Contractual Copyeditor

About the Role

Cactus Communications is looking for Copyeditors on a work-from-home basis. This is a contractual agreement, renewable upon mutual consent, offering a predictable schedule with regularly available work.

Key Responsibilities

• Copy-edit manuscripts to ensure the final text is in standard scientific English.
• Edit academic and scientific manuscripts for grammar, punctuation, clarity, conciseness, logical flow, and overall readability, while preserving the author’s intended meaning.
• Ensure language is appropriate for a global academic audience and meets the conventions of formal scientific writing.
• Make changes to ensure the manuscript conforms to journal style requirements.
• Apply specific journal guidelines related to structure, formatting, referencing style, abbreviations, units of measure, and other stylistic conventions.
• Adapt manuscripts to match house style guides or individual journal requirements, ensuring consistency throughout text, tables, figures, and supplementary materials.
• Crosscheck document metadata such as references using software tools.
• Review and verify key metadata elements including in-text citations, reference lists, author affiliations, figure/table callouts, and other bibliographic details.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency in using MS Word, specifically Track Changes and styling options.

Qualifications

• A degree (min. bachelor’s) in Medicine and Life Sciences.
• Experience in editing in any form.
• Familiarity with the AMA style guide (preferred).