Assistant Managing Editor

About Our Team

The Engineering team is a dynamic group of Engineering and Material Science professionals who bring their domain knowledge and ethos to uphold the soundness of research published by Sage. We ensure that all Engineering journals follow a reliable, robust and efficient peer review system that supports journal growth and transformation, while leveraging our team’s expertise to uphold research integrity, maximize profitability, and streamlined publication. We focus on outcome-driven growth, cross functional collaboration with editorial boards, production, and marketing teams to strengthen journal visibility, scholarly impact, and Global recognition.

What is our team’s key role in the business?

We are the driving force behind the peer review and journal development processes for Sage’s Engineering and Material Science portfolio, ensuring credibility, quality, and timely decision-making. By leveraging subject expertise, strategic insights, and rigorous research integrity checks, we:

• Enhance journal impact metrics such as citations, downloads, and indexing achievements.
• Help editors-in-chief and boards with data-driven strategies to improve journal standing.
• Support initiatives such as special issues and calls for papers to boost visibility and readership.

Our contribution directly impacts the global reputation of Sage’s engineering journals and their ability to lead in academic publishing.

What other departments do we work closely with?

Our team requires close collaboration with:

• Peer Review Support team, to provide journal-specific administrative support facilitating a seamless journey of academic manuscripts.
• Marketing teams, to drive journal visibility and engagement.
• Production teams, to ensure timely and high-quality publication of accepted content.
• Technology and data teams, to optimize peer review platforms and analytics.
• International colleagues in the UK and US, to align strategies and implement global editorial best practices.

Could You Be Our Assistant Managing Editor?

Are you an Engineering/Physical Science/Computational Mathematics professional with an eye for detail, passion for research integrity, and academic publishing? Do you have a strong grasp of engineering research methodologies and a commitment to delivering measurable outcomes rather than simply tracking tasks?

If you can combine editorial precision with strategic thinking and have experience engaging with authors, reviewers, and editors, you could be the perfect fit for our team. Having self-published papers in reputed engineering journals is a strong advantage. If you fit the bill, we’d love to meet you.

Top Qualities We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Academically grounded, with a postgraduate degree in engineering or material sciences.
• Research-oriented, with experience in experimental, computational, or applied engineering research.
• Integrity-driven, committed to peer-review ethics and high academic standards.
• Analytical and results-focused, capable of interpreting journal performance metrics to recommend strategic improvements.
• A clear communicator, confident in working with global stakeholders and editorial boards.

Preferred (but not essential):

• Self-published or peer-reviewed papers in engineering or technical journals.
• Experience with peer review systems (e.g., ScholarOne or Editorial Manager).
• Familiarity with indexing criteria, journal marketing, or Hybrid/Open access models.

Your New Role

As an Assistant Managing Editor, you will:

• Manage the peer-review process of allocated journals to ensure timely, high-quality editorial recommendations.
• Evaluate manuscripts for technical rigor, ethical compliance, and alignment with journal scope.
• Engage and manage reviewers, ensuring diverse and impartial assessments.
• Collaborate with editors-in-chief and boards to define and implement journal growth strategies.
• Analyze journal KPIs (turnaround times, reviewer responsiveness, citations) to drive measurable improvements.
• Support special issues, indexing initiatives, and content promotions to enhance journal impact and readership.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage peer review processes, up to and including recommendations, within agreed timeframes, as required; ensure that all published content meets required ethical and scientific standards; recommend changes to peer review processes to improve efficiency.
• Support internal and external stakeholders to ensure that journals publish high quality content consistently and in a timely manner.

• Undertake to maintain strong subject knowledge within allocated journal fields, including via national and international conference attendance when required.
• Execute the editorial strategy of the allocated journals, in line with SAGE’s wider strategy.
• Develop the quality, profile, market share, budget and financial performance of journals within the assigned portfolios, in line with SAGE’s wider strategy.
• Build and maintain positive relationships across SAGE and with external partners, including journal editors and boards.

• Support any ethical peer review investigations, plagiarism, and duplication concerns on journals within assigned portfolio.
• Monitor and stay within own agreed travel budget.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience :

• Graduate in engineering or physical sciences (MSc, or BSc with appropriate peer-review experience)
• Experience in journals publishing

• Good commercial awareness
• High level communication and interpersonal skills
• Strategic awareness, including a detailed understanding of industry trends and best practice
• Excellent prioritisation skills and a high level of adaptability
• Proficient in standard IT packages, including Microsoft Office

A cover letter is important to us, this offers the hiring manager valuable insights into how your skill set aligns with the role, what unique contributions you can bring to the team and why you are interested in this position. Therefore, when applying for this role online, please upload your cover letter and CV as one document.

Applications without a cover letter may regrettably not be reviewed.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that is representative of all sections of society and to sustaining a culture that celebrates difference, encourages authenticity, and creates a deep sense of belonging. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief as creating value through diversity is what makes us strong.