We are currently hiring freelance academic editors for a wide range of subject area in Medicine.
Please read more about our freelancer role and selection process below. If interested, please click on ‘Apply now’.
Freelance Editors
Freelance editors play a pivotal role in our business model and help us in ensuring author satisfaction by editing academic papers meant for publication in highly acclaimed international journals, across a vast range of subject areas.
What’s in for you?
v Possibility of a guaranteed monthly income while freelancing:
Apart from offering work in the typical freelancing manner, we also offer opportunities that guarantee a minimum monthly/annual income, along with the possibility of an additional annual bonus (monetary), based on your overall performance.
v A smooth performance-driven progression curve with an effective feedback mechanism:
This ensures that the expectation mismatch is nearly zero. In the past, the strong professional bonding with our freelance editors has also led to mutual recommendations—a definite plus factor!
v A rewarding experience, both monetarily and intellectually:
You will get the opportunity to apply your domain knowledge and skills to help non-native authors present their work to the world through esteemed journals and renowned conferences, with the flexibility of timings dedicated to editing.
Qualities we look for in our freelance editors
§ Proficiency and competence in the most widely spoken language across the world—English!
§ Knack for diligently editing, restructuring, and polishing articles written by non-native speakers
§ Format manuscripts in terms of citation style, layout, section headings and tense usage to conform with academic conventions
§ Preservation of the author’s intended meaning even in papers where the content requires extensive revision
§ Extensive subject matter expertise
§ Minimum 2 years of relevant copyediting/academic editing experience
* Freelance editors also thoroughly format the manuscript as per mentioned journal guidelines when clients opt for our journal formatting service
A glimpse at what you would edit
You will be assigned papers of varying difficulty levels (in terms of English, subject matter expertise, and extent of revision needed) written by non-native speakers in either English or their native language (translated papers). These papers are written by what we believe constitute an eclectic group of authors and writers, i.e., we receive work from not only scientists, researchers, and students but also corporates, linguists, and common man trying to communicate in English—from the latest in cutting-edge technology to the timeless fascination with history and arts!
Selection Process
· Step 1: Please click on “Apply Now” and fill the application form.
· Step 2: After hitting the submit button, you will be directed to our sample test platform for Stage I, Stage II and Stage III; you will receive an email for the same.
a. Stage I and II: Multiple-choice quiz
b. Stage III: Sample editing test under your preferred subject expertise
· Step 3: A cumulative score of all the three stages are taken into account as per our benchmarks to present you with a contract, which includes a freelancer agreement, terms of service, and other relevant documents.
· Step 4: Upon completion of the required hiring formalities, we induct you in our expert pool of freelance editors.
Know more about:
Enago @ https://www.enago.com/about-us.htm
Meet our editors @https://www.enago.com/careers/editors-testimonials.htm
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