Technical Editor

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Sugar Land, Texas, United States Department Of The Army Full time
Summary

About the Position: Serves as a technical editor for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), Borden Institute, located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.



Duties
  • Discuss edited drafts with authors to explain suggested changes in content or format.
  • Tactfully explain reasons for any needed changes to authors to secure their cooperation.
  • Review manuscripts to assure consistency, and understand and apply necessary copyright laws and permissions, and analyze conclusions to ensure they are consistent with the facts presented.
  • Edit written material for use at national and international medical and scientific meetings in support of the broad mission of the Borden Institute.
  • Determine and recommend advisability of reorganization, condensation or deletion, and rewriting to clarify confusing passages, and adjust stylistic and logical approaches, refine research methods, and select appropriate information to present.
  • Ensure compliance of reprinted material with copyright law and respond to problems or inquiries relating to assigned manuscripts or policy interpretation.
  • Edit entire textbooks with an average of 25 chapters on different subjects, as well as visual technical information including tables and figures.