Indexer/Copyeditor/Proofreader

Job Title: Indexer/Copyeditor

Location: Newark, NJ (Hybrid)

Duration: 9 Months+

Job Description:

• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor works as part of a team that accurately creates, enters, edits, and maintains product information elements (metadata) for all client products.
• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor focuses on ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and suitability of all metadata.
• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor is also an energetic and creative troubleshooter who works with a wide variety of people regarding all issues related to content.
• The ideal candidate should be an avid consumer of media, including books/periodicals (audio and digital reader), websites, blogs, and other digital content sources.
• He/she is also a self-starter with impeccable organizational and analytical skills, a confident and upbeat communicator via written and verbal business communication skills, highly organized and detail-oriented, and able to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment.
• Previous proofreading and/or copyediting experience is required.

Key Accountabilities:

• PRODUCT METADATA INDEXING AND COPYEDITING: The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor proofreads, and fact checks all product descriptions and supporting information prior to releasing a product to be published to Client marketplaces
• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor also provides QA for Audible style in product descriptions, data consistency, and related product linking for all product metadata.
• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor needs to meet daily copyediting quotas and complete prioritized processing requests.

Editorial:

• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor may need to research, edit, rewrite, or occasionally create descriptions for products.
• The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor may need to research and assemble positive product review blurbs to be added to product descriptions.

Skills/Experience Requirements:

• BA/BS or equivalent degree, preferably in Humanities
• Editorial experience preparing online content
• Proofreading experience; copyediting experience a plus
• Working knowledge of database concepts (including Excel skills) and best practices
• Demonstrated multi-tasking and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people
• Demonstrated focused attention to detail
• Highly organized
• Technical proficiency in the Windows operating environment
• An avid consumer of online media, including books (audio and print), websites, blogs, and other digital content sources.
• A confident and upbeat communicator via written and verbal business communication skills.
• Minimum one year of professional proofreading, copyediting, and fact-checking experience in publishing
• Minimum one year of experience in a Web-based publishing environment
• Familiarity with social media and Web-based research tools (e.g., Google, Goodreads)
• Basic familiarity with SEO concepts

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