Job Description

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

National Geographic is seeking a copy editor to copyedit National Geographic Kids' nonfiction and fiction books on a project-by-project basis. The successful candidate will have attention to detail, be self-motivated, and be dedicated to maintaining editorial standards.

You will report to the Sr. Manager of Production Editorial

This is a part-time recurring role with no guarantee of weekly working hours, work is assigned on a project-by-project basis and hours will fluctuate based on business needs.

What You Will Do

Every single day in the Copy Editor role is different! On any one day, you might:

• Copyedit book-length manuscripts for the wide-ranging National Geographic Kids books (including children’s atlases, almanacs, and other reference books; leveled readers; fun, highly designed “kids-driven” books; gift books; and middle-grade fiction) to ensure quality of grammar, punctuation, usage, and style—including but not limited to capitalization, spelling, hyphenation, use of numbers, and citation format; accuracy of certain verifiable information; and consistency between text and art.
• Performs standard fact-checking, including review of personal names and place-names, dates, and similar facts.
• Produce a list of words and names to be capitalized, italicized, hyphenated, spelled, or otherwise treated in a way unique to the project (a style sheet) and apply a consistent style throughout the manuscript.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5 years’ experience as a copy editor, preferably in children’s and/or middle-grade books
• Ability to balance multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently
• College-level understanding of literature, grammar, style, and spelling
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Capable of meeting tight deadlines, sometimes on short notice
• Ability to work with digital documents, using Word and Adobe software
• Flexibility working with an extensive National Geographic house style and individual series guidelines and nomenclature; familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition

Additional Information

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The pay rate for this remote role is $32.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit:

Job Tags

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