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An innovative, competent, and successful with experience of managing editors, overseeing the layoutand content of articles. Flexibility is the ability to adapt to challenges when they arise while remainingaware of professional roles and boundaries.Duties• Involved in copyediting of books/MRWs (English/German) for more than 5 years• Working knowledge of standard style guides (APA, CMS, AMA, etc.)• Wide knowledge of publishing processes and formats• Ability to plan and organize work to achieve tight deadlines• Ability to think and view from a reader and author perspective• Assisting in the development and also implementation of production schedules• Making sure that the titles publish on schedule• Coached my team to adapt to the new business strategy established (AIO-All In One: where same editor does Copyediting, typesetting and proof reading. The final PDF will be dispatched as proof for the author.)• Successfully organized meetings and team-building activities• Coordinate meetings with different teams like project management, technology team, indexing, etc. to discuss project plans, needed resources, or issues/delay in completing the taskKey Skills and Competencies• Keeping tab of the quality and overall performance of the team• Monitoring daily and monthly productivity of the editorial team• Managing the flow of day-to-day operations• Eager to learn and appraise new situation• Marking and editing index entry for single phrase and range of pages• Having sound knowledge in XML structure, XML DTDs, and XML validation• Proficient with MS Office products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook and 3B2 Arbortext

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