Chandan Kumar Verma

An innovative, competent and successful editor and proofreader with experience of managing writing staff, overseeing the layout and content. Flexible in the ability to adapt to challenges when they arise while remaining aware of professional roles and boundaries.

M_y Activities in my job :-_

• correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors
• sub-editing text written by a number of authors to ensure consistent house style
• working with IT-based publishing systems and databases, as well as via the internet or from paper manuscripts
• liaising regularly with authors and publishers by phone and email
• checking that authors have provided all the required materials and paperwork
• resolving queries directly with the author, e.g. style and text inconsistencies
• coding manuscripts for design features, such as hierarchy of headings, to instruct the production team
• creating artwork briefs to detail the content of illustrations.
• ensuring that illustrations are correctly captioned and referred to in the text
• producing or working to a style checklist to ensure consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, formatting of references, etc.
• maintaining awareness of new words or phrases coming into popular usage with a view to ensuring they're appropriate for the readership.
• discussing and resolving any potentially libellous sections with the commissioning editor and author.
• retrieving articles from archives and rearranging within publications.
• preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of a publication.
• overseeing the work of indexers, typesetters and designers.
• typesetting and designing layout (increasingly for freelancers).
• ensuring that publications are prepared on budget and to schedule
• managing marketing and business activities (for those who are self-employed).

• a thorough knowledge of the English language (or the language the publication is written in)
• a methodical working style
• concentration, accuracy and great attention to detail
• the ability to multitask
• tact and diplomacy for negotiating changes with authors
• the ability to work to tight deadlines
• self-motivation

• Post Graduate In English Literature :- Rajasthan university, Jaipur, India.

• Diploma in publishing : - Ural Skill Development in India.

• Diploma in Computer Application ( Word, Excel, power point, Google sheet,

paint ).

• 4 years experience in J.S. Publication. ( As a content Writer And

Proofreader ).

• 2 years experience in Smart publication company. ( As a content writer )

• 3 Years Experience in Teaching In Govt. college dausa, Rajasthan, India

I am a self employed and work as a freelancer. I have work In this

Fields such as:

• children's books
• educational publications
• reference works
• copy-editing and on-screen editing skills
• grammar
• editing an in-house production.