Editorial Assistant Jobs in Bangalore - EManuscript Technologies

Job Summary
Editorial assistants provide assistance in all stages of the publication of journals and a broad range of publicity materials. They support senior editorial staff in the administration of the commissioning, planning and production of timely publications. A good spoken English language is preferred.
The level of responsibility and the range of tasks vary depending on the size of the organization and the type of publication. The editorial assistant role is the usual starting point for careers in editorial work. Progression to more senior roles such as features editor or commissioning editor may be possible once the necessary skills and experience have been acquired.

Responsibilities and Duties
Editorial assistants perform a range of administrative and editorial tasks necessary to get publications published. They act as the liaison for the many authors involved in a publication, from the receipt of manuscripts from authors through to the handover to production staff.

Typical activities may include:

• Supporting editorial staff in all activities leading to publication, including acting as a personal assistant to commissioning editors and overseeing tasks such as issuing contracts and dealing with royalties;
• Liaising with other in-house teams, writers, printers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process;
• Dealing with the administration of work commissioned to paginators;
• Correcting and checking manuscript corrections;
• Obtaining rights to use materials from other publications;
• Using computers for word processing, desktop publishing and email;
• Dealing with phone and email queries, e.g., from authors and the reviewers;
• Filing, photocopying and other routine administrative tasks.

In some areas of editorial work (e.g. for an in-house company publication), the work may also involve:

• Communicating with authors over the phone or email;
• Amending articles;
• Collating the work of several authors;
• Using specialist electronic publishing packages.

As your expertise develops, the role may involve:

• Assessing manuscripts and making recommendations on their publication to senior editorial staff;
• Responding to copyright queries from writers and other publishers in the first instance;
• Updating and rewriting material;
• Using your own specialist knowledge to contribute ideas;
• Sourcing freelancers or other authors to produce new materials;
• Assisting with the art direction and design of publications.

Required Experience and Qualifications
Salary and Other Details

• Fresh Graduates with B.Sc/B.Com/B.A degree are preferred.

• Starting salaries are likely to be in range of Rs. 7000/- to Rs.8000/ and vary according to the qualification and experience.

• Working hours are typically 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM (1.30-2.00 PM Lunchtime) with some extra hours.

• Work is largely office-based, although more opportunities for home-based working are emerging with the growth in digital publishing and the potential to work electronically.

• Working Days - Monday-Saturday (Full day). Every Sundays and Second & fourth Saturdays will be holiday. All government holidays are applicable.

Job Type: Full-time