Research Outreach Executive

KalKey; Madhyamgram; On-site; INR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

KalKey is seeking a proactive Research Outreach Executive in India to identify collaboration opportunities with conference organizers, journals, and research communities. You will manage manuscript submissions, coordinate with editors and vendors, and support publication coordination and content activities.

The role requires 1–3 years of related experience, strong English communication, and meticulous follow‑up to convert opportunities into collaborations.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in research outreach, business development, publishing, or research.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication and professional presentation skills.
• Strong outreach, pitching, follow‑up, negotiation, and relationship‑building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach to conference organizers, journals, institutions, and research communities.
• Identify collaboration opportunities and pitch relevant academic or conference proposals.
• Build professional relationships with organizers, editors, authors, and institutional contacts.
• Follow up with prospects and stakeholders to convert opportunities into collaborations.
• Identify opportunities for publications, peer review, keynote, and session chair roles.
• Research relevant conferences, journals, authors, topics, and publication opportunities.
• Shortlist journals and conferences based on scope, deadlines, and paper requirements.
• Coordinate with clients, authors, organizers, editors, vendors, and internal teams.
• Manage manuscript submissions, revisions, acceptance, publication, and DOI updates.
• Research and prepare articles, research blogs, news coverage, and industry content.
• Maintain outreach records, research data, follow-ups, and submission status updates.
• Ensure timely communication, accurate coordination, and completion of assigned tasks.

Skills

Research outreach

Business development

Publishing

Research

English communication

Data mining

Content development

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Google Sheets

Email

Online research tools

Job description

Experience: 1–3 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Overview

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Research Outreach Executive with strong communication, research, and coordination skills.

The primary focus of this role is to identify and approach conference organizers, journals, academic institutions, research communities, and relevant stakeholders to explore collaboration opportunities. The candidate will also support research, publication coordination, manuscript submissions, and research-based content activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach to conference organizers, journals, institutions, and research communities.
• Identify collaboration opportunities and pitch relevant academic or conference proposals.
• Build professional relationships with organizers, editors, authors, and institutional contacts.
• Follow up with prospects and stakeholders to convert opportunities into collaborations.
• Identify opportunities for publications, peer review, keynote, and session chair roles.
• Research relevant conferences, journals, authors, topics, and publication opportunities.
• Shortlist journals and conferences based on scope, deadlines, and paper requirements.
• Coordinate with clients, authors, organizers, editors, vendors, and internal teams.
• Manage manuscript submissions, revisions, acceptance, publication, and DOI updates.
• Research and prepare articles, research blogs, news coverage, and industry content.
• Maintain outreach records, research data, follow-ups, and submission status updates.
• Ensure timely communication, accurate coordination, and completion of assigned tasks.

Required Skills

• 1–3 years of experience in research outreach, business development, publishing, or research.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication and professional presentation skills.
• Strong outreach, pitching, follow‑up, negotiation, and relationship‑building abilities.
• Confidence in approaching organizers, institutions, editors, and professional stakeholders.
• Strong online research, data‑mining, information‑searching, and analytical capabilities.
• Good proofreading, professional writing, editing, and content‑development abilities.
• Basic understanding of research papers, journals, conferences, and publication processes.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Google Sheets, email, and online research tools.
• Strong attention to detail, coordination, organization, and time‑management skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of outreach and follow‑up activities.

Preferred Candidate

• We are looking for someone who is research-oriented, commercially aware, and confident in professional outreach. The ideal candidate should be able to identify suitable opportunities, initiate conversations, pitch relevant collaborations, maintain professional relationships, and support the overall research and publication coordination process.