Topic: Internship in Science Editing

Job Description

Program Description

Crimson Interactive offers academic editing internship. This internship is a full time, in-house position. It involves editing manuscripts to make them ready to be accepted for publication, working closely with our editors and authors, preparing compelling descriptions for the reviewers and finalizing manuscripts for publication.

The interns shall work on the subject areas, depending upon their academic background, interests and objectives. Once the choice is made, the intern will be required to develop a comprehensive understanding on the procedures and workflows while it is expected that the intern has a comprehensive understanding of the subject area. Interns will be provided intensive training in academic editing. They would be working closely with in-house and freelance editors with years of expertise in this field.

Duration: 8 to 10 months
 

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

Interns should be graduates/ post-graduates from any of the following areas with very good level of command over English:

Subjects in Physical Sciences and Engineering: -

- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics-

- Statistics
- Geology
- Astronomy
- Information Science
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Telecommunications
 

Interns must be interested to work as academic editors and eager to learn from the editing field realities. In addition, they must be able to work fairly independently and demonstrate initiative and flexibility to effectively benefit from the internship programme.
 

Selection Procedure
Round 1: On selection, you will be called for a preliminary in-house test, lasting around two hours. We will test both your English language proficiency as well as your subject matter expertise.

Round 2: Qualified candidates will be interviewed within a week.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the Internship Program then please submit your Curriculum Vitae, and a general statement of purpose to indicate

- Reasons for your interest in the internship
- What is expected from the experience
- Degree appearing for/ expected, and
- Preferred start date and end date for the internship

 

Company Profile

Crimson Interactive Pvt. Ltd. is an organization of member brands providing English language solutions to individuals and corporate customers in the Far East. Crimson's member firms deliver services in three professional areas: Academic Editing, English Transcription, and Translation. We have served more than 6000 clients and are proud to be amongst the top three editing players in Japan.

Being a start-up organization, founded in 2005, we strongly promote new ideas and initiatives. Crimson comprises a pool of talented and focused individuals who recognize the essence of knowledge. We encourage open communication, constant learning, and being updated with changing trends.

In May 2006, we acquired the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification. With our strength in India having reached 55 and over 200 freelancers operating all over the globe, Crimson opened its first international office in Japan on 1 March 2009. On 6 March 2009, our CEO, Sharad Mittal, was awarded the Indian Achievers Award for Corporate Leadership by All India Achievers Foundation. We also successfully partnered with Japan’s largest Academic Publisher, Maruzen, and Dai Nippon Publishing (DNP), the second largest publisher in the world for their editorial needs. For more news, please visit http://crimsoni.com/news.htm

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