Copy Editor Careers

Work Environment:

As a copy editor, you'd prepare text pieces for publication and check copy/manuscript of author. You would also work on manuscripts/books, although might edit text for online-publications, brochures and instruction booklets, and articles for magazines.

Your job as a copy editor would comprise:

• ensuring that content's meaning is clear
• checking probable legal matters, like breach-of-copyright, libel or partiality
• ensuring that content is in style of publisher/publication

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• resolving any queries/questions with writer
• correcting mistakes in punctuation, spelling and grammar
• making sure that images have correct captions and references are given properly
• consulting writer if content's extended revision is required

Qualification, Education and Experience:

You'd necessitate a degree and experience into publishing as an assistant, to be a copy editor.

Degrees into publishing can be specifically helpful, though they're not necessary. You'd discover it helpful to hold a related degree, to work within a specialist field. A science-degree would be helpful for scientific-publishing.

Check the website of UCAS, for details regarding related degrees. For admission requirements, contact distinct colleges and universities.

Once you accomplish a degree into publishing, you'd be required to begin in role like editorial-assistant. Initially, you'd discover work chances with small publishers. This would assist you to create a portfolio, gain work-experience of editing and increase contacts, to get further opportunities within bigger publishing firms.

Enrolling with professional organizations, SfEP (Society-for Editors and Proofreaders) would be helpful, since it'd provide you with chances for networking and professional-support.

You can discover freelance-work by approaching to publishing firms or by contacts you've made within industry. Visit the website of SfEP, for information about freelance work.

Training Details:

You'd get training at the work.

You could acquire training courses carried out by organizations, like SfEP, Publishers-Association, and Publishing Training-Center.

Being a SfEP member, you can improve your possibilities of getting work.

You can develop your career-prospects, by accomplishing postgraduate qualification related to copy-editing.

Skills and knowledge:

• excellent computer abilities
• capability to work under-pressure and to targets
• a well organized and systematic manner
• an excellent command of the English language
• diplomacy and tact to work with writers
• accurateness and concentration to details

Salary and Other Benefits:

Annual earnings of copy editors may be around £17,000 to £37,000.

Remuneration for copy-editors differs widely based on location and size of company.

Copy editors working on freelance basis negotiate fee-rates with clients.

Working Conditions:

You'd work standard office-hours. Although, you might have to work for extended hours at busy-periods or when you've targets.

Being a copy editor working on freelance basis, you'd work from house. You'd have freedom to choose own working hours. Though, you'd have to accomplish agreed targets.

Different Opportunities:

The majority of publishers nowadays employ freelance copy-editors, thus there are limited in-house openings. Progression chances rely on publishing-house's size.

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