Editor - Foundational Courses

Principal Accountabilities/Key Result Areas:

• To ensure timely, error-free and cost-effective publication of books by handling projects from manuscript stage to the final books.
• To ensure completion of assigned editorial tasks within agreed schedules.
• To assist in planning and managing copy-editing schedules of assigned tasks.
• To ensure publication of error-free high-quality books.
• To ensure efficient and professional communication with authors.
• To identify and develop suitable freelance editors.
• To ensure harmonious and professional relations with suppliers.
• To ensure timely preparation of required costing, sales briefs.
• To extend full cooperation while handling unbudgeted additional editorial tasks.
• To ensure timely, error-free development, review, and sign-off of the digital content.

Scope/Nature of Work:

• Editing manuscripts
  • Language editing ensuring error-free quality in grammar, spelling and meaning.
  • Content editing ensuring error-free quality in content in terms of level and factual accuracy.
  • Development of manuscripts (for Editors) - cross-checking with the curriculum, providing the missing features/elements, checking the gradation of a topic across the levels plus competition analysis and inference.
  • Visualization of the page/chapter and providing artwork briefs related to the content.
  • Cross-checking the manuscript with the curriculum and flagging the missing elements.
  • Preparing the author query form for missing content and/or any content-related query.
• Proofreading
  • Careful proofreading ensuring error-free quality by:
  • Cross-checking the proofs with the edited manuscripts.
  • Checking illustrations with the artwork briefs.
  • Checking the proofs for all the features and design elements with the style sheet.
• Editing and checking digital resources
  • Audio
    • Scripting audio transcripts from the text.
    • Cross-checking the recorded audio files with the transcripts for voice and content accuracy.
  • Animations
    • Scripting storyboards for animations from the text.
    • Cross-checking the animations for quality in content and visuals.
  • Interactive exercises, games and slide shows
    • Providing briefs for interactive exercises, games and slide shows from the text.
    • Cross-checking these with the briefs provided to ensure error-free quality in terms of content and functionalities.
  • Also mapping of available digital resources (audio/animations/games/slide shows/interactive exercises) for any new e-book.
  • Dynamic Question Banks
    • Detailed review and analysis of existing DQBs.
    • Creation of new DQBs based on the different assessment patterns as required.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• A postgraduate in English/Mathematics/Science/Humanities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Conversant with basics of editing and technology.
• Experience in working on tech platforms will be an advantage.
• Effective organizational skills.
• Performing under strict deadlines.

Key Interfaces:

• Internal - Interface with representatives from product, marketing, sales and operations teams within the organization.
• External - 3rd party vendors - non-commercial supplier relationships focused on operational/project activities.