www.elsevier.com Delhi/NCR : Copy Editor

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Elsevier Delhi/NCR : Copy Editor
Website: http://www.elsevier.com

Keywords: Copy Editor - CERD

Designation: Copy Editor
Experience: 2 - 5 Years
Location: Delhi/NCR
Education:
UG - B.Sc - Biology, Microbiology
PG - M.Sc - Biology, Microbiology
Industry Type: Pharma/ Biotech/Clinical Research
Functional Area: Other
Posted Date: 27 Aug 2009

Job Description:
Copy editing of manuscripts, i.e. checking for any kind of grammatical flaws
regarding the correct usage of hyphenation, punctuation, subject-verb agreement,
prepositions and articles. Taking care of consistency and style.

Desired Candidate Profile:
• Copy editing
• Proof reading wherever required

Company Profile:
Elsevier, a division of Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd., is a leading MNC into publication of science, technical and medical books and journals.

Executive Name: Namita Gupta

Address:
Not Mentioned

Email Address: hr.southasia@elsevier.com

Telephone: 0124-44774344

Reference ID:
Copy Editor

Keywords: Copy Editor - CERD

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PREETI SETHI

Objective Seeking an opportunity in an esteemed media organization where I can make optimum
Utilization of my course and professional experience, which can help me grow my vision
And provide me opportunities that could help me bring a positive change in the society.

Professional Qualifications
- Diploma in Mass Communication from Take one school of Mass
Communication (TOS), New Delhi
- Bachelors in Mass Communication from Guru Jambeshwar University (Hisar)

Skills
- Knowledge of Typing in English & Hindi
- Hands on experience of Quark Express, Coral Draw and Photoshop
- Editing on FCP

Experience
- Two months internship in VOICE OF INDIA news channel.
- Three months work experience in Channel Tech production house
- Report on roadside eatables
. Research on Delhi Haat, Chandani chowk, Lotus

Temple.
- Travelogue on Jaipur.
- Knowledge of typing in Hindi and English

Academic Qualifications
- 10+2 in Science from C.B.S.E board
- 10th from C.B.S.E board

Achievements
- First Runner up in copy writing at Amity University (2007)
- First Runner up in Poster competition conducted by Vivekananda Institute of
Professional Studies (2007).

Interests
- Cartooning and Painting
- Religious Reporting
- Entertainment Reporting
- Anchoring on Entertainment Beat
- Writing articles

PREETI SETHI
Projects and Activities
- Film reviews.
- Articles on social issues.
- Letters to editor.
- Script writing

Personal Profile
Fathers Name: Mr.Jaswant Kumar Sethi
Mothers Name: Mrs. Nimmi Sethi
Date of Birth: 27th Sep 1989
Marital Status: Unmarried
Languages Known: Hindi & English
Nationality: Indian

[Guest]

Indhumathi Kumaresan
E-mail :indhuk37 AT yahoo.com
Career Objective

Searching for a challenging career as Freelance Copy Editor of well-established firm in which to put my skills to the test.
Professional Synopsis

Well competent in Typesetting, offering nearly 5 years of experience. Result focused and effectual organizer with proven talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems, controlling and delivering positive results.
Educational Qualification
- Professional Qualification : MCA
- A First Class Degree in Master of Computer Application (MCA), University of Madras, Chennai, from January 2005 – May 2008
- A First Class Degree in Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Mathematics, Ethiraj College for Women, Egmore, Chennai, from June 2001 – April 2004.
Work Experience
- 5 years Experience in E-Publishing and Typesetting Industries (October 2004–January 2010)
I have 2 years of experience in structuring and formatting tools (e.g., Tex, Latex, Prism) and 3 years of experience as copyeditor. I have worked on STM books and journals for publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Blackwell, etc.
Company profile : Scientific Publishing Services Pvt. Limited (SPS) is a premier premedia and typesetting services provider for scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishers. Although our historical focus is on STM publishers with books and journals, we also provide services to publishers outside of the STM market, SPS is a 100% offshore outsourcing vendor with existing clients in the United States and Europe.
Headquartered in Chennai, India, SPS has four world class production facilities in the city, with over 1500 publishing professionals who deliver over 1.4 million typeset pages per year.
Job Description
- Editing and proofreading editorial contents (e.g., research papers, journals) for correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
- Adhering to style guidelines and making sure that all materials of communication match these guidelines.
- Checking manuscripts and other items for readability and agreement with editorial policy.
Responsibilities
- Editing and proofreading STM journals for correct style, spelling, punctuation, and grammar and also for clarity, logic, consistency, and professional presentation.
- Ensuring adherence to style guides for article title, author names, content, etc. and making sure that all materials of communication match these guidelines.
- Ensuring adherence to Academic Journal Style Guide for article title, author names, author affiliations, correspondence, current address, content, etc.
- Editing for correct and consistent style of hyphenation, capitalization, and grammar.
- Checking for consistency of numerals, abbreviations, and alphabetical or numerical lists.
- Checking for consistency of the usage of italics.
- Eliminating redundancies.
- Ensuring consistency of in-text citations of figures, tables, and end-of-chapter references.
- Making art and text correspond.
- Editing artwork for spelling, clarity, capitalization, and consistency with legend and article text.
- Ensuring agreement of table contents with heading and text. Checking tables for footnotes and alignment.
- Checking numbering and completeness of references according to an accepted and consistent reference style.
- Communicating with analysts (through emails) to solve problems (e.g., apparent errors and missing or incomplete information) and queries and to validate data and content.
- Wide knowledge of Associated Press, Harvard, Numbered and Vancouver reference styles.

Technical Support
- Template setting based on the house (Publisher) style or from sample book/Journal.
- Preparing style sheets for books and journals for easier operation.
- Quality checking for Journals and books including Covers, front and back matter.
- Strong in proofreading.
- Image handling using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Cover handling using Adobe InDesign CS2.
- Knowledge in LaTeX and Word Pagination.
- Knowledge in basic copyediting and style marking.
- Knowledge in XML generation for online hosting (Meta).
Skill Set
- Programming Language : C, Visual Basic.
- Package : MS-Office 2000, XP.
- Database : Ms-Access.
- E-Publishing Software : LaTex, XML, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat.
- Hardware : System Assembling, Troubleshooting, S/w Installation.
Germany.
Declaration :
I do here by confirm that the information given above is true to the best of my Knowledge.
Place : Germany
Date : 22.07.2011
(Indhumathi Kumaresan)