Position Overview
Akima Data Management is seeked a Technical Editor/Writer in support of our government client. The technical editor/writer provides services in support of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD), a peer-reviewed research journal within the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) in Atlanta, Georgia.
**Responsibilities**
+ Read, edit, and rewrite scientific manuscripts and supplemental materials for PCD publication, work with authors to revise their submissions according to PCD standards:
+ Consult with authors to clarify their ideas and organize the structure of their manuscripts and supplemental materials effectively.
+ Identify and ask authors to correct internal inconsistencies, such as text-to-table discrepancies, and content errors, such as mathematical mistakes.
+ Evaluate the use of tables and figures and suggesting when appropriate the addition or removal of tables and figures.
+ Edit manuscripts in Word.
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