POSITION DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

 

The Manuscript Editor is responsible for detailed substantive editing of manuscripts accepted for publication in the creative works of DP House clients and staff. 

 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Edit copy for logic clarity, accuracy, language, and style

 

• Ensure correctness of areas including but not to scientific/technical/medical/spiritual terminology and adherence to book publishing format and style

 

• Rewrite and reorganize sections of manuscripts to improve comprehensibility

 

• Verify all data within articles for internal consistency and face validity

 

• Review and revise tables for logical presentation of data

 

• Review illustrations for consistency of data and for appropriate sizing and style

 

• Review information provided by authors regarding their financial relationships with industry, and assess appropriateness/necessity of publishing the information

 

• When editing articles/prose/poems or other bodies of written work, be attentive with regard to other potentially problematic legal/ethical issues, e.g., ghostwriting, copyright concerns

 

• Correspond with DP House Publishing Agents and assigned authors concerning alterations, corrections, or questions

 

• Work with little supervision and be responsible for all aspects of each article edited

 

• Read and correct proofs of articles/creative works edited by others

 

• Other duties as Manuscript Editor is assigned

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

• Associate's or Bachelor’s degree preferred with at least 2 years of experience in scientific/technical/medical/spiritual/creative writing and editing. Length and level of education not required. 

 

• Familiarity and comfort level with clinical and laboratory medical/scientific/spiritual/creative writing terminology

 

• Ability to work with highly technical and specialized material

 

• Ability to comprehend statistical/analytical/spiritual/creative concepts and to analyze large amounts of data for consistency and logic

 

• Strong command of language, including grammar, syntax, and spelling

 

• Ability to recognize and work with idiosyncrasies of various foreign languages

 

• Ability to recognize elements of accepted articles that could raise legal/ethical concerns

 

• Highly detail-oriented

 

• Ability and willingness to work very independently

 

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

 

• Ability to interact and communicate effectively and professionally with authors, editor, and staff

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