Nilima Mishra

Detail-oriented editorial professional with experience in editing, proofreading, and manuscript review. Seeking to contribute to a dynamic publishing company by ensuring accuracy, maintaining editorial standards, and delivering engaging, high-quality publications while supporting authors and editorial teams.

Editorial Advisor at Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions (2020-01 – 2022-06)

• Proactive approach in solving any manuscript related queries
• Creation of work related documents.
• Responsible for handling author queries
• Provide status updates for projects and follow timelines
• Review quality of work completed, to ensure that it meets the project standards.
• Help authors to find reviewers for their manuscripts
• Help authors to find suitable journals for their manuscripts
• Perform quality checks of the process
• Mentoring of juniors
• Be flexible enough to attend video/audio conferences with US and UK colleagues after the usual office-hours
• Demonstrate eagerness to develop editorial knowledge and proficiency
• Maintain positive work relationships and high-quality and prompt (usually within 24 hours except weekends and holidays) communication with fellow journal editors, authors, reviewers

Editorial Associate at Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions (2017-02 – 2020-01)

• Screened submitted manuscripts to ensure compliance with journal guidelines, scope, and publication criteria.
• Conducted plagiarism checks using relevant tools and evaluated manuscript originality.
• Performed language and quality checks to improve clarity, grammar, and overall readability of manuscripts.
• Reviewed manuscripts for adherence to editorial standards, formatting requirements, and submission policies.
• Assisted in the initial editorial assessment process by identifying manuscripts requiring revision before peer review.
• Coordinated with editorial teams to support smooth manuscript processing and maintain publication quality standards.
• Maintained accuracy and attention to detail while managing multiple manuscript evaluations.

Career Break (2022-07 – 2026-06)

• Took a planned career break to provide full-time childcare and family care.
• Maintained professional development by staying updated on publishing workflows, editorial processes.
• Now ready to return to a full-time professional role.

M.Sc. in Chemistry – Nagpur Institute of Science

M.Sc. in Chemistry – Nagpur Institute of Science

B.Sc. in Chemistry – Lady Amritabai Daga College

H.S.C – Lady Amritabai Daga College

S.S.C – Jindal Public School