Academic publisher De Gruyter is establishing a global communications function in order to improve communications with researchers, librarians and business partners and to expand and increase employee communications. Eric Merkel-Sobotta joined De Gruyter on October 1, 2016 as Director, Communications and will lead the efforts in this area.
De Gruyter, with over 260 years of publishing experience, combines traditional publishing values of editorial excellence with contemporary expertise in digital publishing, open access business models and a focus on the needs of researchers in a fast-moving academic environment.
Merkel-Sobotta's appointment is within the context of the company's demanding strategy to increase the awareness among researchers and librarians across the globe of the high-quality publishing and distribution options that De Gruyter offers.
Merkel-Sobotta joins De Gruyter from Springer Science+Business Media (now Springer Nature), where he was responsible for global communications, policy and external relations for over ten years.
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