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Hiring Freelance Academic Editors

Crimson Interactive · San Francisco, CA, USA ·

Job type:
Freelance

Crimson Interactive is an ISO‑certified organization providing Japanese and English language solutions worldwide, with services in editing, translation, and transcription.

Job Description
We are looking for experienced copy editors & substantive editors in Physics, Engineering, and Medicine with a core academic background.

Qualities we look for in our freelance editors:

Proficiency and competence in English.

At least 5 years of relevant copyediting/academic editing experience.

Preferred editor profiles include:

Research experience (studies conducted, papers written/published, papers reviewed, etc.).

Certificate/experience in academic editing, publishing, scientific communication, and journal article writing.

Extensive experience editing ESL manuscripts.

Knowledge of citation styles such as APA, CMS, AMA, CSE, IEEE and conventions followed in academic writing.

Membership in editing and publishing associations such as EFA, EASE, BELS.

Scope of work:

Editors will receive papers of varying difficulty levels written by non‑native speakers in English or translated from other languages. Responsibilities include:

Ensuring immaculate grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and word choice.

Improving flow, transitions, terminology accuracy, content correctness, and coherence.

Formatting manuscripts in accordance with specified citation style, layout, section headings, and tense usage.

Preserving the author's intended meaning while performing extensive revisions.

When requested, providing full journal formatting services for clients.

Benefits and support:

Opportunity for guaranteed monthly or annual income, with potential additional annual bonus based on performance.

Performance‑driven progression and constructive feedback mechanism.

Flexible editing schedule and rewarding intellectual and monetary experience.

Additional Information
All candidates' information will be handled confidentially in accordance with EEO guidelines.

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