Editor - Foundational Courses

Oxford University Press; Dadri; On-site; INR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Press in Noida, UP is seeking an Editor for Foundational Courses. The role involves managing editorial workflows from manuscript to print, ensuring timely, cost-efficient publication and high-quality outputs.

You will liaise with authors, coordinate with suppliers, and support digital content development. The candidate should have a postgraduate degree in English/Mathematics/Science/Humanities, strong communication, and organizational skills, with familiarity in editing

Qualifications

• Post graduate in English / Mathematics / Science / Humanities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Conversant with basics of editing and technology.
• Experience in working on Tech platforms will be an advantage.
• Effective organizational skills.
• Performing under strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely, error-free and cost-effective publication from manuscript to final book.
• Complete assigned editorial tasks within schedules.
• Assist in planning and managing copy-editing schedules.
• Ensure publication of error-free high-quality books.
• Coordinate effectively with authors and suppliers.
• Identify and develop suitable freelance editors.
• Prepare required costing and sales briefs on time.
• Support digital content development and sign-off.

Skills

Strong communication

Editing basics

Tech platforms

Organizational skills

Deadline driven

Education

Postgraduate degree in English/Math/Science/Humanities

Job description

Job Title

Editor - Foundational Courses

Location

Noida, UP

Division

Education

Department

Product_School Education

Principal Accountabilities/Key Result Areas

• To ensure timely, error free and cost-effective publication of books by handling projects from manuscript stage to the final books.
• To ensure completion of assigned editorial tasks within agreed schedules.
• To assist in planning and managing copy-editing schedules of assigned tasks.
• To ensure publication of error-free high-quality books.
• To ensure efficient and professional communication with authors.
• To identify and develop suitable freelance editor/s.
• To ensure harmonious and professional relations with suppliers.
• To ensure timely preparation of required costing, sales briefs.
• To extend full cooperation while handling unbudgeted additional editorial tasks.
• To ensure timely, error free development, review, and sign off of the digital content.

Scope/Nature of Work

• Editing manuscripts: Language editing ensuring error-free quality in grammar, spellings and meanings. Content editing ensuring error-free quality in content in terms of level and factual accuracy. Development of manuscripts (for Editors) - cross-checking with the curriculum, providing the missing features/elements, checking the gradation of a topic across the levels plus competition analysis and inference. Visualization of the page/chapter and providing art work briefs related to the content. Cross-checking the manuscript with the curriculum and flagging the missing elements. Preparing the author query form for missing content and/or any content related query.
• Proofreading: Careful proofreading ensuring error-free quality by Cross-checking the proofs with the edited manuscripts. Checking illustrations with the art work briefs. Checking the proofs for all the features and design elements with the style-sheet.
• Editing and checking digital resources: Audio Scripting audio transcripts from the text. Cross-checking the recorded audio files with the transcripts for voice and content accuracy. Animations Scripting storyboards for animations from the text. Cross-checking the animations for quality in content and visuals. Interactive exercises, games and slide shows Providing briefs for interactive exercises, games and slide shows from the text. Cross-checking these with the briefs provided to ensure error-free quality in terms of content and functionalities. Also mapping of available digital resources (audio/animations/games/slide shows/interactive exercises) for any new e-book. Dynamic Question Banks Detailed review and analysis of existing DQBs. Creation of new DQBs based on the different assessment patterns as required.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• A post graduate in English / Mathematics / Science / Humanities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Conversant with basics of editing and technology.
• Experience in working on Tech platforms will be an advantage.
• Effective organizational skills.
• Performing under strict deadlines.

Key Interfaces

• Internal - Interface with representatives from product, marketing, sales and operations teams within the organization.
• External - 3rd Party Vendors - non-commercial supplier relationships focused on operational / project activities

Job Category

Publishing Content