Assistant Managing Editor – Medicine
Cactus Communications is a leading provider of scientific communication services to more than 60,000 clients across 116 countries. In line with its mission – to enable growth through effective communication – CACTUS offers specialist academic editing and other related services to individuals and corporations across sectors such as academia, publishing, and pharmaceuticals.
The CACTUS culture is eclectic yet inclusive. People from different countries and professional backgrounds come together to form a global team that pursues excellence, prizes integrity, and works as a unified client-focused organization.
As the Assistant Managing Editor of the Allied Health Care team, you will:
- Assist the Managing Editor or Senior Managing Editor in overseeing operations in your Center of Excellence to deliver publication-ready manuscripts, by coordinating high-quality editing and reviewing (quality assessments) of edited manuscripts
- Ensure that all author requirements and delivery deadlines are met
- Regularly coordinate with and manage a community of experienced freelance editors
- Mentor new editors to enable them to work independently
- Provide end-to-end support to authors during the manuscript publication cycle
- Stay updated on the latest trends in the fields of Allied Health Care and develop a knowledge base, with a view to sharing this expertise with the authors you work with and improving their chances of acceptance
- This is a full time position which would entail working from our head office in Mumbai
Desirable skills:
- Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with managing people and/or projects
- Ability to multitask in a deadline-driven environment
- A degree in Medicine or a PhD or Master’s degree in the Life Sciences, with a strong understanding of terminology and written conventions in subjects such as Infectious Diseases, Diabetes Research, Hematology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Nursing Medicine, and Nutrition
- Familiarity with creating and formatting manuscripts in MS Word, PDF, and LaTeX
Job location : Andheri (West), Mumbai, India
How to apply:
Interested candidates can apply online by taking a short online test via the link given below.
If you face any difficulties while attempting the test, email us at [email protected]
