What should a text editor do and what abilities do he need?

Text editing, as its name implies, is writing and typesetting. Mostly for newspapers, magazines and publishing houses. However, most of the information we see about this kind of job recruitment is aimed at the cultural or educational departments of advertising planning companies, as well as the positions set up by some powerful enterprises.

Because it is called a text editor, its main work is roughly as follows:

Determine the editing scheme and plan the topic selection according to the work needs;

Organize and reserve relevant manuscripts;

Organize, modify and polish manuscripts or materials;

Responsible for proofreading and reviewing manuscripts or materials;

Arrange the layout position of the manuscript;

Establish a good cooperative relationship with authors and cultivate their own team of authors;

Read letters from readers and collect their opinions and suggestions.

Competency requirements:

College degree or above, graduated from Chinese or related major;

Strong writing organization ability, able to independently complete the writing of copywriting.

Have certain photography and image processing ability.