Remote Senior Book Editor - Developmental & Line Editing

The Ai Training Company; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ai Training Company is seeking experienced Senior Book Editors and Publishing Professionals for a Remote AI project focused on high-quality manuscript editing. You will contribute to editorial judgments across fiction and nonfiction, providing developmental feedback and detailed revision recommendations.

Responsibilities include evaluating narrative structure, voice consistency, and audience fit, while drafting editorial letters and refining quality standards in a fully remote setting.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience in book editing, developmental editing, publishing, manuscript development, or closely related editorial role
• Significant experience editing professionally published books
• Exceptional command of written English
• Strong understanding of grammar, syntax, literary style, and narrative structure
• Ability to provide sophisticated developmental and line-level feedback
• Strong judgment across long-form content
• Ability to identify subtle narrative and stylistic problems
• Ability to preserve an author's voice while improving effectiveness
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment
• Comfortable providing and discussing nuanced editorial recommendations

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze fiction and nonfiction manuscripts
• Provide developmental and structural editorial feedback
• Evaluate narrative structure, pacing, clarity, and organization
• Review author voice, tone, style, and consistency
• Perform advanced line editing and copyediting
• Identify weaknesses in plot, characterization, argument, or narrative progression
• Evaluate thematic continuity across long-form manuscripts
• Identify gaps, contradictions, repetitions, and structural problems
• Recommend meaningful revisions while preserving the author's intended voice
• Review manuscript positioning and potential audience fit
• Evaluate whether content aligns with genre and reader expectations
• Draft detailed editorial letters, margin notes, and revision recommendations
• Create and refine editorial guidelines and quality standards
• Identify cases where edits are technically correct but weaken voice or meaning
• Collaborate asynchronously with project stakeholders and other editorial experts
• Communicate nuanced recommendations through both written and verbal channels

Skills

Editorial judgment

Developmental editing

Line editing

Grammar & style

Narrative structure

Voice preservation

Remote collaboration

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

The Ai Training Company is seeking experienced Senior Book Editors and Publishing Professionals for a Remote AI project focused on high-quality manuscript editing. You will contribute to editorial judgments across fiction and nonfiction, providing developmental feedback and detailed revision recommendations.

Responsibilities include evaluating narrative structure, voice consistency, and audience fit, while drafting editorial letters and refining quality standards in a fully remote setting.