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Packt Publishing is a young, ground breaking computer book publishing company with a large and fast growing online customer base. With a highly ranked website and innovating constantly into new business areas, we are at the cutting edge of digital publishing, web marketing and ecommerce development. Our unique strategy of publishing highly focused books on new and ground breaking technologies has driven rapid growth and we are now poised for expansion.

If you are interested in joining our growing team of publishing professionals in Birmingham UK, then please email your CV directly to:  ukcareers@packtpub.com

You must be qualified to work in the UK. No agencies.

We are now hiring at Packt Publishing in Birmingham

Current Vacancies   

Freelance Proofreader

Job Description
Following successful expansion of our business we have an urgent need for native English speaking proofreaders. If you enjoy working flexibly and from home, and have a careful and attentive approach to your work, we can offer regular and well remunerated proofreading work.

Proofreading is a vital part of the publication process and you will be responsible for ensuring that our books are well written, grammatically correct, accessible, and in line with in-house guidelines.

Freelance Proofreader Candidate Profile

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
• Familiarity with American English
• Strong knowledge of proofreading, syntax, spelling, and formatting skills
• Eye for detail
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work unsupervised, on own initiative

Role and Responsibility

Book proofreading involves checking the following against the house guidelines:

•  Language (e.g. grammar, spelling, usage, and punctuation).
•  Code (e.g. formatting, continuity of code lines, proper localization of code in the case of translated titles).
•  Content (e.g. consistency of style in the case of multi-author books and readability).
•  Figures (e.g. resolution and quality; illustrations, captions and text match; localization of figures in the case of translated titles).
•  Layout (e.g. use of correct template styles, page set-up, and headers and footers).

E-mail your CV directly through to Dipti Tote dipti@packtpub.com, who is looking after this vacancy.