Subeditor, Nature Magazine

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Job Title: Subeditor, Nature Magazine

Location: New York or Berlin - Hybrid Working

Full Time, Permanent Role

Closing Date for Applications: July 5th 2024

Nature, the international journal of science, is looking for an eagle-eyed subeditor to help us maintain our high standards of accuracy and readability. The successful candidate will be comfortable reading and writing about science, a stickler for grammar and facts and able to work automously and flexibly as part of a close-knit team to subedit articles for both print and online in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

Subediting material accepted or written for publication by Nature within production deadlines and to the highest possible standard Writing crisp and engaging headlines and standfirsts that don’t resort to cliché Fact-checking content Correcting proofs, artwork and pages during the production process, to ensure that the pages are finished to the appropriate standard for output Ensuring that content, including multimedia, is correctly and appropriately displayed online

Experience, s kills &  qualifications:

Degree in a scientific discipline Experience of subediting scientific, medical or technical copy for an audience of non-specialists Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign Strong time management Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills Tact in dealing with authors and colleagues

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