CHIEF COPY EDITOR

ABSOLUTE SERVICE INC.

* CHIEF COPY EDITOR *

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

WORKS AS LIAISON BETWEEN AN EDITORIAL

MANAGER IN THE US AND AN EDITORIAL STAFF IN THE PHILIPPINES;
ASSISTS IN THE CREATION AND TRAINING OF AN

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT AT ABSOLUTE SERVICE,INC.
EDITS AND PROOFREADS MEDICAL MANUSCRIPTS FOR

ERRORS IN SPELLING, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR;
REWRITES AND REFRAMES CONTENT SO THAT IT READS

WELL AND GETS THE MESSAGE ACROSS;
ADHERES TO STYLE GUIDELINES AND ENSURES THAT ALL

MATERIALS MATCH THESE GUIDELINES;
RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL EDITORIAL

MATERIALS AND ENSURES THAT THEY ARE CORRECT;
CHECKS MEDICAL MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER ITEMS FOR READABILITY, STYLE AND AGREEMENT WITH EDITORIAL POLICY; INFORMS SUPERVISOR OF PROBLEMS, ANTICIPATED DELAYS, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING ATTENTION;
FOLLOWS COMPANY POLICIES, OBSERVES SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES GOOD HOUSEKEEPING; PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

A GRADUATE IN ENGLISH /

JOURNALISM WITH AN EXCELLENT VOCABULARY,

GRAMMAR AND PROOFREADING SKILLS;
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

AND AN EXPERIENCE IN COPY EDITING;
ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND RESEARCH EXPERTISE;
DEMONSTRATES COMPUTER LITERACY ESPECIALLY

PROFICIENCY IN MICROSOFT WORD FOR EDITING TEXTS;
ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK, SELF-MOTIVATED AND

CAN WORK WELL UNDER TIGHT DEADLINES;
ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CORRECT STYLE ERRORS;
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN SOME COPY EDITOR’S MAJOR

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS PREFERRED;
EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION AND CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE IS A PLUS.

CLOSING DATE: APRIL 30, 2008