Project Manager

The Project Manager (PM)-Journals will be responsible for overseeing the entire editorial and production process of the journals assigned to him/her, from the stage of acceptance of articles to the stage of their online and print publication, maintaining the overall health of the journals.

Roles & Responsibilities

• He/she must coordinate the work of any artwork processing requirements for the journals.

• He/she must maintain good relationships and proactively communicate schedules and review inputs with Journal Editors and authors, keeping the best interests of the publishing house in mind.

• He/she must ensure that all inputs provided by authors/Journal Editors in their reviews are incorporated in the articles and issues correctly.

• In case of launch journals, he/she must get all the initial elements fixed (Instructions to Authors, Aims and Scope, Editorial Board page, layout, cover, etc.) and coordinate with Journal Editors to settle processes and workflow.

• He/she will be responsible for tracking the editorial and production work of his/her journals, providing reports pertaining to these to all relevant parties, and maintaining all production records for his/her journals.

• For online and print publication of journal articles and issues, he/she must ensure quality and adherence to schedule in Pre-editing, Copyediting, Typesetting, Author s review & Revision(s).

Required Background & skills:

• Must be a postgraduate in any discipline from a reputed university, with at least 2-3 years of experience in editorial and production work of journal publishing.

• Must have excellent English language proficiency and must be able to conduct quality checks of editorial and production work.

• Must have good communication skills to be able to manage relationships and share information with stakeholders.

• Must have the good technical knowledge to judge how a long processing step would take, discern any potential problem, suggest solutions, and plan the work accordingly.

We offer the following benefits to our employees:

• Hybrid Working Model, 3 days per week in the office

• Gratuity

• Employer NPS

• Mediclaim for the self, spouse, and up to three children

• Accidental insurance

• Term Life Insurance

• Five-day working week

• Performance-based Bonus

• Paid parental leave

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