Proof Readers Jobs in Chennai - For a client of TeamLease Services Ltd
FEATURED JOBProof Readers
2 to 5 Years 
200000 - 250000 Yearly 
Job Description
• Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
• Sub-editing text written by a Subject Matter Experts to ensure consistent house style.
• Liaising regularly with Subject Matter Experts and publishers by phone and email.
• Checking that Subject Matter Experts have provided all the required materials and paperwork.
• Resolving queries directly with the Subject Matter Experts, e.g. style and text inconsistencies.
• Coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings.
• 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.
• 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 Subject Matter Experts;
• Preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication.
• Overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers.
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