Publications Officer (Editor, Es 8)
Seattle, Wa
Scientific Publications Management• Oversee IHME’s scientific publication program for external and internal communications and ensuring that the Institute’s publications meet the highest standards of accuracy, clarity, and accessibility for diverse audiences. • Mentor and manage editorial team members, to include hiring and training, managing workflow and guiding priority-setting, and contributing to professional growth and performance assessments for supervisees. • Manage the paper production process for select publications, working with project officers, faculty, researchers, fellows, and data professionals, from draft development to publication.• Create and update production timelines, ensuring that all interrelated aspects of the schedule are being tracked and adapting timelines if milestones or deadlines shift.• Implement and develop new processes to streamline the paper production, submission process, and review process.• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for publication processes.• Maintain a strong attention to detail while planning around contingencies and adapting to rapidly changing needs. • Act as liaison to journal editors, publishers, and outside funders of reports. Scientific Writing and Editing• Write high-quality scientific articles for submission to peer-reviewed journals• Revise manuscripts for narrative, accuracy, consistency, clarity, grammar, and syntax• Translate complex scientific concepts and data into language appropriate for audiences of specific interest for the paper topic and journal chosen for submission.• Engage with internal and external collaborators to incorporate their feedback to draft scientific manuscripts, hone messages, and finalize manuscripts for submission.• Synthesize, distill, and present key messages from complex sets of quantitative findings in a manner that is suitable to a range of scientific audiences
