Emily Wong

Experience

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  Retrospect Journal

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Subeditor

  In addition to performing editorial work and commissioning journal contents and proposal for the journal title, I also performed a number of supporting duties: coordinating committee meetings, setting up and controlling events organised by our society, and promoting the journal at the University's Societies' Fair.

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  The University of Hong Kong

  Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  Project Assistant

  Wide varieties of duties and responsibilities, including:• Managing the whole production and editorial processes of research papers, including advising on grammar technicalities• Ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of the publishing materials, including the tracking of the initial submission of manuscripts• Translating law-related research materials from Chinese to English; copy-editing and proofreading all the translated materials. • Ensuring consistency of language and style in all publishing materials• Liaising closely with external contacts, including authors and academics • Providing administrative assistance to members of the team as and when required Show less

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  Cambridge University Press

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2015

  Language and Pedagogy Research Intern

  During my one week work placement on the Language and Pedagogy Research Team in the ELT department, I collated and analysed scholarly articles to write research review(s) on hot topics within the ELT industry ("The effects on learning of typing and writing"), reviewed and implemented corpus data from the Press's corpus linguistics software to ELT materials, and conducted research into spoken English.

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  SAGE Publishing

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  I provided editorial and administrative support to the Global Open Access (OA) team, including• Tracking articles through set processes and ensuring all actions are up to date• Troubleshooting inaccurate data in systems and assisting in the maintenance of databases• Devising new processes to streamline internal workflows to enhance authors’ publishing experience• Overseeing articles’ payment processes and answering queries from authors, editors and colleagues• Collating and analysing journal performance data to assist with business decision making • Assisting in the development of the company’s OA launch and growth strategies• Liaising with designers to ensure new journals were launched in a timely manner• Coordinating discrete projects and journals-wide administration for the OA team• Coordinating internal meetings, taking minutes and following up action points within role remit and as directed Show less

  • Project Coordinator (Open Access)

    Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Project Coordinator (STM journals)

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
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  Springer Nature

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2017

  Project Manager (Interim)
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  Springer Nature

  Sept 2017 - now

  • Product Manager (Collections and Editorial Lifecycle System)

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Project Manager

    May 2021 - Dec 2024

  • Product Manager (Transfers)

    Sept 2017 - May 2021