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• Working with IT section to ensure improved
  systems and databases, as well as via the internet, CD-ROMs or from paper
  manuscripts;
• Liaising regularly with authors and publishers by phone and email;
• Checking that authors have provided all the
  required materials and paperwork;
• Resolving queries directly with the author,
  e.g. style and text inconsistencies;
• Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors;
• Coding manuscripts for design features, such as
  hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team;
• Creating artwork briefs to detail the content
  of illustrations;
• Ensuring that illustrations are correctly
  captioned and referred to
  in the text;
• Producing or working to a style checklist to
  ensure consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, formatting of
  references, etc;
• Sub-editing text written by a number of authors
  to ensure consistent house style;
• Maintaining awareness of new words or phrases coming into
  popular usage with a view to ensuring they’re appropriate for the
  readership;
• Discussing and resolving any potentially
  libelous sections with the commissioning editor and author;
• Retrieving articles from archives and rearranging within publications;
• Preparing preliminary pages for the title,
  contents and preface of a publication;
• Overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters
  and designers; typesetting and designing layout;
• Ensuring that publications are prepared on budget and to schedule;

• The
  ideal candidate should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in
  Journalism or Mass Communication or Literature or Education or Social
  Sciences or Law.
• Possession of a qualification in Law or
  editorial studies is an added advantage.
• Five years of working experience in a related field.

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