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Job Title: Technical Editor & Proofreader
Department: Journal Publishing / Editorial
Experience: 3 - 4 Years
Location: Chennai
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Technical Editor & Proofreader with 34 years of experience in academic and journal publishing. The candidate will be responsible for editing, proofreading, and quality-checking scholarly manuscripts and journal articles to ensure accuracy, consistency, readability, and compliance with journal and client guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

- Edit and proofread research articles, journal manuscripts, and scholarly content for grammar, spelling, punctuation, clarity, and consistency.
- Perform technical and language editing while maintaining the author's intended meaning.
- Review manuscripts for consistency in headings, terminology, abbreviations, units, references, tables, figures, and captions.
- Check references and citations for consistency with the required journal style.
- Review tables, figures, equations, footnotes, cross-references, and other article elements.
- Perform page-proof and final-proofreading of journal articles before publication.
- Identify typographical, grammatical, formatting, and layout-related errors.
- Follow journal-specific style guides, client instructions, and editorial standards.
- Check whether corrections and author/editor queries have been properly incorporated.
- Coordinate with authors, editors, copyeditors, and production teams to resolve content and editorial queries.
- Perform quality checks on final PDF and other publication-ready files.
- Ensure articles meet defined quality standards and publication timelines.




- Handle multiple journal projects and meet daily/weekly productivity and quality targets.

Required Skills

- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Strong knowledge of English grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and academic writing.
- Strong proofreading and editorial skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Positive understanding of academic and scholarly journal articles.
- Familiarity with references, citations, tables, figures, equations, and scientific terminology.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Word, Track Changes, Comments, and formatting.
- Ability to understand and follow journal-specific style guides and client instructions.
- Good communication, coordination, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet strict publication deadlines.

Qualification

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in English, Life Sciences, Science, Engineering, or a relevant discipline.
- 34 years of relevant experience in journal publishing, academic publishing, technical editing, copyediting, or proofreading.

Preferred Experience

- Experience working with international journals or scholarly publishers.
- Experience in editing and proofreading research papers/manuscripts.
- Knowledge of APA, AMA, Vancouver, Chicago, or other journal-specific style guides.
- Familiarity with journal production workflows and final PDF quality checks.
- Knowledge of JATS/XML or digital publishing workflows will be an added advantage.

Key Competencies

- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong editorial judgment
- Quality-focused approach
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to work under tight deadlines
- Team collaboration and coordination

📌 Technical Editor & Proofreader (Chennai)
🏢 Kryon Knowledge Works
📍 Chennai