Hind Rustom, Editorial Assistant

Hind Rustom

Editorial Assistant

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry-Zoology
Experience
5 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 1 Months

Editorial Assistant at Hindawi Publishing Corporation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2008 to June 2012

Communicating with authors, editors, and reviewers and responding to inquiries. Performing some checkups on submitted manuscripts (PDF, manuscript type, and duplicate or plagiarism cases) . Managing the timeframe of the editorial workflow at all stages. Assuring that editorial policies are followed by all users. Sending reminders to author, reviewers, and editors following the editorial workflow. Managing the internal process of accepted manuscripts (handling materials provided, galley proofs sent, checking invoices processed, following-up payments.) Following-up unpaid invoices. Coordinating with other departments (IT, Production, and FMD.) Raise-up urgent and not ordinary cases to Publishing Editor.

Finalization Specialist at Hindawi Publishing Corporation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2007 to August 2008

Adding copyediting remarks, checking abstracts addresses and references style to each article, adding authors' corrections according to our journal style. Making page breaks and line breaks. Preparing fine tuning to be sent online. Checking e-mails, database and MTS (Hindawi Manuscript Tracking System.)

Medical Representative at Averroes Pharma
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2007 to May 2007

Representing the company's pharmaceutical products to the customers, whom they are the doctors.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry-Zoology
  • at Benisuef University
  • June 2006

Bsc. in Science, Chemistry-Zoology Department

High school or equivalent,
  • at As-Salam College Language School
  • June 2002

• As-Salam College Language School (1989-2002) Kindergarten, Primary, Preparatory & Secondary stages

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service Excellence
Communication and leadership skills
Professional business writing skills
Dealing with difficult people
Multi-tasking hard worker, organized person
Have the ability to work under pressure
Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, XML, Win-Edit, Latex & Tex class-files. Adobe Acrobat.

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Professional Business Writing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
October 2010
Introduction to XML (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
Customer Service Excellence (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2010
Valid Until:
November 2010
Presentation Power Workshop (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
Valid Until:
April 2011