Assistant Editor

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow and adhere to schedule, workflow, and brief for your work and produce accurate, edited copy.

• Carry out a range of editorial tasks as and when required, for example:

• Research subjects to ensure text’s factual accuracy and depth.

• Write text as and when required.

• With guidance, produce accurate edited copy in accordance with the project’s editorial style guide.

• Proofread pages in accordance with the project’s editorial style guide and DK Travel style guide.

• Work on indexes and picture credits ensuring attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Check epubs for correct links and quality assurances

• Check your own work and maintain good editorial accuracy and quality, from start to finish of the production process (plotters).

• Manage own workload and organize work to meet deadlines and ensure the target dates are met.

• Verify text at every stage. This involves ensuring that all information is checked as thoroughly as possible for factual accuracy.

• Work with/ have regular dialogues with London, authors and fact-checkers as well as in-house editors, senior team and managers to ensure that text is accurate and up-to-date as well as on your status and progress of your work.

• Liaise with designers, cartographers and DTP on the production of the page layouts as and when required.

• Report on overall schedule and weekly progress to Editor, Project Editor, Senior Editor or Managing Editor and senior team.  Also flag up any issues that may arise.

• Adapt text for different formats in media if required. Update progress reports; record minutes of meetings and conference calls regularly.

• Maintain excellent communication channels with entire book team (in-house) for duration of project.