About the Job
The MIS Quarterly (MISQ) is a premier, international academic journal in the field of management information systems that publishes high-quality research about the development of information technology-based services, the management of information technology resources, and the economics and use of information technology with managerial and organizational implications. The MISQ began in 1977 through the joint efforts of the Management Information Systems Research Center (MISRC) of the University of Minnesota and the Society for Information Management (SIM).

This role is a temporary part-time role, 14 hours/week, for providing assistance to collaborative editorial and publishing team. The person will ensure help in timely and high quality publication of the MISQ manuscripts and help in preparing the creation of management reports. This role helps the MISQ team in the journals' production and publication workflows. The assistant publication and management editor must be motivated, analytical, and professional with excellent interpersonal, communication, and people
management skills and the ability to establish strong working relationship with MISQ production management team. This includes ensuring that manuscripts are processed efficiently by the copy editors and typesetters and that issues are published on time to the right quality standard. They will work with the publishing team to ensure that the journal opertations run in timely and efficient manner. Overall, this role focuses on assisting in aligning all aspects of the MISQ's publishing operations to build a strong presence that serves as a leader in the field of information systems.

Key Duties
Editorial (30%)

• Help the production team in journal's operations; help in production coordination of articles from submission to publication
• Help staff in all activities leading to publication, including working with editors and overseeing tasks, such as transferring copyright and handling royalties
• Help in responding to queries from editors, authors, and reviewers
• Help to improve the speed and quality of journal editorial and production workflows

Production (40%)

• Responsible for helping the production staff in the timely and accurate publication of all journal articles, ensuring they meet MISQ standards for style and format and publish on schedule, including but not limited to overseeing writing, preparing, managing, and uploading online journal content including DOI registration and accuracy.
• Help in article production workflow after acceptance. This involves following up with the author, sending and tracking articles through the copy editing and typesetting, managing page proofs, and uploading the articles online, and registering DOI numbers.
• Work with the production editor to coordinate production and determine job priorities
• Assist with the layout, pagination, and graphic design tasks related to publication
• Work with professional contractors and University faculty and staff to complete tasks related to publication

Operational & Communication Technology (30%)

• Assist with marketing and generating engaging content using latest technology and tools
• Contribute to the development of additional approved technology enhancements such as dynamic article tools, podcasts, and webinars
  Utilize modern tools to generate multimedia content for promoting the MISQ articles; work with authors and editors to generate engaging content
• Helping the journal with effective storytelling in a wide array of online communication media

The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position*

Minimum Qualifications

A minimum of Bachelor's degree in multimedia related studies.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with a wide array of multimedia tools. Experience with storytelling for academic content, experience with storytelling of MIS related academic content is preferred. Editorial experience
with analytical writing, presentations and storytelling. Familiarity with multimedia tools such as Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, etc. for creative content generation. Familiarity with social media tools with publication experience on sites such as YouTube, Facebook, X, and Instagram. Familiarity with Google application suite. Ability to learn publication management systems such as Manuscript Central. Ability to work with tools to generate HTML and XML files.

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)

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