Experience:
Location:
Mumbai
Compensation:
Best In the Industry
Education:
UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization,B.A - Any Specialization, Communication, Economics, English, Journalism, PR/Advertising, Sociology, Vocational Course, Other Specialization,B.Com - Commerce,B.Ed - Education,Diploma - Any Specialization, Vocational Course, Other Specialization,Other Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization,Post Graduation Not Required,M.A - Any Specialization, Communication, Economics, English, Journalism, PR/ Advertising, Psychology, Sociology, Other,PG Diploma - Any Specialization, Other,Other
Industry Type:
Publishing
Role:
Proof Reader
Functional Area:
Content, Journalism
Posted Date:
19 May
Desired Candidate Profile
Desired Candidate Profile
o Preferably with 1-2 years of experience of working as Copy Editor
o Excellent written English language skills
o Familiarity with American English
o Very good organizational skills.
o Attentive to detail, ability to work to deadline
o Good project management skills – must be able to manage multiple projects and recognize priorities
o Ability to work in a team
o Must enjoy working in fast changing and challenging
environment
o Self starter; must be able to work independently and
manage time effectively
o Proactive in picking up new knowledge and skills quickly.
o Preferably with 1-2 years of experience of working as Copy Editor
o Excellent written English language skills
o Familiarity with American English
o Very good organizational skills.
o Attentive to detail, ability to work to deadline
o Good project management skills – must be able to manage multiple projects and recognize priorities
o Ability to work in a team
o Must enjoy working in fast changing and challenging
environment
o Self starter; must be able to work independently and
manage time effectively
o Proactive in picking up new knowledge and skills quickly.
Required Skills
o Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
o Familiarity with American English
o Good communication skills
o Strong knowledge of proofreading, syntax, spelling, and formatting skills
o Eye for detail
o Ability to meet deadlines
o Ability to work in a team, and sometimes unsupervised and on own initiative
o Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
o Familiarity with American English
o Good communication skills
o Strong knowledge of proofreading, syntax, spelling, and formatting skills
o Eye for detail
o Ability to meet deadlines
o Ability to work in a team, and sometimes unsupervised and on own initiative
Please make sure that you possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Have a flair for the English language. Interested to make a career in copy editing. We are looking at candidates who are ready to commit for a minimum one year.
You can also send in your resumes at khushnumam@packtpub.com
or call on 66987684
Job Description
The Copy Editor is a vital link in the book production process. You will work on our respected and unique titles, articles and marketing content from an extensive group of well known international authors. Working as part of a young, dynamic and creative team, based in Mumbai and Birmingham, UK, you will be responsible for ensuring that the text due for publication is well written, grammatically correct, and meets the in-house guidelines. If you have a genuine flair for English and a careful and detail oriented approach to your work this is an ideal opportunity to join one of the industry’s fastest growing and most innovative organizations.
The main job of the Copy Editor is to ensure that texts due for publication are well written and grammatically correct. The Copy Editor is expected to give feedback on the editorial work of the staff editors. The Copy Editor will be involved in training the staff editors on improving their written language skills.
This is a full time position based in Packt’s Mumbai office. The Copy Editor will report to the Editorial Team Leader (ETL).
The main job of the Copy Editor is to ensure that texts due for publication are well written and grammatically correct. The Copy Editor is expected to give feedback on the editorial work of the staff editors. The Copy Editor will be involved in training the staff editors on improving their written language skills.
This is a full time position based in Packt’s Mumbai office. The Copy Editor will report to the Editorial Team Leader (ETL).
Responsibilities
o Copyedit book content
o Develop and maintain the copyediting guidelines.
o Develop and maintain a system for measuring and improving book quality.
o Liaise with editors, indexers, and layout staff.
o Check the editorial work for the following against the in-house guidelines:
• Language (e.g. grammar, spelling, usage, and punctuation).
• Content (e.g. consistency of style in the case of multi-author books and readability).
• Figures (e.g. resolution and quality; illustrations, captions and text match; localization of figures in the case of translated titles).
• Layout (e.g. use of correct template styles, page set-up, and headers and footers).
o Assess language quality of editors by:
• Checking whether the editor has complied with in-house guidelines.
• Checking whether the editor has broken the text by introducing language errors
• Reporting on the performance of editors, and raising issues or concerns if any
o Train editors in improving their language skills by:
• Providing feedback to editors on the quality of their written language skills.
• Conducting workshops to help editors improve the quality of their written language skills
• Reporting on the improvement shown by editors
All candidates are requested to go through the job description and and the eligibility for the role thoroughly before applying. You will be asked questions related to the profile during the HR round of interview or the telephonic interview
You can also send in your resumes at khushnumam@packtpub.com
Keywords: Editing, Copy Editing, BA, Excellent written and spoken English, MA, Mumbai, 0 - 1 Years Exp, Literature, Linguistics
Company Profile
Packt is a fast growing international IT book publishing company based in Birmingham, UK and Mumbai, India. We are at the cutting edge of innovation in publishing with a unique strategy of publishing highly focused books on new and ground breaking technologies.
We reward talent with fast track career progressions to early management and other senior positions, all our current managers and senior staff have been promoted internally. There is unlimited potential for high performing and ambitious individuals to build a varied and challenging career with us.
We reward talent with fast track career progressions to early management and other senior positions, all our current managers and senior staff have been promoted internally. There is unlimited potential for high performing and ambitious individuals to build a varied and challenging career with us.
Contact Details
Company Name:
Packt Publishing Pvt Ltd
Website:
Executive Name:
Miss Josephine D'Souza
Address:
Not Mentioned
Email Address:
Telephone:
9769235506
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