Sunday 26 May 2013

Science Editors - Macmillan Publishers



Job Description
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities.

Nature Arabic Edition has a vacancy for Associate Science Editors, to expand on the existing Nature Arabic Edition editorial team.

This exciting position involves working as part of a small editorial team, and will include writing short articles, translating scientific content (from English to Arabic), editing scientific content to a very high standard, and assisting with the overall editorial process.
Skills
To meet these challenging tasks, the ideal candidate will have a broad scientific background, and hold a Masters, PhD or equivalent in a relevant scientific field. Other important attributes include excellent Arabic and English literary and verbal communication skills (both to be tested), good attention to detail, well-developed time-management skills and good interpersonal skills.

The role will include translation and proofing (of both language and content) of high-end, Arabic science material, and so accuracy, deep knowledge of science and attention to detail are extremely important.

This role in based in our Cairo office.
If interested, please send your CV to Manal.Louca@macmillan.comJob Description
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities.

Nature Arabic Edition has a vacancy for Associate Science Editors, to expand on the existing Nature Arabic Edition editorial team.

This exciting position involves working as part of a small editorial team, and will include writing short articles, translating scientific content (from English to Arabic), editing scientific content to a very high standard, and assisting with the overall editorial process.
Skills
To meet these challenging tasks, the ideal candidate will have a broad scientific background, and hold a Masters, PhD or equivalent in a relevant scientific field. Other important attributes include excellent Arabic and English literary and verbal communication skills (both to be tested), good attention to detail, well-developed time-management skills and good interpersonal skills.

The role will include translation and proofing (of both language and content) of high-end, Arabic science material, and so accuracy, deep knowledge of science and attention to detail are extremely important.

This role in based in our Cairo office.
If interested, please send your CV to Manal.Louca@macmillan.com