Job Details

Editor (Proofreader) of Scientific Articles. Responsibilities include checking articles for compliance with editorial rules, proofreading and editing Russian and English manuscripts, and verifying sources. Requires higher education and 1+ year of experience. Office-based in Moscow.

Responsibilities: — Accept scientific articles from authors, checking for compliance with editorial rules. — Perform proofreading and editing of Russian-language manuscripts in accordance with current standards and regulations for editorial and proofreading of author's originals. — Perform proofreading of English-language articles (2-3 articles per month). — Verify literature sources, edit formatting according to the standards adopted by the editorial office. — Interact with manuscript authors on issues of making changes and additions, providing necessary assistance (on improving article structure, choosing terms, formatting illustrations, etc.). — Perform high-quality layout editing.

Requirements: — Higher specialized education. — At least 1 year of work experience in a professional field. — Knowledge of the logical foundations of text editing. — Confident knowledge of scientific and literary editing rules, current standards and regulations for editorial and proofreading, and formatting of bibliographic lists. — Knowledge of English (there are articles in English to edit). — Knowledge of English text editing basics. — Proficiency in economic English, knowledge of economic terms.

Format: — Office, Moscow.