Copyediting Specialist

Frontiers Careers; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office presence

Wellbeing days

Volunteering days

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Learning & development support

Job summary

Frontiers is seeking an experienced Copyeditor in Warsaw to enhance the clarity, accuracy and structure of STM/HSS journal articles. You will maintain a professional academic tone while preserving the author’s voice, and ensure readability in line with the Frontiers Copyediting House Style Guide.

You will join a collaborative team, delivering high-quality edits, supporting the Production group, and troubleshooting publishing platform issues with IT.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience copyediting STM/HSS academic journals.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with a sharp editorial eye.
• Highly focused and detail-oriented, with an instinct for consistency and precision.
• Strong digital skills, including proficiency in MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and web-based platforms, as well as familiarity with AI tools.
• Self-motivated and autonomous, able to exercise sound editorial judgement with minimal supervision.
• Composed under pressure, with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines and balance high volume with meticulous quality.
• A collaborative mindset, comfortable working within an immediate team as well as across wider cross-functional and matrix structures.

Responsibilities

• Copyedit STM/HSS journal articles for clarity, accuracy and structure, addressing spelling, punctuation, grammar and style.
• Ensure all articles maintain a professional, academic tone, while preserving the author’s voice.
• Check text for readability and adherence to the Frontiers Copyediting House Style Guide.
• Perform quality control for articles copyedited by Frontiers’ external suppliers.
• Liaise with other members of the Copyediting Team to resolve editing and workflow issues.
• Collaborate with and provide support for the larger Production team to ensure that all articles requiring copyediting (at any language-quality level) are published on time to the highest quality standards.
• Troubleshoot publishing platform issues in collaboration with IT.
• Contribute to Copyediting Team, Production and interdepartmental initiatives and special projects.
• Develop and implement individual copyediting-related special projects.
• Report to the Copyediting Manager.

Skills

Copyediting

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Editorial judgement

Tools

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat

AI tools

Job description

Who we are

At Frontiers, we are on a mission to make science open. Most research today sits behind paywalls, meaning only people at well-funded universities or those who can pay get to read it. Open access flips that: every article we publish is peer-reviewed and made available online to anyone, anywhere at no cost. As one of the world’s largest and most influential open-access publishers, we’ve seen Frontiers research cited 16 million times, and viewed and downloaded more than 5.3 billion times, proof of what science without barriers can do.

What you'll do

• Copyedit STM/HSS journal articles for clarity, accuracy and structure, addressing spelling, punctuation, grammar and style
• Ensure all articles maintain a professional, academic tone, while preserving the author’s voice
• Check text for readability and adherence to the Frontiers Copyediting House Style Guide
• Perform quality control for articles copyedited by Frontiers’ external suppliers
• Liaise with other members of the Copyediting Team to resolve editing and workflow issues
• Collaborate with and provide support for the larger Production team to ensure that all articles requiring copyediting (at any language-quality level) are published on time to the highest quality standards
• Troubleshoot publishing platform issues in collaboration with IT
• Contribute to Copyediting Team, Production and interdepartmental initiatives and special projects
• Develop and implement individual copyediting-related special projects
• Report to the Copyediting Manager

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience copyediting STM/HSS academic journals
• Excellent written and spoken English, with a sharp editorial eye
• Highly focused and detail-oriented, with an instinct for consistency and precision
• Strong digital skills, including proficiency in MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and web-based platforms, as well as familiarity with AI tools
• Self-motivated and autonomous, able to exercise sound editorial judgement with minimal supervision
• Composed under pressure, with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines and balance high volume with meticulous quality
• A collaborative mindset, comfortable working within an immediate team as well as across wider cross-functional and matrix structures

Benefits

• We prioritise office presence and emphasise in-person collaboration, but also offer appropriate adjustments where needed, in line with company policy
• Extra wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance
• Up to 3 paid volunteering days each year
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, legal & financial support)
• Learning & development support via the Frontiers Learning Hub

Equal opportunity statement

Frontiers actively embraces diversity and is a safe and welcoming workplace. Recruitment is free from discrimination – including based on race, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. With employees from more than 50 different nations, our diversity creates vibrant teams and constantly challenges us to appreciate multiple perspectives.