Job Title: Editorial Advisor
Location(s): Pune (Hybrid Working Model)
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 181 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.
About the Brand:
Transfer Desk is a manuscript transfer service, which provides author with a convenient way of resubmitting their manuscript to a more suitable journal. Finding the right journal can be difficult and sometimes sound manuscripts are rejected because they don't precisely match a journal’s aims and scope. Transfer desk team helps authors to leave with a positive experience & encourages them to come back to us in future while giving editors the first choice of new research. They help authors find the most suitable journal, recognizing the scientific merit of their manuscript and ensuring it can be submitted elsewhere within SpringerNature without delay.
Role Responsibilities:
Perform light assessment (screening) of the manuscripts
Identify suitable journals for transferred manuscripts
Send list of most suitable journals to authors
Provide best possible solutions to author queries by referring to the standard operating procedures
Transfer manuscript to the preferred journal & support the authors throughout the transfers process
Build effective relationships with authors and editors
Participate in trials & ad hoc process level initiatives
Mentor and support new joiners
Share best practices for the respective cluster
Key Relationships
Authors
Heads of -Submissions and Author Services (SAS) team
Journal Editorial Office Assistants
Journal Editors
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
1 – 3 years experience
Good Communication skills (written and verbal English)
Email etiquettes
Subject matter expertise– Life science/Physics/Chemistry/ Mathematics/ Computer Science/Economics/Social science
Publishing background knowledge
Strong analytical and logical reasoning ability
Customer service and business communication experience
Manuscript handling experience would be an added advantage
Qualifications
ME/BE -Civil Engineering / E&TC / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science
Masters in Politics/Public Administration / Commerce / Operations Management