• Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors
• Sub-editing text written by a Subject Matter Experts to ensure consistent house style
• Liaising regularly with Subject Matter Experts and publishers by phone and email
• Checking that Subject Matter Experts have provided all the required materials and paperwork
• Resolving queries directly with the Subject Matter Experts, eg style and text inconsistencies
• Coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings
• Creating artwork briefs to detail the content of illustrations
• Ensuring that illustrations are correctly captioned and referred to in the text
• Producing or working to a style checklist to ensure consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, formatting of references, etc
• Maintaining awareness of new words or phrases coming into popular usage with a view to ensuring they're appropriate for the readership
• Discussing and resolving any potentially libelous sections with the commissioning editor and Subject Matter Experts;
• Preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication
• Overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers
