We need someone with experience in editing, preferably fiction, and able to proofread 3 short stories, with a total of 4600 words.
Responsibilities include:
- Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
- Sub-editing text written by a number of authors to ensure consistent house style.
- Working with IT-based publishing systems and databases, as well as via the internet or from paper manuscripts.
- Checking that authors have provided all the required materials and paperwork.
- Resolving queries with Production Manager, such as style and text inconsistencies.
- Coding manuscripts for design features, such as the hierarchy of headings, to instruct the DTP team.
- Producing or working on a style checklist to ensure consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, formatting of references, etc.
- Maintaining awareness of new words or phrases coming into popular usage to ensure they're appropriate for the readership.
About the recuiterMember since Mar 14, 2020 Economics Assoc
from Bihar, India