Senior Editor

We are looking for a highly experienced editor to help us provide world-class editing and document production support to publishers and public sector organisations worldwide. This is a permanent role with a 6-month probationary period.

**About us**:
We provide publishing support services to a wide range of organisations including publishers, government departments, and national and international public sector organisations. Our services include copy-editing, substantive editing, writing, design and layout, proofreading, and production management. We have a reputation for delivering high-quality work coupled with attentive, personalised service.

We have a modern, spacious office in Perth, and currently have 16 employees. We have been Investors In People since 2005 and currently hold a Silver award for Investors In People and a Gold award for Investors In Young People.

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**About the job**:
Working closely with the rest of your team, you will review, copy-edit, and rewrite documents such as research articles, policy documents and long-form reports, in the fields of science, medicine, public health, the environment, law, international affairs, and finance and banking, among others. You will check and provide feedback on your colleagues editing and writing work as part of our rigorous quality control process.

In addition, as one of our senior staff members, you will manage work projects and be responsible for some of our client contracts. You will be the main point of contact for one or more clients and will be responsible for meeting, and preferably exceeding, their expectations. You will prepare schedules, budgets and quotations for new work and may on occasion travel to represent the company to existing and potential clients.

You will collaborate closely with team managers to allocate your clients tasks to more junior colleagues and other team members, providing coaching and training as required. You will be personally responsible for the overall quality of work returned and will provide comprehensive feedback to your colleagues when necessary.

If you have significant experience of the publishing industry, including substantial copy-editing, proofreading and project management experience and a good track record of client management, we may consider you for a more senior role with a salary scale of **£33,750** to **£41,250**. In this role, you will do all the above tasks, and also help managers and directors to grow the company, for example by developing new services or tendering for contracts.

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**About you**:
We are looking for individuals with a strong background in publishing, and in particular we want people with advanced copy-editing and rewriting skills backed up with substantial copy-editing experience. To meet our clients requirements, you should have the equivalent of at least 10,000 pages of editing under your belt if your first degree is in a language-related field, or at least 20,000 pages if your degree is in any other area.

Publishing experience in at least one of law, science, medicine, social sciences or humanities is essential, and experience of client contract management is desirable. You will need to have an excellent command of English and be able to understand complex ideas and explain them clearly. We will particularly appreciate experience of working on documents authored by people whose first language is not English.

You must also be completely at ease with new technology and be able to make advanced use of software packages such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Pro.

You will need to be productive, well organised and meticulous, and able to solve problems on your own. Enthusiasm, resourcefulness and proven ability are essential. You will be expected to contribute from the start.

You will be an effective communicator, able to liaise appropriately with authors, academic editors, clients and suppliers. You must be comfortable collaborating with and directing others, but you also need to be able to work on your own.

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

**How to apply**:
If you are interested, here is what to do:

- describe your publishing career and experience and explain why you are suitable for this post
- attach a full CV in MS Word or PDF format
- include your current salary and/or salary expectations.

Applications close at noon on **Friday 7 February 2025**. Interviews will take place in Perth in February. The interview will include a short test of your English-language abilities and a 1-hour on-screen editing test.