Freelance Publishing Assistant For Romance Book Publisher Job at Royal in Chicag
Royal, Chicago, IL, United States, 60290
Freelance Publishing Assistant For Romance Book Publisher
United States
Base pay range
$15.00/hr - $19.00/hr
Hello!
Do you love reading dark romance and paranormal romance books?
Are you an extremely self-motivated person that loves driving exciting projects forward?
This may be a great fit for you!
We are seeking a driven, passionate freelance remote publishing assistant to join our team. We are a growing indie publishing company that publishes works of romantic fiction and fantasy.
Ideal Candidate Has:
- Great organizational skills
- Flawless grammar
- Detail-oriented
- Reads fiction (romance) regularly (not required, but preferred)
- Ability to work well in teams
- Exceptional response time
- Likes to work fast!
This role has lots of room for growth and career development. You will be working together with a small, passionate team. Bonus potential dependent on milestones achieved.
Please include a small cover letter introducing yourself for consideration. Also include the answer to what is 5+5.
Responsibilities:
- Book formatting (We can instruct!)
- Posting to TT & Instagram using content from our stories. Monitor and answer all customer inquiries.
- Light Proof/Copy editing.
- Managing writers and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Evaluating stories for quality and providing feedback on improvements.
If you regularly read fiction (romance, fantasy, historical) please mention it in your proposal!
We will hire you for a series of test jobs. If your skills fit with our company, we can proceed with a long-term agreement!
Application Questions:
- Do you feel your English grammar is sufficient enough for light proofreading of manuscripts?
- Are you available 6 days a week? What are the daily work hours you could accommodate? How many hours a week can you work?
- What are your long-term career plans?
- We are considering several other applicants...is your rate negotiable?
- Would you feel comfortable doing light calculations and creating spreadsheets from financial data?
- Do you feel you could manage and track deadlines for a team of translators? Do you have any management experience?
- Are you comfortable working with fiction stories that contain explicit content? Some of our stories contain violence and steamy romantic scenes.
- Are you interested in a long-term business agreement?
- Do you read paranormal romance novels? If so, who do you read?
- Would you be willing to complete a one (1) hour paid trial task?
- Do you have sufficient spoken English skills?
- Are you able to make changes to covers or graphics if necessary -- do you have any Photoshop experience?
- Are you able to make developmental edits to stories if needed?
*PLEASE NUMBER YOUR ANSWERS.*
We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much!
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