Senior Copyeditor

Senior Copyeditor

 

Would you like to contribute your talents to develop, create, and perfect the materials that help students learn and teachers teach? Join our growing team! Quarasan, the top educational product development company in Chicago, has a great opportunity for a Senior Copyeditor!

 

The Senior Copyeditor at Quarasan is responsible for copyediting and proofreading tasks across multiple projects and all disciplines in a deadline-driven team environment. Working with the Director of Editorial Services, Managing Editor, Copyeditor, and Human Resources, this position screens and builds a pool of freelance proofreaders and copyeditors. In addition, the Senior Copyeditor coordinates the work of and sets schedules for teams of freelance proofreaders, copyeditors, and fact checkers; maintains editorial project style guides; and assists with editorial workflow tracking and trafficking. As needed the Senior Copyeditor proofreads or copyedits pages, both electronically and as hard copy, as well as related educational products for project specific guidelines, spelling, grammar, house style, tone, logic, formatting, and consistency.

 

Job RequirementsMinimum 3–5 years of senior copyediting experience in educational publishing (K–12 experience is a must, K–6 is preferred, basal experience is ideal, and will consider supplemental) Reading/Language Arts experience/knowledge a must (additional exposure to other content areas preferred)Familiarity with the Chicago Manual of StyleSignificant experience in print (technology and online experience a plus) Command of English grammar and usage Experience creating and maintaining project style guidesProcess-oriented experience with standardizing, organizing, and streamlining workflows and processes Experience directing and managing others

If you are sparked by excellence, variety, and creativity; show us what you’d add to our creative mix by visiting our website www.quarasan.com, and clicking on our Career tab. Once there, you can fill our online application, as well as upload your resume, salary requirements and cover letter.