Assistant, Editorial Services (Princeton, NJ Hybrid)
HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. They are seeking an Assistant for their Editorial Services group to provide proofreading, corrections, and other content-specific services to editorial teams.
Responsibilities
- Quality check eBooks across a variety of genres and formats (reflowable and fixed format), identifying errors in content, construction, and functionality
- Enter corrections specified by production editorial team into manuscripts using Microsoft Word and HarperCollins’s proprietary markup language
- Learn HarperCollins-specific systems/processes/standards for proofreading and corrections
- Assist in editorial services projects as needed, such as proofreading marketing ads, reviewing large print editions, and slugging
Skills
- 0-2 years' experience in an editorial capacity (proofreading, copyediting, corrections entering) or degree in applicable subject (publishing, journalism, English)
- Strong interest in eBooks, digital publishing technologies, and digital innovation
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Acrobat, and Adobe Digital Editions and/or other eBook readers
- Familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style
- Strong attention to detail
- Willingness to take on new responsibilities as skill set grows
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work on multiple priorities in a very fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Cover letters are strongly preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package
- Variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits
- Elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce
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