CACTUS

URL: www.cactusglobal.com

Cactus Communications is a scholarly communications company with offices in Japan, South Korea, India, China, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States. We are the largest language services provider globally. CACTUS collaborates with journals, publishers, universities, and societies to provide editorial services.

Job Title: Associate Editor (Telecommute)

Reports to: Team Manager

Role and Responsibilities:

Our editing team provides language and other publication support services to authors across the globe. Our clients are predominantly researchers whose first language is not English. 

We are looking for Associate Editors in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences. (Microbiology, Biotechnology, Physics)

As an Associate Editor, you will be required to perform quality assurance checks on edited manuscripts to ensure that they meet the standards of international publications. While your role will primarily involve reviewing the work of our editors and providing them with timely feedback, you may also be required to edit some manuscripts.

Job Benefits:

1. Global exposure: At CACTUS, you will be exposed to research carried out worldwide and will get an insider’s view of the burgeoning, multi-million-dollar publishing industry. You will also have unlimited access to exclusive interviews with industry experts, articles on the latest industry trends, and publication and writing tips on our learning and discussion platform.

2. Culture & Team: Our core values are Trust, Excellence, Integrity, Communication, Innovation, and Fun. By internalizing these and maintaining a culture of high performance, our dedicated team works together to achieve exceptional customer satisfaction.

3. Learn & Grow: You will be trained to become adept at editing and reviewing academic manuscripts. Our goal is to help you build a career with us. We do this by creating an environment where you will grow both personally and professionally.

4. Satisfaction & Recognition: As part of our editing team, you will directly work with authors. We facilitate the dissemination of research by helping authors overcome some of the many challenges in the publication process. We ensure that good performance is recognized and rewarded in a timely manner and offer competitive salaries on par with industry standards.

Qualifications:

 2021 batch A degree (bachelor’s, master’s, PhD, etc.) in Medicine, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, 

 Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment  Excellent written English skills and attention to detail  Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

CTC: Rs. 5/- pa

Job Title: Copy-Editing Reviewer

Reports to: Team Manager

We are looking for copy editors to help polish the language of accepted research articles and

ensure that these articles conform to the journal-specific house style.

What you will do as a copy-editing reviewer:

1. Copy-edit biomedical manuscripts such that the final text is in standard scientific English.

2. Make changes to ensure that the manuscript conforms to the journal's style requirements.

3. Review manuscripts copy-edited by other editors to ensure that the edit meets the journal's

language and style requirements.

4. Crosscheck document metadata such as references using software tools.

Qualifications:

 UG Final Year 2021 batch: B.Com, BMS, English, Pol Sc, Sociology, Mass Comm, Physics, Microbiology, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Comp Sc, M.Com

 Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

 Excellent written English skills and attention to detail

 Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

 Prior experience in journal manuscript copy-editing (Non-mandate)

 Familiarity with AMA style preferred (Non-mandate)

Job Location:

 Work from home anywhere in India.

CTC: Rs. 4/-  lakhs per annum

Job Location:

 Work from home anywhere in India.

Online test: February 13, 2021

Interested students are requested to register online:

www.sxccal.edu – Placement Cell – Registration for Campus Drive

Last date: February 10, 2021