Publishing associate job description

• Confident in your writing ability, able to write about our offerings clearly and concisely in an intelligent and inspiring way
• Driven to understand what makes a great offer through research against other comparable offers in market and test book the offer to ensure the offers are valid
• Eager to participate in content development, including working with our Top 20 Publisher to curate our weekly list of the world’s best travel & lifestyle offers
• Excited to contribute, communicate and strategize with our internal teams regarding the quality of our offerings with a member first approach
• Able to monitor and report on member activity through emails and social media channels
• Open to feedback and direction
• Keen to maintain the editorial integrity of our publications

You are Ideally…

• A professional with 1-2 years of experience, including direct experience within the travel or hospitality industries

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to manage time and multi-task under tight deadlines
• Possess strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders across the company
• Passionate about travel and lifestyle content
• Degree educated in journalism, communications, marketing, or related field

What’s in it for you…

• Broaden your horizon by working with a global team and potentially in a different country
• Experience one of our travel deals first-hand – we call it the Travelzoo Experience
• We recognize your achievements with our employee awards
• Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity
• Hybrid work model. Meet virtually or in one of our elegant workspaces in the heart of vibrant cities
• Enrich your career perspectives by joining our global mentorship program
• Is life-long learning important to you? We offer online and offline learning options
• We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages

If you are excited about this opportunity and feel intrigued by our values of “leading by example”, “warm heart”, “cool head” and “working hands”, then we would like to get to know you!

The Digital Publishing Associate ensures that Publishing management has the information needed to assess the performance of digital products and services and to make decisions regarding promotions, product enhancements, and new product development. The Analyst also performs tasks required for production of AACR journal content on web sites and provides backup for selected electronic publishing functions.
Responsibilities
•Monitor and report on performance of AACR journals websites using Google Analytics.
•Maintain bibliometrics tools provided by hosting service (Impact Vizor and Usage Vizor), including performing reporting and analysis, data updates, user support, and training.
•Monitor and report on performance of content alerts distributed by e-mail, recommend changes in practice to optimize functionality and performance of alerts.
•Monitor use of social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn) as dissemination channels for scientific publications and communications; prepare regular analyses for Division.
•Serves as principal liaison to hosting service and other vendors for all analytics activities to ensure that editorial and business staff have access to data in a timely and efficient manner.
•Collaborate with Senior Manager, Publishing Technology to develop and maintain custom data collection and reporting tools as needed.
•Monitor performance of AACR journals in major search engines; recommend changes in practice to optimize ranking and discoverability of AACR content.
•Integrate new types of data (e.g., new article performance metrics, semantic enrichment analytics) when available into overall analytics architecture.
•Collect and analyze data for special projects; provide reports as needed.
•Collaborate with publishing staff and vendors to design and conduct experiments to determine optimal content presentation and combinations.
•Track online offerings from other STM publishers on a regular basis; prepare reports for Division on new developments and trends, as well as adoption of new practices by other publishers.
•Perform digital publishing tasks as assigned by Director.
•Provide backup to other Digital Publishing positions as assigned by Director.
•Performs the essential functions of the position, and other tasks as assigned.
•Provide project management and business analyst support for projects as assigned.
Qualifications
•Bachelors degree.
•At least 1-2 years' experience in electronic publishing, preferably in the STM sector.
•Experience performing data analysis.
•Experience with Google Analytics reporting and implementation.
•Familiarity with search engine optimization techniques.
•Familiarity with scientific publishing.
•Familiarity with bibliometric data sources such a PubMed, Web of Science, Dimensions, etc.
•Familiarity with practices for testing and assessing various ways of presenting and/or combining content.
•Excellent written and oral communication skills.
•Advanced knowledge of Excel.
•Familiarity with Access and other database software.
•Knowledge of HTML.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit a resume, cover letter, and salary expectations.

Equal Opportunity Employer