In SGX team, Amazon Publishing is one of the programs we offer conversion services, where the mission is to invent new and better ways to connect authors and readers.
We are seeking an energetic, driven, and process-oriented Editors, to assist with content quality processes and support initiatives that ensure the quality of our physical and digital books. In this role, you will be working with editorial, promotional text, and review quote quality, as well as validating and resolving content issues that arise after initial manuscript editing and formatting is complete.
Key job responsibilities
• Perform updates to promotional content and review quotes, ensuring stylistic consistency
• Investigate potential issues reported by customers for both US and UK English.
• Audit and validate completeness of vendor-sourced editorial quality data
• Partner with vendors in EU region for quality validation.
• Troubleshoot content issues that arise during and following editing and formatting processes
• Establish editorial issue validity using grammar and spelling expertise, balancing clarity and accuracy with creative intent
• Partner with design subject matter experts to establish validity of design issues
• Collaborate with multiple teams to quickly and accurately resolve content changes across all impacted book and file formats and systems
• Support the Content Quality team to ensure quality, author happiness, and reader satisfaction
This is a multifaceted job that requires flexibility and a dedication to quality to help us fulfill our mission of driving and measuring excellence in publishing.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• 2+ years editing/proofreading experience.
• Proven ability to conceptualize and execute deadline-driven projects, with bias for action and ability to prioritize multiple, competing priorities.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in both US and UK proficiency.
• Experience working with fiction and narrative nonfiction.
• Familiarity with print and digital book publishing processes and technology, including knowledge of editing software such as Microsoft Word, and Adobe InDesign styling functionality.
• Awareness of book file formats, basic HTML, and knowledge of digital reading platforms.
• Experience using Salesforce
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