We are looking for postdocs proficient in English to work with us as freelance academic editors.

Preferred Candidate Background:
• Expertise in any of the following subjects: chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science/IT, earth and environmental sciences, agricultural science, genetics, taxonomy, economics, finance, linguistics, psychology
• Experience in working with researchers who are nonnative speakers of English
• Familiarity with the style and conventions followed in academic writing

Job Responsibilities (copyeditors):
You will be required to edit research papers to ensure
• conformance to native English standards
• consistency in the use of terminology
• correct sentence structure, word choice, grammar, and punctuation

Further, the final paper should be free of typographical errors and meaning changes.

Job Responsibilities (substantive editors):
In addition to performing a copyedit, substantive editors are required to
• make structural changes, ensuring that the content is well-organized and that the tone is appropriate
• write a cover letter for the author and provide a short report on the quality of the original document
• revise the document based on the client’s inputs if necessary

Note: Since this is a freelance position, job hours are flexible.

To apply: Contact Velany Rodrigues, MA, ELS, Managing Editor, Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Tel: +91-22-6714 8888; Fax: +91-22-6714 8889; E-mail: freelancepositions@cactusglobal.com

Editage is the flagship brand of Cactus Communications and provides academic editing services to researchers and journals. We edit a wide variety of subjects from Biotechnology to Humanities to Management. We also edit all types of documents from journal articles to dissertations to daily correspondence. The majority of our business comes from editing manuscripts for researchers who are non-native speakers of English. Our editors are typically native speakers of English from countries like the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, and Australia.

We are currently looking for postdocs who are proficient in English to work with us on a freelance basis. We believe that editing academic papers will allow you to
• leverage your scientific knowledge in a corporate set-up
• engage in what you know best—the reporting of science