SubstantiveEditor_Medicine
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Edit manuscripts for non-native speakers across diverse fields, ensuring immaculate grammar, punctuation, and flow while preserving author intent. Format papers to conform to academic conventions and specific citation styles like APA or AMA. Review and polish articles ranging from cutting-edge technology to history, adjusting structure and terminology as needed. This role offers guaranteed monthly income with performance-based bonuses and flexible scheduling. Enago connects editors with esteemed journals and conferences, fostering strong professional bonds through mutual recommendations and effective feedback mechanisms.
Required Qualifications
- Proficiency and competence in the most widely spoken language across the world—English!
- Knack for diligently editing, restructuring, and polishing articles written by non-native speakers
- least 5 years of relevant copyediting/academic editing experience
- Extensive subject matter expertise
- Immaculate grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and word choice
- Flow, transition, correct terminology, correctness of content, and coherence
- Appropriate manuscript format that conforms to academic conventions in terms of citation style, layout, section headings, and tense usage
- Preservation of the author's intended meaning even in papers where the content requires extensive revision
Desired Qualifications
- Research experience (studies conducted, papers written/published, papers reviewed, etc.)
- Certificate/experience in academic editing, publishing, scientific communication, and journal article writing
- Extensive experience in editing ESL (English as a Second Language) manuscripts
- Knowledge of the style (such as APA, CMS, AMA, CSE, IEEE) and conventions followed in academic writing
- Member of acclaimed editing and publishing associations such as EFA, EASE, BELS
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