Copy Editor
Your team: This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning publisher and work with a professional, dynamic and creative Editorial team.
Your role: Reporting to the Managing Editor, the Copy Editor will be responsible for taking fiction and non-fiction books from manuscript to finished books. They would be able to work independently to take complex books through due editorial process. This role is hybrid and is based in New Delhi.
Your key responsibilities:
- Ability and willingness to undertake intensive line edits and rewrites for fiction and non-fiction books.
- Conduct diligent fact-checks and ensure that house style is followed and consistency is maintained across books.
- Proofread books and tally proofs as needed.
- Work with the Managing Editor to project manage titles from the copy-editing stage through to final files for frontlist titles, offsets, reissues, reprints and ebooks.
- Commission and edit indexes as needed in consultation with the Managing Editor.
- Quality checks for edits delivered by freelance editors and proofreaders before sharing with commissioning editor/author/typesetter.
- Work with the Managing Editor on permissions and CRC checks for assigned books.
- Work with the Editorial Director and commissioning editors on cover copy.
- Providing general admin support for departmental functions.
- Work with the Marketing and Publicity team to ensure correct copy for publicity and marketing material.
Qualification and Prerequisites:
- Postgraduate degree or equivalent.
- 4-5 years editorial experience with impeccable written English and a sharp editorial eye.
- Excellent editing and proofreading skills.
- Familiarity with the publishing process.
- Well-read and interested in current publishing trends.
- Self-motivated and highly flexible – happy to move between projects as priorities dictate and manage multiple projects effectively.
- Strong understanding of the production process and editorial scheduling.
- Able to adhere to timelines and effectively chart out edit schedules for individual titles.
- Have a strong understanding of Microsoft Word (track changes) and Adobe Acrobat Pro (for digital mark-up).
How to apply: To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing your current salary and quoting reference to [Confidential Information].
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted for the position.
