Vacancy: Copy Editor/Communications Officer

Inspired1 Network is seeking a smart applicant to fill this position

Job Description

Checking that authors have provided all the required materials and paperwork;
Resolving queries directly with the author, e.g. style and text inconsistencies;
Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors;
Coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team;
Creating artwork briefs to detail the content of illustrations;
Ensuring that illustrations are correctly captioned and referred to in the text;
Producing or working to a style checklist to ensure consistency in hyphenation, capitalisation, formatting of references, etc;
Sub-editing text written by a number of authors to ensure consistent house style;
Maintaining awareness of new words or phrases coming into popular usage with a view to ensuring they’re appropriate for the readership;
Discussing and resolving any potentially libellous sections with the commissioning editor and author;
Retrieving articles from archives and rearranging within publications;
Preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication;
Overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers;
Typing and designing layout;
Ensuring that publications are prepared on budget and to schedule;
Managing marketing and business activities.

Requirements

Should have a minimum of 1 year experience
Must be smart with good writing skills
Must know how to copy edit

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