Current position

Senior Geology Content Developer
Nagwa Limited, Cairo

Personal Summary

A creative content developer and an experienced academic editorial assistant seeking a position in academic publishing. For 6 years, I have been screening and formatting manuscripts and coordinating the peer-review process at Hindawi Publishing Corporation and through freelance.
I am currently working on my master thesis on invertebrate palaeontology. With passion, I have tutored geology and ecology, lectured about publication ethics, and founded a scientific student magazine.

Education

Master Student, Palaeontology
Ain Shams University, Cairo (2015-present)

BSc. Geology and Chemistry (2017)

Key Skills

▸ Searching in academic databases
▸ Editing and formatting academic manuscripts
▸ Professional business communication
▸ Writing, reviewing, and designing popular science articles
▸ Professional use of Office and Google suite applications

Experience

▸ Nagwa Limited (April 2021-present)

Senior Geology Content Developer
Responsibilities include creating online educational content for US, Egypt, India and KSA, tutoring geology and ecology, and coordinating the processes of internal Content Development System (CDS).

▸ Freelancer, Tarjama (May 2019-present)

Manuscript Formatting Freelancer
Responsibilities include formatting manuscripts to adhere to target journals’ guidelines. They also include assisting authors with editing their manuscripts and avoid any violation of publication ethics.

▸ Hindawi Publishing Corp. (Oct. 2017-May 2019)

Editorial Quality Assurance Specialist
Responsibilities included ensuring that all accepted manuscripts and their review processes adhere to journals’ guidelines and policies before being released for publication.

Editorial Screening Specialist
Responsibilities included screening the submitted manuscripts before initialising the peer-review process.

Editorial Assistant
Responsibilities included managing the peer-review process and handling communications with authors, editors, and reviewers.