Not currently filled
📜 Position Summary
The Writing Center offers copyediting services to members of the DePaul community (most frequently faculty, staff, and Ph.D. candidates) working on projects such as academic articles for publication, academic books, dissertations, and more. Under the supervision of the Associate Director for Operations Management, the Copyediting Student Leader copyedits writing, trains and oversees a group of copy editors, and manages ongoing copyediting projects.
✨ Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Copyedit advanced writing projects submitted to the Writing Center (25%)
Supervise and mentor a group of copy editors (35%)
- Select and train Writing Center Tutors interested in copyediting through facilitating workshops, reviewing style guides, editing sample writing, etc.
- Check-in and provide ongoing feedback to copy editors
Manage copyediting projects (30%)
- Coordinate and update copyeditors’ schedules in WCOnline
- Conduct check-in meetings with editors to ensure projects are finished in a timely manner
- Review copyedited document before project completion
Meet regularly with the Associate Director for Operations Management to give status reports about projects and training (5%)
Perform other administrative duties as assigned by the Associate Director for Operations Management (5%)
🏆 Position Qualifications
- MA student in Writing & Publishing preferred
- Experience with professional copyediting
- Attention to detail
- Ability to effectively manage others
🧑🏫 Principal Learning Objectives
- Understand publication standards and guidelines
- Become familiar with various style guides
- Learn to oversee projects from start to finish, delegating tasks appropriately
- Develop and implement practical training materials based on best practices
- Effectively mentor a small subset of student employees by providing helpful, constructive feedback to new and experienced copy editors
🧑⚖️ Direct Supervisor
Associate Director for Operations Management, Katie Brown