Freelance Editorial & Manuscript Assistant

Aliza Ayaz; Karachi Division; Remote; PKR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Aliza Ayaz is seeking a detail-oriented editor to assist with completing a private family biography and companion cookbook. You will follow a master Word checklist, apply corrections, and ensure clean, polished documents ready for print.

Based in Pakistan and fully remote, candidates should be current students or recent graduates from strong institutions, with near-native English and strong Urdu, and advanced Word skills. Reliability and precise instruction-following are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be based in Pakistan and able to work remotely.
• Strong command of English and Urdu; attention to formatting and style.
• Ability to follow a defined master checklist with high accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Apply exact find-and-replace text corrections throughout the manuscript.
• Check heading styles, font consistency, line spacing, and paragraph alignment.
• Format photo captions and verify image placement.
• Verify Arabic and Urdu text displays correctly using right-to-left rendering; no translation.

Skills

Near-native English

Strong Urdu

Attention to detail

Ability to follow instructions

Responsive and reliable

Education

Current university student or recent graduate (within last 3 years)

Background in English Literature

Background in Linguistics

Background in Journalism

Background in History

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Description

Assist with completing a professionally authored private family biography and companion family cookbook. Follow a master checklist of corrections and formatting tasks in Microsoft Word, check the work carefully, and return clean, polished documents.

Work includes

• Apply exact find-and-replace text corrections throughout the manuscript.
• Check heading styles, font consistency, line spacing, and paragraph alignment.
• Format photo captions and verify image placement.
• Verify Arabic and Urdu text displays correctly using right-to-left rendering; no translation is required.
• Set the document to the correct print dimensions.

Job Specification

Based in Pakistan; fully remote

• Current university student or recent graduate (within the last 3 years) from a strong institution
• Background in English Literature, Linguistics, Journalism, History, or a related field
• Near-native English and strong Urdu
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to follow instructions precisely
• Responsive and reliable