Assistant Editor, Asian Studies

    BRILL
    2 Liberty Sq., 11th Floor
    Boston, MA 02109

    POSITION – ASSISTANT EDITOR, ASIAN STUDIES
    (Part-Time – 24 hours per week)

    March 2016
    Organizational Chart

    Publishing Director
    Senior Acquisitions Editor, Asian Studies
    Assistant Editor, Asian Studies 

    General Overview

    Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in 20 main subject areas, including Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language & Linguistics, Biology, and International Law. With offices in Leiden, Boston (MA) and in Singapore, Brill today publishes 230 journals and around 1000 new books and reference works each year, available in both print and electronic form. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV.

    The Assistant Editor will serve as assistant to the Senior Acquisitions Editor in the area of Asian Studies and support the development of the program. This position is responsible for the organization and project management of this active and growing subject area. Responsibilities also include liaising between production, finance, and marketing. This diverse position plays a pivotal role in the publishing operations globally. This is a part-time position that requires 24 hours a week.

    Qualifications

    • College degree required; Advanced degree relevant to the field preferred.
    • Excellent written and spoken English. Knowledge of mandarin Chinese is preferred.
    • Proficient at Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
    • Strong inter-personal skills.
    • Strong organizational and problem solving skills, with ability to meet deadlines.
    • Previous editorial experience strongly preferred.
    • Highly motivated and enthusiastic with an entrepreneurial spirit.
    • Goal and results-oriented.

    Responsibilities

    • Correspond and maintain relationships with authors, journal editors, and series editors regarding their projects.
    • Maintain publishing schedules for all works, pre-production through publication.
    • Assist Senior Acquisitions Editor with book acquisitions, proposal and manuscript reviews, etc.
    • Assist Senior Acquisitions Editor with proofreading covers and front matters for books, journals and other publications.
    • Update database with most current contact information, project data, and schedules.
    • Organize ordering of gratis copies for authors, journal editors, and series editors.
    • Request and monitor payments for reviewers, editors, etc.
    • Prepare manuscripts (both book and journal) for production, including consent to publish forms and permissions when necessary.
    • Cooperate with colleagues in Leiden and Singapore offices.
    • Coordinate with marketing regarding e-bulletins, Forthcoming-publications, catalogs, flyers, the website, Twitter, Facebook and conferences.
    • Assist Senior Acquisitions Editor with conferences from the planning stage through post-conference reports (some of which may include travel both nationally and internationally).

    Contact Information
    Interested in joining our Asian Studies program? Please email CV and application letter to: Human Resources, 2 Liberty Square, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02109; Telephone: 617-263-2323; email: HRjobs@brill.com

     

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