DESCRIPTION
Globe Pequot Press, a trade-book publisher located in Guilford, CT, is seeking an experienced Associate Copy Chief to ensure editorial quality, accuracy, and consistency for all books in our system. A Bachelor's degree and 4 to 6 years experience in hands-on electronic book editing, including complex/technical projects is required.
Duties and Responsibilities Include:
Creates, maintains/updates, and enforces the house style manual for the company.
Determines all house rules regarding grammar, style, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.
Evaluates the cost effectiveness of the house style and makes changes as necessary.
Trains and hires freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers and spot checks their work.
Manages the freelance board in terms of assignments, rates, quality, and pay scale.
Keeps books on schedule.
Helps facilitate digital workflow to maximize time and cost efficiencies.
Proofs all covers for grammar, style, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.
Handles post production work on pages including hiring freelance proofreaders, creating master sets of pages, checking corrections, accepting/rejecting changes, hiring indexers, reviewing final pages, reviewing color printer proofs/blues/ozalids, and reviewing packaged materials.
Manages freelancer invoices and keeps costs within book budget.
Works with editor and/or author to resolve queries.
Works with managing editors to establish and update author guidelines for all types of books.
Traffics page proofs to and from layout artist.
Manages and trains production editor.
Required Skill Competencies:
Highest level of expertise copyediting, proofreading, and indexing.
"Ability to work quickly but accurately while multitasking in order to move high volume of projects through the system.
Deadline and detail oriented.
Excellent communication skills.
Expert knowledge of Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.
High skill level with Microsoft Office including track changes in Word and Adobe Acrobat.
If interested, please apply on http://gpp.iapplicants.com/.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
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