Total 34 PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Ulu Tiram

Job descriptions

• To assist Social Sciences team to acquire book/journal projects on core focus areas through emails, attending conferences, meetings etc.
• To provide data analysis of the latest trend of the publishing industry
• To learn the process of planning, controlling, and carrying out the editorial functions and coordinate all necessary actions which occur at any stage prior to receipt of a manuscript through finished product under the general guidance of subject leader/team members.
• To assist team members with book launch events, as and when required
• To work on different production and acquisition tasks assigned by team members (guidance will be provided)

Responsibilities

• Editorial support (admin & editorial work)
• Topic/trend spotting & research in Life Sciences/Medicine/Chemistry
• Database management and building

Marketing Intern

World Scientific Education is seeking a Marketing intern to join its young and vibrant team. The successful candidate will have hands on exposure to a variety of campaigns through social media, direct marketing, media outreach, online event organization.

Responsibilities

• Assists/Support Marketing Executives in organizing events, managing social media posts, and carrying out various promotional activities.
• Assists in preparing marketing collaterals.
• Assists in market research efforts and offers recommendations and valuable insights to enhance future marketing strategies.
• Assists in compiling mailing lists for promotional purposes.

Responsibilities

• Be part of our energetic marketing team focusing on plans and strategies to promote academic publications to worldwide audience.
• As a product specialist, team up with authors, editors and our global sales/marketing team to implement effective marketing campaigns including direct marketing, book launches, and events.
• Be responsible for market research and watching trends to aid in product development.

Requirements

• Degree in Marketing or Science.
• Good command of English and business writing.
• Goal driven, creative, curious, and hardworking
• 1 to 2 years of experience in Publishing or Marketing preferred.
• Experience in digital marketing including social media preferred.
• Have interest in scientific developments (new discoveries / inventions, etc)

Event Planning and Coordination

• Assist to organize offline events and online webinars (e.g., exhibitions, workshops, competitions, social gatherings) through effective communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors

Marketing Collateral and Brand Management

• Create, maintain, and update corporate marketing materials
• A great eye for design and the ability to generate new ideas for content creation
• Plan and develop marketing collateral, such as posters and brochures
• Organise photo/video shoots with photographer/videographer
• Develop templates ahead to post on website, social media, email and other mediums
• Create and develop other designs such as presentations, pitch decks, signages, and trade show collaterals, as needed
• Manage and maintain the brand architecture, guidelines and corporate identity to ensure consistency across all channels
• Educate and train teams in upholding the brand image and reputation

Digital Strategy (Website and Social Media) and Lead Management

• Grow the Company’s digital presence as part of the overall marketing strategy
• Develop and manage content calendars for social media platforms, creative production (including text, images, videos, etc.), and foster community engagement and growth
• Plan and execute digital campaigns and promotions
• Plan, execute and measure A/B tests
• Manage the company’s official website, execute SEO initiatives (with additional support), and ensure smooth lead generation and nurturing processes
• Measure and report performance, return on investments (ROI) of campaigns and identify trends and insights to optimise spend and performance

Client Relationships Management & Corporate Communication

• Utilize CRM systems to generate insightful reports
• Develop Email Direct Marketing (EDM) campaigns and disseminate company updates to strengthen client relationships and trust
• Develop marketing automation journeys and create personalised email content on CRM systems to drive engagement and return stays
• Analyse performance of marketing automation and email campaign performance
• Assist in crafting media releases, and monitor public sentiment to maintain a positive brand image

Regular Market Research

• Conduct in-depth market analysis to monitor industry and competitors trends, identify emerging opportunities, and enhance brand awareness among targeted demographics
• Present findings to the Management

Marketing Budget

• Assist to develop marketing budgets based on activity-sorted expenses
• Compare actual expenses to the budget and escalate to Management any issues or discrepancies

Administrative

• Assist in coffee-production related administrative matters and any ad-hoc matters assigned

Job Requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications or related field
• At least 2-3 years of working experience in the related field required (FMCG, F&B and Hospitality)
• Experience in organizing major events, particularly in the coffee industry
• Strong command of the English language and strong copywriting skills
• A good eye for design and creative thinking is essential
• A structured and organized process-driven individual with an eye for details
• Accountable, self-motivated, attentive to details, positive working attitude
• Good communication skills and able to work multi-task and independently in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in MS Office suite
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite or similar technologies (particularly Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
• Proficient in web analytics tools and content management system is an advantage
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is an advantage

Main Responsibilities – Acquisition and Editorial (books and journal projects)

• To acquire book/journal projects, through emails, attending conferences, meetings etc., from authors hailing from reputed institutions in Singapore and worldwide (via emails, phone calls or online meetings). The candidate must have a flair towards meeting authors at local events such as conferences, seminars and workshops. Sufficient guidance will be provided in this regard. The candidate must possess good communication skills in order to establish rapport with potential authors.
• To plan and implement strategies in acquiring new book/journal projects based on the focus areas identified by the Management. Guidance will be provided by the Publishing Director and Subject Leaders.
• To be able to work effectively on both books and journals and be accepting and willing to work on initiatives as and when they are implemented by the Management.
• To learn the process of planning, controlling, and carrying out the editorial functions and coordinate all necessary actions which occur at any stage prior to receipt of a manuscript through finished product under the general guidance of the Publishing Director and Subject Leaders. The candidate must be able to project manage production of book by coordinating with authors, typesetters, designers, colleagues from other departments as required.
• To carry out duties on contractual matters including clearing of copyrighted materials, foreign rights, etc., as directed by the Senior Editor or Subject Head.
• To supervise and to coordinate with freelance editors on certain projects done by the freelance editors.
• To work effectively on adhoc book projects that come with tight timelines.

Other Accountabilities

• To ensure the agreed objectives with the areas of responsibilities are achieved by the most economic method in optimising the profitability of the projects.
• To ensure the agreed budgets allocated for each project are achieved.
• To cooperate with Marketing in the promotion of all new titles when necessary.
• To ensure that effective liaison with the relevant departments within the organisation and outside bodies, such as government departments, authors, advisors etc.
• To ensure that all authors' agreements for titles assigned are properly raised.
• To ensure that all publishing documentation for the projects that he/she is responsible for are properly kept and carried out.
• To ensure that the progress report for all titles within his/her responsibility is updated as appropriate

Note: Sufficient training and guidance will be provided for both acquisition and production roles. The candidate is expected to contribute to individual and team targets (set in a reasonable and fair manner) for both acquisition and production. The candidate must be willing to take on adhoc projects and contribute to overall performance for the team with passion, integrity and sense of commitment. Workplace incentives are in place and will be provided whenever an employee meets criteria required to claim incentives. Work-life balance is supported and flexibility in working arrangement is allowed when valid reasons are provided.

Requirements

• Good Honours/Post-grad Degree in economics, finance, business, political science or related social sciences disciplines.
• Strong networking with authors, academic professionals or researchers.
• Must be able to work independently, possess initiative, creativity, and a keen eye for detail.
• Must be able to work effectively on projects with special requirements and shorter timelines.
• Bilingual with strong command of English and Chinese to be able to liaise with Chinese-speaking counterparts preferred, but not mandatory
• Minimum 1 to 2 years in similar capacity is preferred, fresh graduates with flair for communication, networking with authors, acquisition of content and production of books and journals will be considered.

The Role

The Senior Human Resources Executive is a generalist role with full HR spectrum, minus payroll processing. He/she will assist and support the HR Manager to ensure efficient HR operations; implement HR programs and initiatives; to supervise and guide junior team member(s) and serve as a backup during peers’ absence.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment functions for global hirings, including freelancers and interns.
• Plan, develop, implement, and administer learning & development program for employees.
• Maintain & update employee’s’ information in Info-Tech HRMS.
• Handle all MOM work pass related matters.
• Handle employee relations and attend to staff queries.
• Assist in grievance handling and disciplinary issues.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as and when required.

Requirements

• Diploma or equivalent with at least 3 years of HR related experience.
• Good knowledge of Employment Act and prevailing HR practices.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in both English and Chinese (to liaise with colleagues in China).
• Good interpersonal skills and works well in a team.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Resourceful, self-driven, and possessed a high degree of professional integrity.
• Eye for detail.
• Knowledge of Info-Tech HRMS is a big plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Able to start work immediately or within short notice will be an advantage.

World Scientific is looking for a dynamic individual who is passionate about helping people learn and grow. This HR Executive is to focus on people development by establishing, implementing training and development programmes to facilitate employees' growth and capability building.

Responsibilities

• Analyse capability and performance gaps within organisation to identify learning needs.
• Plan, develop, implement and administer learning strategies and programs for employees.
• Assess course contents prepared by vendors.
• Periodical review to address gaps; motivate and support staff to achieve targets.
• Monitor, administer and evaluate program effectiveness through surveys and feedback.
• Propose, track records of training expenses.
• To support other HR functions as required.

Requirements

• Diploma holder, minimum 2 years working experience related to training.
• Ability to evaluate, research and propose training options.
• Proficient in MS Office
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be self-motivated, proactive, meticulous, resourceful, creative, with good working attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player in a dynamic, international environment.
• Bilingual with strong command of English and Chinese to be able to liaise with Chinese speaking counterparts.

World Scientific Education is seeking a Marketing intern to join its young and vibrant team. The successful candidate will have hands on exposure to a variety of campaigns through social media, direct marketing, media outreach, online event organization.

At the end of the program, students will go away with an understanding of how a Children's Education publisherreaches out to and engages their target audience, be it the distribution channels, parents or kids themselves.

Responsibilities

• Design and creation of collaterals including web banners, videos for social media
• Copywriting to jazz up descriptive book blurbs
• Design of interactive online activities to engage a target audience
• Research on bloggers, influencers, academic and professional bodies in support of marketing

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Dynamic and creative sales and marketing professional to specialize in education (K-12) and children’s titles.
• Proven experience with skillsets such as Canva design, social media marketing, digital marketing, general outreach to parents and teachers, working with product partners, internal stakeholders (in Singapore and globally), creation and use of internally produced marketing collaterals.
• Good experience with press engagement, events organization (online and offline).
• Able to work well in a fast-paced environment with multiple coordination point.

Requirements

• Diploma / Degree in Marketing, Business, English or related fields.
• Technical skills in Canva.
• Good command of English and business writing.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in Publishing, or Sales or Marketing preferred.
• Experience in digital marketing including social media preferred.
• Interest in early childhood/primary level education.
• Have passion in driving growth in new markets and like hands on work.
• Outgoing personality who enjoys engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities – Editorial and Acquisition (books and journal projects)

• To learn the process of planning, controlling, and carrying out the editorial functions and coordinate all necessary actions which occur at any stage prior to receipt of a manuscript through finished product under the general guidance of the Publishing Director and Subject Leaders.
• To read and/or check all assigned manuscripts being processed for the publication, make recommendations on presentation, obtain outside advice where necessary, guide authors through all stages and make creative contribution to illustrations, photographs, text and cover designs.
• To carry out and organising all editorial processes on new books and reprints, such as copy editing, rewriting, compiling artwork briefs, picture lists, collecting and supervising the collection of photographs, proofreading, arranging corrections/revisions etc.
• To prepare and discuss with the Design, Typesetting and E-Publishing teams on the related aspects of the projects.
• To carry out duties on contractual matters including clearing or copyrighted materials, foreign rights, etc., as directed by the Senior Editor or Team Leader.
• To supervise and to coordinate with freelance editors on certain projects done by the freelance editors.
• To acquire book/journal projects, through emails, attending conferences, meetings etc., from authors hailing from reputed institutions worldwide.
• To work effectively on adhoc book projects that come with tight timelines.

Other Accountabilities

• To ensure the agreed objectives with the areas of responsibilities are achieved by the most economic method in optimising the profitability of the projects.
• To ensure the agreed budgets allocated for each project are achieved.
• To cooperate with Marketing in the promotion of all new titles when necessary.
• To ensure that effective liaison with the relevant departments within the organisation and outside bodies, such as government departments, authors, advisors etc.
• To ensure that all authors' agreements for titles assigned are properly raised.
• To ensure that all publishing documentation for the projects that he/she is responsible for are properly kept and carried out.
• To ensure that the progress report for all titles within his/her responsibility is updated as appropriate

Requirements

• Good Honours/Post-grad Degree in Economics, Business or Social Sciences.
• Strong networking with authors, academic professionals or researchers.
• Must be able to work independently, possess initiative, creativity, and a keen eye for detail.
• Must be able to work effectively on projects with special requirements and shorter timelines.
• Bilingual with strong command of English and Chinese to be able to liaise with Chinese speaking counterparts.
• Minimum 1 to 2 years in similar capacity
• Background in Accounting and Finance is preferred

The Role

We are looking for an ambitious, motivated individual to join as a full-time JPE to support our Journal Team. He / She must be a self-starter responsible to ensure continuing development to drive our ambitious growth targets for the journals publishing program. Your key role will be to contribute to the growth, quality and usage of the journals by participating in the development, commissioning and product development plans.

Responsibilities

• Developing new STEM-related research journals, through acquisition or new launches, with emphasis on Open Access publication.
• Management of existing portfolio journals to continuously improve and maintain market relevance; this will include: creating new opportunities for growth (content, revenue, quality, etc.) as well as the development of new publishing models.
• Identify high-value topics for Special Issues and commission qualified guest editors to organize paper-invitations/call-for-papers to agreed publication timelines.
• Maintain continuous quality control, monitoring all aspects of day-to-day editorial; production and publishing operations; actively address improvements where required.
• Meet portfolio related objectives with regard to content growth, articles market share, citation, relative impact factor, editorial speeds and author’s/editor’s satisfaction.
• Regular discussions with editorial/journal team to track status of focused content journals acquisition, proposals and targets; providing necessary internal / external updates.
• Develop and maintain positive collaborative relationships with existing/potential authors, editorial Board members and referees.
• Monitoring demands of market forces to advise on future trends, risks and opportunities.
• Where appropriate, represent World Scientific Publishing at external conferences and events.

Requirements

• University degree in Science (Engineering, Computer Science).
• Prior experience in STEM publishing is an added advantage.
• Ability in managing multiple projects simultaneously amid tight deadlines.
• Effective communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Proven ability to work independently as well as a team.
• The ability to build, nurture and manage editorial boards.

Responsibilities

• Be part of our energetic marketing team focusing on plans and strategies to promote academic publications to worldwide audience.
• As a product specialist, team up with authors, editors and our global sales/marketing team to implement effective marketing campaigns including direct marketing, book launches, and events.
• Be responsible for market research and watching trends to aid in product development.

Requirements

• Degree in Marketing or Science.
• Good command of English and business writing.
• Goal driven, creative, curious, and hardworking
• 1 to 2 years of experience in Publishing or Marketing preferred.
• Experience in digital marketing including social media preferred.
• Have interest in scientific developments (new discoveries / inventions, etc)

We are looking for a driven, language-savvy and life science-oriented individual to be a full-time acquisitions editor in our editorial team.

Responsibilities

• Acquire new book proposals from prominent authors in Life Science and Biomedical topics.
• Develop and manage new and existing STM journals.
• Adept and trained in the understanding of this area of science.
• Responsible for full editorial process from manuscript to publication, which includes liaising with authors, reviewers, typesetters, printers and designers for both book and journal publications.
• Any ad hoc projects as and when required and assigned.

Requirements

• Diploma / Degree in Life Science and Biomedical fields.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, analytical skills, and excellent interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Ability in managing multiple projects simultaneously amid tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently  as well as a team.
• Prior experience in academic publishing will be given preference.
• Preferably able to read and write Mandarin emails.

We are looking for ambitious, motivated and result-oriented individuals to be an Editor in our dynamic Editorial Team. Prospective candidates must be able to work in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Acquire academic contents for books and journals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) topics.
• Manage and develop journals to improve both the quality and profitability of the journals concerned.
• Responsible for the full editorial process from manuscript to publication, including liaising with authors, reviewers, typesetters, printers, and designers, as well as preparing necessary paperwork and contracts.
• Cultivate positive relationships with authors, reviewers, editorial board members, key advisors, colleagues from various departments and other stakeholders to foster stronger collaboration.
• Ensure the commercial value of acquired titles by, e.g., analysing the time and cost of production, to maintain a steady and profitable revenue stream.
• Research and prepare statistics for market trends and prioritize publication that best suit current market trends.
• Participate in marketing and promotion activities for books and journals.
• Any ad hoc projects as and when required and assigned.

Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Pure Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics/ Statistics.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and analytical skills, and excellent interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Must have initiative, creativity, and a keen eye for detail.
• Must be able to execute all duties diligently to achieve professional success and also enhance the business of the organization.
• Prior experience in academic publishing will be given preference.