Editors/Proofreaders - Remote/Telecommute
Scribendi is always in the market for experienced, professional proofreaders and editors who wish to telecommute. Applications from around the globe are welcome, but please see the PayPal requirement below.
When it comes to your work, you are: accurate, cautious, conscientious, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking, painstaking, particular, perfectionist, persnickety, picky, precise, principled, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, stickling, strict, and thorough.
When it comes to your working relationships, you are: cordial, friendly, gentle, good-natured, approachable, adaptable, flexible, amenable, receptive, responsive, and accommodating.
Required:
• a college or university degree in a relevant field
• at least three years experience in editing, writing, document production or language teaching
• a PC (not Mac) computer
• reliable Internet access
• a primary and a backup e-mail address
• an ICQ number (if you don’t know what this is, see ICQ.com) - and yes, this is a requirement
• virus checking software, updated at least weekly
• native-speaker skills in your proofreading/editing language
• excellent reading comprehension skills, ability to follow written instructions and to work with minimal supervision
• be absolutely fanatical about meeting deadlines
• the ability to accept payments in US dollars via an electronic funds transfer using PayPal.com
• three recent references that can be contacted via e-mail and phone
Preferred:
• a graduate degree in a relevant field
• at least ten years experience in editing, writing, document production, or language teaching
• broadband Internet access
• access to additional word processing/document production software beyond Word/Office, i.e., Star/Open Office, Word Perfect, Open Office, LaTEX, Acrobat, Publisher, PageMaker, etc. (You don’t need to have all of these, but please mention if you have one or more of them.)
• in depth knowledge of one or more style guides (i.e., Chicago Manual, Turabian, APA, etc.)
We need staff with experience/expertise in the following areas:
• developmental fiction editing (please state genres)
• query package creation (query letter, synopsis, outline)
• copyediting
• academic - humanities subjects (please state your specializations)
• academic - science/medical/technical fields (please state your specializations)
• academic - dissertations (please state your specializations)
• business - please state your industry experience; we also need expertise in improving promotional copy
• ESL - please outline your experience in editing and critiquing ESL work and your academic expertise as well
• Web sites - please outline your experience in proofreading/checking Web sites, including elements like link titles, meta tags, etc.
• resume improvement, cover letter creation
• admissions essays
• if you have other expertise not listed here, please share that with us
Send Us:
• a cover letter that addresses the points noted above
• a resume
• a revised version of the text below
ESL Sample:
The enter of Accounts payable in the ?? ??? System is straight forward in the general practise. Firstly the operator must operate into the accounts payable part of the program. Then record amounts and dates. Remember dates but not amounts can later by changes. Use a product code, expense code or general leger acct number to classify expense. This cannot latter be changed, as the amount cannot latter change either. Follow prompts to end. Record Account Payable number on form and use this number for changing for dates if that is your need.
Fiction Sample:
There are what a thousand or something names for snow in a northern language. If your from a culture with lots of snow you maybe appreciate all those names. John appreciated all those names for snow. At least he did everytime he got into his truck. He was thinking about that very thing all those names for snow when he was driving just before the accident. "What were they, he thought," Not 1000 names, but slush, fluffy snow, hard snow, does that count as different names when it still has snow in it? So he sees the dog in the slush, bouffs threw the fluffy snow and ends up in hard snow. Hard luck.
Please send your application to scribendi.hr@scribendi.com with the words EDITOR/PROOFREADER - TELECOMMUTE in the subject line.
www.scribendi.comwww.scribendi.com
Scribendi is always in the market for experienced, professional proofreaders and editors who wish to telecommute. Applications from around the globe are welcome, but please see the PayPal requirement below.
When it comes to your work, you are: accurate, cautious, conscientious, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking, painstaking, particular, perfectionist, persnickety, picky, precise, principled, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, stickling, strict, and thorough.
When it comes to your working relationships, you are: cordial, friendly, gentle, good-natured, approachable, adaptable, flexible, amenable, receptive, responsive, and accommodating.
Required:
• a college or university degree in a relevant field
• at least three years experience in editing, writing, document production or language teaching
• a PC (not Mac) computer
• reliable Internet access
• a primary and a backup e-mail address
• an ICQ number (if you don’t know what this is, see ICQ.com) - and yes, this is a requirement
• virus checking software, updated at least weekly
• native-speaker skills in your proofreading/editing language
• excellent reading comprehension skills, ability to follow written instructions and to work with minimal supervision
• be absolutely fanatical about meeting deadlines
• the ability to accept payments in US dollars via an electronic funds transfer using PayPal.com
• three recent references that can be contacted via e-mail and phone
Preferred:
• a graduate degree in a relevant field
• at least ten years experience in editing, writing, document production, or language teaching
• broadband Internet access
• access to additional word processing/document production software beyond Word/Office, i.e., Star/Open Office, Word Perfect, Open Office, LaTEX, Acrobat, Publisher, PageMaker, etc. (You don’t need to have all of these, but please mention if you have one or more of them.)
• in depth knowledge of one or more style guides (i.e., Chicago Manual, Turabian, APA, etc.)
We need staff with experience/expertise in the following areas:
• developmental fiction editing (please state genres)
• query package creation (query letter, synopsis, outline)
• copyediting
• academic - humanities subjects (please state your specializations)
• academic - science/medical/technical fields (please state your specializations)
• academic - dissertations (please state your specializations)
• business - please state your industry experience; we also need expertise in improving promotional copy
• ESL - please outline your experience in editing and critiquing ESL work and your academic expertise as well
• Web sites - please outline your experience in proofreading/checking Web sites, including elements like link titles, meta tags, etc.
• resume improvement, cover letter creation
• admissions essays
• if you have other expertise not listed here, please share that with us
Send Us:
• a cover letter that addresses the points noted above
• a resume
• a revised version of the text below
ESL Sample:
The enter of Accounts payable in the ?? ??? System is straight forward in the general practise. Firstly the operator must operate into the accounts payable part of the program. Then record amounts and dates. Remember dates but not amounts can later by changes. Use a product code, expense code or general leger acct number to classify expense. This cannot latter be changed, as the amount cannot latter change either. Follow prompts to end. Record Account Payable number on form and use this number for changing for dates if that is your need.
Fiction Sample:
There are what a thousand or something names for snow in a northern language. If your from a culture with lots of snow you maybe appreciate all those names. John appreciated all those names for snow. At least he did everytime he got into his truck. He was thinking about that very thing all those names for snow when he was driving just before the accident. "What were they, he thought," Not 1000 names, but slush, fluffy snow, hard snow, does that count as different names when it still has snow in it? So he sees the dog in the slush, bouffs threw the fluffy snow and ends up in hard snow. Hard luck.
Please send your application to scribendi.hr@scribendi.com with the words EDITOR/PROOFREADER - TELECOMMUTE in the subject line.
www.scribendi.comwww.scribendi.com
