Publisher Relations Coordinator

ITHAKA's mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome historical barriers to education. In carrying out our mission, as employees we feel a deep responsibility to each other and our well-being, and are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.

The Role

ITHAKA works with the global higher education community to advance and preserve knowledge and to improve teaching and learning through the use of digital technologies around the world. As Publisher Relations and Editorial Coordinator, you will work closely with the Content Strategy and Relationship Team to support publishing new and existing open and licensed content on the JSTOR platform, and the workflows and business needs required to maintain our JSTOR, Artstor, and Portico products. This is a great opportunity for an organized individual who is excited to work with an editorial team that will be publishing open and licensed content across multiple content types from a broad range of publishers. This is a six month contract position.

The deadline to submit your application is July 1st.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Content Strategy and Relationship Team (CSR) to support licensing content and the development of new collections.
• Support new publisher onboarding activities and all publisher contact updates.
• Support the processes for adding new content and collections to the platform publisher requests for making content freely available, and changes to publisher agreements and amendments.
• Support the processes and workflows for publisher communications.
• Support the CSR Team to identify curated content to publish on the JSTOR platform.
• Keep publisher contact information updated in Salesforce.
• Track and resolve issues related to content delivery with content contributors.
• Research copyright histories and identify licensors and rights holders for all content types as needed.
• Work cross functionally with internal teams to ensure all publisher support needs are met. These include, but are not limited to: financial and standard usage reports, agreement processing, data releases, publisher access accounts, publisher-related content pages, and content accuracy.
  
  

Experience and Skills

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience working for an organization that supports academic publishers in the higher education market.
• Interest in academic research and scholarly publishing.
• Exceptional planning and project management skills; ability to meet deadlines; goal-driven and detail-oriented.
• Strong coordination skills and the ability to gain consensus across functions and groups.
• Self-starter, happy working autonomously and with a distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience tracking activities, status, and deadlines in a centralized system.
• Solid proficiency in MS Office, with advanced skills in Excel a requirement (i.e., pivot tables and V-lookups).
  
  

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

ITHAKA is not currently considering candidates who require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States.

Compensation and Benefits

At ITHAKA we believe in openness and equity. Part of living those values is our commitment to clarity about salary ranges, so candidates know what to expect. The starting salary for this position ranges from $24.03 - $27.64 per hour. Starting pay may vary with job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Work for ITHAKA

We are committed to our organizational values of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust. We take inclusion seriously. Belonging is one of our core values, and it shows in our vibrant culture. People from a wide range of backgrounds work at ITHAKA, and we believe that unique perspectives help us realize new insights and build better solutions.

We want to work with people who are passionate about ideas like these and who wish to contribute their perspectives and talents to ITHAKA's mission. We enthusiastically welcome applications from people of all underrepresented backgrounds and credentials. We want to hear your story and include your perspective in the transformative work we aim to do.

Learn more about Working at ITHAKA.

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Although ITHAKA has physical offices in New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, our employees are distributed across the continental United States. At this time, we're not considering candidates who are unable to work and reside in the continental U.S.

Candidates may apply by submitting an application online through our career site, if you have any questions about your application, please contact us at careers@ithaka.org. ITHAKA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if there's anything we can do to accommodate any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at accommodations@ithaka.org.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, domestic violence victim status, veteran status, disability, history of disability or perceived disability, or other status protected by law. We invite you to read our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement. ITHAKA cares about your privacy, learn more about our Applicant Privacy Notice.