Editorial Assistant

Job classification: Casual, 0005
Working title: Editorial Assistant
Department: Spanish & Portuguese Studies
College/Unit: Liberal Arts
Reports to: Timothy Face
Hourly rate: $22.50 per hour
Hourly appointment: Up to 14 hours per week, no more than 400 total hours

Job duties/Responsibilities:

•  Editing manuscripts for the journal, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, accepted for publication
•  Creating lists of problems or missing information that needs to be requested from authors
•  Formatting accepted manuscripts according to the publisher’s specifications

Required Qualifications:

• Academic editing experience
• Graduate degree in linguistics
• Near-native or native fluency in Spanish and English

Pay Range: $22.50 per hour; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

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