Each of the MBA journals is managed by a team of professionals: editorial assistants, editors (responsible for working on the folios of manuscripts which are copyedited, typeset, and corrected), marketing team (aims to increase readership and circulation of the journals via promotional campaigns), the journal publishing manager is responsible for development of the MBA journals and acts as the focus and the fulcrum of each title's team, ensuring that all our obligations as publisher are fulfilled.
| Management Trainee: (Junior Research Analyst) | B.Sc. and computer’s knowledge / BBA / MBA | Fresher |
- To perform secondary & primary research about the Company, organizational hierarchy and related business entities/relationships for all the customers of aerospace.
- Collecting information from various databases (Hoovers, Lexis & Nexis) so as to provide credit to the customers.
- Creates requisite Author, Editor and reviewer’s pool/ base for the Consortiums delegated group of MBA (Management, Business, Finance, Marketing, Human Resource,) Journals (out of 40 nos.) project, and books, reports projects as well.
- Liaisons through e-mail with the authors, reviewers, editors of allocated group of journals•
| Publication Research analyst (PRA) | MBA and Computer’s knowledge | 1 – 3 years |
- Creates requisite Author, Editor and reviewer’s pool/ base for the Consortiums delegated group of MBA ( Management, Business, Finance, Marketing, Human Resource) Journals (out of 40 nos.) project, and books, reports projects as well.
- Liaisons through e-mail with the authors, reviewers, editors of allocated group of journals.
- Ensures on meeting the requisite quota of registration/ nomination of authors, reviewers/ editors for STM journals respecting the set- time lines at one hand and placing writers/ editors for books and technical/ market reports on the other hand.
- Gives weekly report to the Publications Coordinator
- Any other duties assigned by the Director.
| Publication Co-Ordinator (Managerial Position) | M. Sc. and Relevant Experience is Mandatory | 3 – 5 years |
- Manages and works in cooperation with the Publication Research Executives on one hand and the Marketing Executives on the other, and ensures accountability and profitability in the publication project.
- Overseas delegated ‘Journals’ and ‘managing editors’ under major group- physical, chemical sciences/ engineering and technology.
- Supervises editing and publication of journals and books etc. with special mention to online journals.
- Schedules and supervises various phases of journals and books publication online/ (print).
- Resolves issue and solves problems throughout the projects’ cycle.
- Tracks and reports the project mile-stones and provides status reports to the Head of publications.
- Oversees editorial, design, publication-production and operation management.
- Manages, and supervises freelance designers, copyeditors, proofreaders jobs.
- Provides initial consultancy, defines the requirements, manages project costing and making proposals. Drafts, reviews and finalizes the ‘Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)’, as per publishing programs/ terms and conditions, etc. agreed with authors/ clients.
- Makes market plans for the promotion of journals and books etc.
- Develops opportunities for promotion that involves advertising in local, national, and international levels.
- Makes presentations for special publishing programs highlighting the financial model.
- Coordinates the publication and supply logistics.
- Does budgeting and forecasting for the operational costs and production.
- Gets ISSN assigned and maintains the list of ISBNs for books/ journals.
- Takes quality control measures throughout the publication process.
- Any other duties assigned by the Head of publications and the Director.
| Senior quality Executive | M. Sc. / MBA / Diploma or Certificate in Intellectual Property Management. Computers knowledge and knowledge of Quality Adherence and Checking Tools. | 3 – 5 years |
- Adherence/ implementation of intellectual property norms.
- Ensures that the publications brought –out from this department are free from copyright violation/ plagiarism.
- Checks publications- Books, Journals, Reports/ etc. and pertinent processes in the light of set quality norms.
- Ensures completeness of input received and raises queries for incomplete input with the respective person/ party.
- Reviews quality standards on the basis of feedback from target audience/ clients’ specification.
- Contacts/ liaisons with competent outside experts from QC/ QA fields to seek guidance.
- Prepares tailor made Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, Guidelines and participates in quality management system documentation procedures.
- Recommends relevant/ requisite Standards’/ Specifications’- Documents for purchase for reference/ Guidance.
- Plans and executes the relevant ISO certification for the department/ institution.
- Improves quantity (no. of papers being published) without loosing the quality of the existing journal.
- Ensures inclusion of NanoTrends in the coverage of renowned indexing and abstracting services.
- Studies/ evaluates already published titles (books/ reports), opines on possible improvement/ revision/ phasing- out.
- Takes requisite quality measures in bringing-out/ forthcoming books and journals.
- Checks/ evaluates the titles on the quality norms i.r.t the layout, design, paper, printing, embodied thought- contents, relevance, copyright concerns/ plagiarism etc.