Copy Editor (m/f), Manukau in Manukau, Auckland

Marketing

Your tasks:
- Consult reference books or secure aid of readers to check references with rules of grammar and composition
- Mark copy to indicate and correct errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers' marks
- Read proof sheets aloud, calling out punctuation marks and spelling unusual words and proper names
- Route proofs with marked corrections to authors, editors, typists, or typesetters for correction and/or reprinting
- Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors
- Measure dimensions, spacing, and positioning of page elements (copy and illustrations) in order to verify conformance to specifications, using printer's ruler
- Read corrected copies or proofs in order to ensure that all corrections have been made
- Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistenciesfound
Your skills:
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
- Talking to others to convey information effectively
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system
- Managing one's own time and the time of others
- Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action
- Using mathematics to solve problems
- Using scientificrules and methods to solve problems
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
- Actively looking for ways to help people
Location
Manukau
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