0 - 3 years

3 - 4 Lacs

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Executive Copy Desk KMM(Knowledge Management & Marketing)

We seek an organized and diligent Assistant Copy Editor with 0-3 years of experience in our communications team at MicroSave Consulting.

An ideal candidate should transform Indianized and Africanized English text from our technical experts into quality global content to pitch to our international audience.

The Assistant Copy Editor will support the team lead at the Copy Desk to fix errors and align with our house style. The editor will work closely with the larger in-house communications team on documents related to the development sector at large.

Documents the candidate can expect to work on include blogs, pitch decks, research reports, communication campaigns, and social media deliverables.

The edits will span proofing, sense checking, checking for consistency, alignment with the MSC in-house style, and reader focus. Most edits involve preserving meaning while sharpening text into crisp plain language.

Most changes include making sentences active, fixing Indianisms, doing a sense check, fixing logical inconsistencies, and hacking away non-sequiturs and danglers.

The Assistant Editor should track their tasks and work in a self-managed way. Essential skills: MS Word (especially tracking, reviewing, and merging edits), MS PowerPoint, cutting jargon, individual task management, time management, interpersonal communication, editorial diligence.

Editorial experience of 0-3 years, preferably in print or online news media, nonfiction or general publishing, business editing, or technical editing Internship(s) with a media organization, publishing house, or other editorial functions is a must

Attention to detail, ability to pick out Indianisms, a strong sense of style and grammar, ability to work well under tight deadlines, ability to edit and rewrite content while preserving meaning

Quick to adapt to and apply the in-house editorial and brand guidelines, as well as client guidelines

Ability to solve problems, stay organized, and track and prioritize tasks

Should be interested in areas like development, poverty alleviation, environmental or gender issues

Preferably a degree in English, Mass Communication, Social Sciences, or Media Studies Knowledge of Microsoft Word (including tracking changes) and PowerPoint.

See https://www.microsave.net/library/?category-type=presentation for a sample of our PowerPoint-based reports and https://www.microsave.net/library/?category-type=blog for a sample of our blogs.

MS Word (especially tracking, reviewing, and merging edits), MS PowerPoint, cutting jargon, individual task management, time management, interpersonal communication, editorial diligence.

Copy edits, proofreading, content development, communications, writing.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month

Benefits:

  • Health insurance

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Morning shift

Supplemental Pay:

  • Performance bonus

Work Location: In person

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