Assistant Publisher

Role Description

We are looking for a motivated Assistant Publisher to join Wiley’s Partner Publishing Americas team. In this role, you will support a portfolio of journals and publishing partner relationships, helping to ensure strong communication, high-quality reporting, and effective delivery of publishing services. Working closely with Publishers, Senior Managers, and colleagues across Research Publishing, you will contribute to partner meetings, journal reviews, renewal preparation, portfolio analysis, and day-to-day publishing activity.

This is a great opportunity for someone with early experience in publishing who enjoys relationship management, project coordination, data analysis, and creating clear, high-quality materials for external partners.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of ongoing relationships with publishing partners such as learned societies and universities through various communication channels and reporting tools.
• Support the title team in journal development and partner conversations by helping analyze journal, market, financial, and bibliometric data.
• Ensure that partners are aligned with our strategies around open access and journal growth through excellent, regular communication.
• Undertake research and prepare materials to renew journal publishing agreements by supporting the development of business offers; develop and deliver comprehensive renewal proposals; and collaborate with colleagues in the negotiation of contracts.
• Contribute to promote partner compliance with journal process improvements through effective communication and persuasion.
• Work with colleagues across Publishing, Finance, Author Support, Journal Editorial Management, Legal, Corporate Sales, and other teams to support end-to-end publishing services.
• Contribute to journal development activity by identifying relevant insights, trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Support Publishers and Senior Managers with larger partner relationships, renewals, and new business opportunities as required.

Qualifications

• Some experience in publishing, journals, academic research, or a related environment.
• Good understanding of journal publishing, or a strong interest in developing expertise in this area.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, accurate, and well-structured materials.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and priorities.
• Comfortable working with data and using it to support reports, recommendations, and decision-making.
• Strong attention to detail, including editing, proofreading, and checking information for accuracy.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Collaborative working style, with confidence working across teams and functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in academic, research, journal, society, or partner publishing.
• Experience supporting external partner, client, society, or stakeholder relationships.
• Experience preparing reports, presentations, proposals, or meeting materials.
• Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, charts, or data summaries.
• Experience working with journal performance, bibliometric, financial, or publishing data.
• Ability to draw clear conclusions and recommendations from data and research.
• Interest in open access, society publishing, and the wider research publishing landscape.

Benefits

• Meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.
• A wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
• Fair, transparent pay with competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Salary Range

48,800 USD to 66,733 USD