Proofreading

Writing & Translation General / Other Writing

$25/hr Starting at $100

correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors
sub-editing text written by a number of authors to ensure consistent house style
working with IT-based publishing systems and databases, as well as via the internet or from paper manuscripts
liaising regularly with authors and publishers by phone and email
checking that authors have provided all the required materials and paperwork
resolving queries directly with the author, such as style and text inconsistencies
coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team
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, capitalisation, 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 libellous sections with the commissioning editor and author
retrieving articles from archives and rearranging within publications
preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication
overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers
typesetting and designing layout (increasingly for freelancers)
ensuring that publications are prepared on budget and to schedule
managing marketing and business activities (for those who are self-employed).

$25/hr Ongoing

correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors
sub-editing text written by a number of authors to ensure consistent house style
working with IT-based publishing systems and databases, as well as via the internet or from paper manuscripts
liaising regularly with authors and publishers by phone and email
checking that authors have provided all the required materials and paperwork
resolving queries directly with the author, such as style and text inconsistencies
coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team
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, capitalisation, 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 libellous sections with the commissioning editor and author
retrieving articles from archives and rearranging within publications
preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication
overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers
typesetting and designing layout (increasingly for freelancers)
ensuring that publications are prepared on budget and to schedule
managing marketing and business activities (for those who are self-employed).

Analytical WritingEditingLayout DesignMicrosoft WordProofreading

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