Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead

Why Work Here?

Mission driven, great benefits and room for growth!

Why consider AORN, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, as the next place for your career as our Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead? Because we’re innovative and all about quality and collaboration we’re continually seeking to enhance our offerings to allow us to better tailor to the needs of our nurse members while expanding our market position and growing revenue across our business and sales divisions.

Our mission is to define, support, and advocate for patient and staff safety through exemplary practice for each phase of perioperative nursing care using evidence-based guidelines, continuing education, and clinical practice resources. We collaborate with professional and regulatory organizations, industry leaders, and other health care partners who support our mission. Our culture is one of openness, teamwork, risk taking and being at the cutting edge of our field and we only look for employees who hold these same traits.

Values mean more to AORN than just bullets on a page. They drive our daily decisions and impact how we work as an organization:

• Innovation: Taking courageous and bold actions for growth and sustainability.
• Communication: Exemplifying respect, collaboration, transparency and honesty.
• Quality: Ensuring accountability and excellence.
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness: Promoting fairness, valuing differences, considering all perspectives.
• Achievement: Achieving our mission, realizing the vision.

Our Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead is responsible for the AORN Journal publication and line of business. They manage and oversee the work of the Journal editorial team and work closely with the Journal Editor-in-Chief and the Journal’s publisher. The Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead also plays a leadership role for the Publications Team, taking on assignments identified by the Sr Director of Publications, and contributing to both operational and strategic initiatives.

AORN is based in Denver, CO. Our Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead will work remotely.

More about what you'll get to do as our Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead:

• Supervises the content of the Journal and the work of the Journal team, from planning through distribution; responsible for the quality of all Journal content and for ensuring the publication of accurate, relevant, timely and valuable content that meets the needs of authors, members, and other readers/subscribers.
• Reviews and edits Journal content, including feature articles, columns, special reports, etc. Serves as the handling editor for the President’s Message column.
• Selects and assigns the content for each monthly issue; creates and manages the workflow schedules for the Journal team members. Considers and tracks the annual page budget as part of content planning.
• Creates an annual Journal editorial calendar with the Editor-in-Chief and Sr Director of Publications and updates and distributes it for internal and external stakeholders on a monthly basis.
• Works closely with the Publications Editor to plan and support the development of Periop Briefing content; conceptualizes, reviews, edits, and proofs Periop Briefing articles.
• Provides monthly issue lineups, along with cover information, and selects and coordinates approval of the cover image.
• Builds and coordinates web assets for the Journal homepage on aornjournal.org and Journal pages on aorn.org; this includes managing the podcast selection, distribution, and invoice process.
• Ensures team efficiency and productivity. Identifies and helps implement process improvement initiatives related to author communications and relations, Author Guidelines, author outreach/solicitation efforts, peer review, etc.
• Tracks and manages manuscripts in the ScholarOne Manuscripts platform. Manages the export and transfer of all articles to the publisher.
• Establishes positive and effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the AORN Membership, Creative Services, Digital Marketing, and Nursing Departments, as well as the Journal publisher and ad sales team.
• Co-manages the review of the monthly issue proof stage (1^st and 2^nd revises) and notes all corrections needed at these final production stages.
• Manages pre- and post-conference content coverage in the Journal, including speaker interviews, conference highlights, poster and award winners, etc. Coordinates with internal stakeholders to acquire necessary assets for layouts.
• Manages, trains and develops the Journal editorial team.
• Meets regularly with the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief, as well as the publisher editorial, production, marketing, and ad sales teams.
• Helps develop and present to the AORN Executive Team the annual Journal budget; responsible for managing the Journal budgets, expenses, and payment of invoices.
• Manages the day-to-day Journal operations with the publisher and troubleshoots any problems that may emerge related to the print and/or digital editions.
• With the Editor-in-Chief and Sr Director of Publications, identifies and develops new Journal content features, as well as new and derivative revenue-generating publication opportunities.
• Works closely with the publisher’s ad sales team to notify them of content that would interest advertisers and contributes to new advertising opportunities.
• Creates and oversees statements of work and contracts for editorial freelancers. Coordinates content project requirements, schedules, and payments.
• Helps manage and lead the Publications department’s tasks and activities for the annual AORN Expo & Conference, including identifying the Journal booth objectives and activities, the creation of signage and forms, coordinating onsite events and meetings, creating supporting messaging for different content vehicles, etc.
• Creates and gives presentations as needed.
• With the Sr Director of Publications and other team members, participates in the planning of strategic and long-term initiatives.
• Assists the Editor-in-Chief in planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving the editorial content of the AORN Journal.
• Other duties as assigned.

Must Have’s to be our Sr Managing Editor and Team Lead:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required in Journalism, Publishing, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years relevant publishing experience, including as a Journal managing editor, with demonstrated strong performance in writing, editing, and proofreading, as well as project and team management.
• 2+ years of experience leading or managing a team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Scholarly and/or association publishing experience.
• Experience with healthcare and/or scientific publishing.
• Knowledge of American Medical Association (AMA) style guide.
• Experience and comfortable with new and developing publishing technologies, formats, and platforms.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and professional Adobe software.
• Proficient in use of manuscript management systems.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Deadline driven, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and work efficiently under deadline pressure, strong time management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently, excellent communication skills.
• Ability to cultivate positive relationships within the department as well as outside the department, with AORN members, staff, and partners.
• Ability to demonstrate and hold others accountable for organizational values of: Innovation; Communication; Quality; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness; and Achievement.

Here are some of the excellent benefits we offer and why it’s so great to work here!

• Competitive salary, for this role our salary range is $110,000 - $130,000.
• Health insurance package options that include a HDHP plan and a PPO plan.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Healthcare Savings Account (HSA) options.
• Employer paid short- and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance coverage.
• Voluntary Life Insurance options including critical illness and accident insurance.
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting.
• Pet insurance.
• LinkedIn Learning.
• Paid time off and 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Free subscription to Calm.
• Up to 8 hours of paid volunteer time.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Staff Incentive Bonus.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Working remotely, using a computer, telephone and Teams daily. Ability to travel as needed in support of department and Association initiatives.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

AORN provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We encourage people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based on disability.