{"id":41355,"date":"2017-05-09T22:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T02:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=41355"},"modified":"2017-05-09T22:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T02:14:50","slug":"job-assistant-editor-asian-studies-linguistics-brill-boston-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/09\/job-assistant-editor-asian-studies-linguistics-brill-boston-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Assistant Editor, Asian Studies &amp; Linguistics &#8211; Brill (Boston, MA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow.<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>P<\/b><b>osition:<\/b>\u00a0Assistant Editor, Asian Studies &amp; Linguistics<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted by: <\/strong>Brill\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Locati<\/strong><strong>on: <\/strong>Boston, MA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract:<\/strong> Full-Time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Here&#8217;s a job received directly from the company:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>BRILL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>2 Liberty Sq., 11th Floor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Boston, MA 02109<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>POSITION \u2013 ASSISTANT EDITOR, ASIAN STUDIES &amp; LINGUISTICS<\/strong>\u00a0(Full-Time \u2013 40 hours per week)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>GENERAL OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in 20 main subject areas, including <\/span>Middle East<span style=\"color: #000000\"> and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language &amp; Linguistics, Biology, and International Law. With offices in Leiden, Boston (MA) and Singapore, Brill today publishes 270 journals and about 1,000 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\u2019s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Assistant Editor will serve as assistant to the Senior Acquisitions Editor and the Publishing Director in the areas of Asian Studies and Linguistics. and support the development of these publishing programs. The Assistant Editor is responsible for the organization and project management of these active and growing programs. Responsibilities also include liaising between production, finance, and marketing.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">College degree required; advanced degree relevant to the fields preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Excellent written and spoken English; knowledge of Chinese or another major Asian language preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proficiency <\/span>at<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Strong interpersonal skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Strong organizational and problem-solving skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Punctuality and ability to meet deadlines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Previous editorial experience strongly preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Highly motivated and enthusiastic with an entrepreneurial spirit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Goal and results-oriented<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Correspond and maintain relationships with authors, journal editors, and series editors regarding their projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Maintain publishing schedules for all works, pre-production through publication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with book acquisitions, proposal, and manuscript reviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with proofreading covers and front matters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Update database with latest contact information, project data, and schedules<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Order free copies for authors, journal editors, and series editors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Request and monitor payments for reviewers, authors, and editors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Prepare manuscripts for production, including consent to publish forms and permissions when necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cooperate with colleagues in the Leiden and Singapore offices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Coordinate with the marketing department the preparation of e-bulletins, forthcoming publication announcements, catalogs, flyers, information for the company website, Twitter and Facebook posts, and conference participation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Assist with conferences from the planning stage through post-conference reports (which may include some travel both nationally and internationally)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please email CV and application letter to Human Resource Managers at<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:HRjobs@brill.com\">HRjobs@brill.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. 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