Senior Editor - Transportation Research Board

Job description

Job Description Summary: Performs substantive editing and copy editing, conferring with authors on treatment of material. Looks for inconsistencies of thought, development, and organization. Works with editorial and production staff and contractors to guide manuscripts through to publication. Ensures material conforms to organization's and unit's standards for style, content, and format. Rewrites text as necessary in compliance with editorial guidelines. Contributes original material where appropriate. Provides guidance and direction to writers, editors and editorial assistants. May participate in manuscript structure development and organization. Incumbent applies in-depth professional level knowledge to independently solve a full range of complex, substantive problems. Assignments are broadly defined and require judgment and creativity to complete. Incumbent has authority to take whatever action deemed advisable or necessary and is often responsible for oversight or management of other editors and support staff. This job typically reports to top editorial position or an executive in the division. As part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transp...