Responsibilities

• Partner with Institutional Licensing, publishing, and editorial teams to align author acquisition and content marketing strategies with broader journal growth, usage, and subscription objectives.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen journal reputation and research impact through strategic author recruitment, community engagement, content promotion, and audience development activities.
• Monitor and analyze submissions, publication performance, author engagement, campaign effectiveness, usage, and market trends to identify opportunities for growth and inform strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to the development and execution of marketing strategies and campaigns designed to increase high-quality submissions and support journal revenue goals.
• Develop marketing initiatives that increase awareness, engagement, and usage of journal content among key research communities, supporting journal reputation and institutional value.
• Prepare presentations for stakeholders, communicating campaign performance, key metrics, market insights, and progress toward journal objectives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to conduct audience and author research, identify market opportunities and gaps, and develop targeted marketing plans to address them.
• Coordinate the development of marketing collateral and promotional assets in partnership with design and content teams.
• Stay current on developments in scholarly publishing, research communications, marketing technologies, and industry best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, scientific publishing, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in academic marketing or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing marketing campaigns that drive audience engagement and measurable results.
• Knowledge of the scholarly publishing landscape, author acquisition strategies, and the institutional library marketplace.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience managing email marketing, digital campaigns, webinars, conferences, and other audience engagement initiatives.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines across a portfolio of journals.
• Experience utilizing a variety of marketing channels and platforms, including digital, social media, email, and content marketing.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a commitment to fostering positive working relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders
• Highly organized and self-motivated

Benefits

• The anticipated initial rate of compensation for this position is between $80,000 – $85,000 per year. AAAS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, each subject to the terms of the applicable program.