluency in English (written and spoken).

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements