Company Description

Virosa Publishing is a next-generation academic publisher dedicated to advancing scholarly communication with excellence, integrity, and global accessibility. The organization focuses on high-quality, peer-reviewed research across transformative and interdisciplinary fields, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence in science and healthcare, quantum biology and biomedicine, and translational research.

Virosa

Publishing operates on internationally recognized publishing standards, maintaining rigorous editorial oversight, robust peer review, and strict ethical compliance to ensure scientific validity and real-world impact. The publisher is committed to redefining the author experience by offering an efficient, transparent, and trusted platform where emerging and established researchers can achieve global visibility. With a strategic focus on research integrity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and support for early-career researchers, Virosa Publishing actively invites submissions and editorial board applications.

Role Description

This is a remote internship role focused on market research, lead generation, and direct email marketing for Virosa Publishing. The intern will research academic markets and identify targeted researchers, authors, PhD scholars, academics, and institutions whose research aligns with Virosa Publishing’s journals. The role involves building high-quality lead databases and conducting personalized email outreach to encourage researchers to submit original research articles, review articles, and other relevant manuscripts to our journals.

Key Responsibilities

- Research academic markets, research areas, universities, laboratories,



and researcher communities to identify relevant prospects.
- Find and build targeted databases of researchers and potential authors based on journal scope and research interests.
- Identify researchers who have recently published relevant work and may be potential contributors.
- Draft and send personalized direct email campaigns to targeted researchers and academic professionals.
- Promote relevant Call for Papers, special issues, and journal opportunities.
- Segment leads based on research field, geography, career stage, and academic interests.
- Maintain and regularly update researcher and author databases.
- Track email responses, open rates, engagement, and conversions.
- Follow up with interested researchers professionally and guide them toward the submission process.
- Research new channels and strategies to increase quality manuscript submissions.
- Work closely with the editorial and communications teams to ensure accurate and consistent messaging.
- Prepare basic reports on outreach activity, leads generated, responses, and article submission opportunities.
- Suggest improvements to email messaging and lead-generation strategies based on campaign performance.

What we are looking for

- Strong research and internet research skills
- Good written English and professional email communication
- Interest in academic publishing, research, science,



or digital marketing
- Ability to identify and evaluate relevant researchers and potential authors
- Basic understanding of email marketing and lead generation
- Good attention to detail when building databases
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
- Students or recent graduates in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Science, Business, Marketing, Communications, or related fields are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Science, Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- Solid online research and information-gathering skills with the ability to identify relevant researchers, authors, institutions, and academic communities.
- Excellent written English and professional email communication skills.
- Basic understanding of email marketing, lead generation, or digital outreach is preferred.
- Ability to create and maintain accurate lead databases and contact lists.
- Strong attention to detail when researching researcher profiles, publications, affiliations, and contact information.
- Comfortable using Google, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, spreadsheets, and online research tools.
- Analytical mindset with an interest in tracking campaign performance and engagement metrics.
- Self-motivated, organized, and able to work independently in a remote environment.
- Previous experience in academic research, digital marketing, sales, business development, or email outreach is an advantage but not mandatory.
- Genuine interest in research, academic publishing, and connecting researchers with relevant publication opportunities.

📌 Direct email marketing (India)
🏢 Virosa Publishing
📍 India