Our client, a large spoken word media company is seeking a qualified copyeditor with SEO experience to join their team.
Location: 2 days remote 3 days onsite in Newark NJ
Length of assignment: 8 months
Hours: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
Pay: $30.00 per hour
About this role:
The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor works as part of a team that accurately creates, enters, edits, and maintains product information elements (metadata) for all products. The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor focuses on ensuring completeness, accuracy, and suitability of all metadata. The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor is also an energetic and creative troubleshooter who works with a wide variety of people regarding all issues related to content.
The ideal candidate should be an avid consumer of media, including books/periodicals (audio and digital reader), websites, blogs, and other digital content sources. He/she is also a self-starter with impeccable organizational and analytical skills, a confident and upbeat communicator via written and verbal business communication skills, highly organized and detail oriented, and able to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment. Previous proofreading and/or copyediting experience is required.
Key Accountabilities:
PRODUCT METADATA INDEXING AND COPYEDITING:
The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor proofreads, and fact checks all product descriptions and supporting information prior to releasing a product to be published to marketplaces Key elements such as a product's price, on-sale date, territory rights, availability, provider, royalty earner, associated code, and all taxonomy elements are top priority areas of review. The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor also provides QA for in product descriptions, data consistency, and related product linking for all product metadata. The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor needs to meet daily copyediting quotas and complete prioritized processing requests.
EDITORIAL:
The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor may need to research, edit, rewrite, or occasionally create descriptions for products. The Indexer/Copyeditor Contractor may need to research and assemble positive product review “blurbs” to be added to product descriptions.
Skills/Experience Requirements:
BA/BS or equivalent degree, preferably in Humanities
Editorial experience preparing online content
Proofreading experience; copyediting experience a plus
Working knowledge of database concepts (including Excel skills) and best practices
Demonstrated multi-tasking and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, time sensitive environment
Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people
Demonstrated focused attention to detail
Highly organized
Technical proficiency in Windows operating environment
An avid consumer of online media, including books (audio and print), websites, blogs, and other digital content sources.
A confident and upbeat communicator via written and verbal business communication skills.
Minimum one-year professional proofreading, copyediting, and fact-checking experience in publishing
Minimum one year experience in Web-based publishing environment
Familiarity with social media and Web-based research tools (e.g., Google, Goodreads)
Basic familiarity with SEO concepts
