Juliana Trajano

Experience

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  Thieme Brasil

  Sept 2008 - Jun 2010

  Performing editorial production tasks for medical books; assisting with monitoring quality of work by freelance translators and copyeditors; writing back cover texts; responsible to keep the editorial schedule on track and focused. Translation department: assisting with monitoring quality of work by freelance translatorsCopy-editing department: involved in the editing and proofing process as materials are prepared for publication.

  • Editorial Assistant

    Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

  • Intern | Translation and Copyediting Department

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2009
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  Freelance

  Jul 2009 - Dec 2019

  Freelance Copyeditor and Proofreader

  Manuscript preparation, copy-editing, proof reading, and translation of fiction, non-fiction and technical books.

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  Grupo Editorial Record

  Jul 2010 - Oct 2010

  Editorial Assistant

  Coordinating the freelance translators for all the foreign language books that would be published by the imprints BestSeller, BestBusiness and Nova Era; performing editorial production tasks for fiction, non-fiction and technical books; writing back cover texts; participate in meetings with literary agents as required.

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  Elsevier

  Nov 2010 - now

  I work with academic/society partners and the broader scientific community on strategic journal development, launch plans, and overall business relationships.Key responsibilities include:- Translate the company’s strategic direction into concrete products and revenues (either by creating new content formats or by refining workflows and the way such content is presented to the community)- Oversee and build a portfolio of Oncology journals and Brazilian society-owned journals in Health Sciences.- Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors and scientific societies.- Coach, guide, and educate more junior colleagues on how to conduct their day-to-day job working with the various stakeholders. Show less - Oversee and build a portfolio of Brazilian society-owned journals, and Oncology journals.- Negotiate and manage contractual relationships with journal editors and scientific societies.- Establish, manage and maintain excellent contacts and networks with key external stakeholders, including editors, authors, society representatives, university leadership and industry, with a view to understanding their professional and organizational needs and ongoing market developments.- Gather, analyze, present and interpret data on journal performance through different tools and scientific platforms and database.- Collaborate with editors on strategies to grow their journals, to attract high-quality submissions and, consequently, captivate more readers and enhance citation rates.- Meet portfolio-related objectives with regards to content growth, articles market share, citation share, relative impact factor, editorial speeds and author and editor satisfaction.- Develop new content formats and new ways to present content to the customers in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and business partners. Show less - Implement publishing agreements in Brazil, focusing on the development of Brazilian scientific journals portfolio, through relationships with scientific societies and institutions, assuring renewals and revenue increase- Responsible for all stages of the sales cycle to stablish partnerships with Brazilian scientific societies and institutions, including prospection, pricing, negotiations with stakeholders, agreement and post-sales relationship (to assure contract renewals).- Guarantee the smooth running and publication of issues of open access and subscription journals by building and maintaining good customer relationships, guiding them on international STM publication best practices, aiming to develop the journal’s quality (production and editorial) and impact- Liaise with the Journal Managers, other cross-functional departments and providers to ensure the timely publication of journals.- Present seminars for authors, peer reviewers, editors and scientific societies.- Manage of a team of two Production Editors.Main achievements:- Renewal rate of 100% for six years in a row (2014-2019).- Achievement of the annual revenue target for five years in a row.- Champion of change in production processes and submission systems. Show less

  • Senior Publisher

    May 2022 - now

  • Publisher (Brazilian and Oncology portfolio)

    Dec 2019 - Apr 2022

  • Acquisition Editor/Publisher

    Mar 2013 - Dec 2019

  • Editorial Production Coordinator (secondment)

    Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  • Production Editor

    Nov 2010 - Feb 2013