What are the responsibilities and job description for the Proceedings Assistant Editor position at MDPI?
Proceedings is an open access journal dedicated to publishing findings resulting from conferences, workshops, and similar events. The conference organizers and proceedings editors are responsible for managing the peer-review process and selecting papers for conference proceedings.
We are looking for recent graduates who are eager to stay connected to scientific research. The position of Proceedings Assistant Editor is full-time, and this position is based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Responsibilities:
- Support the editorial process for conference proceedings journals, engage in communication with scholars and experts to organize the peer review process, and ensuring that the accepted manuscripts fit our layout guidelines and can be published in a timely manner.
- Handle email communication between the parties involved in the publication process.
- Identify potential academic conferences within the scope of the journal's discipline, reach out to conference organizers or scientific committees, and establish collaborative relationships.
- Industry Trend Awareness: Stay informed about developments in the field of conference proceedings journals and assist the managing editor in achieving the journal's strategic goals.
- Complete other assigned tasks.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree within the past five years
- Major in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, computer science, materials science, agriculture, medicine and pharmacy, environmental sciences or related majors.
- TOEIC score 600 , IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 60
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word.
- Strong learning and communication ability.
A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities
since 1996
. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than
400
diverse, peer-reviewed
, open access journals supported by over
66
,
0
00 academic editors
. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.
MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe
,
Asia
and North America
.
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