Senior Copy Editor - Precision, Style & Proposals

City Government of Muntinlupa - Government; Muntinlupa; On-site; PHP 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The City Government of Muntinlupa is seeking a detail-oriented Copy Editor to polish documents, proposals, and reports for clarity, accuracy, and professional presentation.

Responsibilities include proofreading, editing for grammar and punctuation, ensuring alignment with corporate formatting standards and the Chicago Manual of Style, and providing quality control on all written deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (as listed in the ad) in English-related fields such as AB English, AB Journalism, BS Development Communication, Mass Communication or related courses.
• At least 1 year experience as a Copy Editor or Business/Technical/Proposal Writer.

Responsibilities

• Read through documents, correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, format, awkward sentences, and inconsistences.
• Rewrite where necessary, verify arithmetic, cross check information, and question discussion/logic/argument (edit) for clarity of thought.
• Compare the most recent iterations of copy against previous versions and ensure that all revisions were accurately made.
• Correct grammatical problems (proof).
• Ensure compliance with corporate formatting standards, including heading level order, spacing, bullets/numbered items, and use of serial comma.
• Provide quality control for foundations and all associated documents produced by technical writers.
• Determine type of proof/edit required for presentations, proposals, and reports while maintaining high quality.
• Set up documents for final copy, ensuring position of graphics and tables in text are correct.
• Stay abreast of editing technology, investigate, and recommend improvements to maintain state-of-the-art capability.
• Serve as subject matter expert on editorial topics, corporate formatting standards, and the Chicago Manual of Style.
• Develop other technical documents such as environmental reports, operations manuals, and other deliverables, as necessary.
• Quickly gain expertise in the corporate proposal development guidelines, processes, methodologies, and formatting standards.

Skills

Copy editing

Proofreading

Editing

Grammar

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in English-related field

Job description

The City Government of Muntinlupa is seeking a detail-oriented Copy Editor to polish documents, proposals, and reports for clarity, accuracy, and professional presentation.

Responsibilities include proofreading, editing for grammar and punctuation, ensuring alignment with corporate formatting standards and the Chicago Manual of Style, and providing quality control on all written deliverables.