It is very stressful because the editors have to respect deadlines and manage a lot of things on their own.
Most of the editors give access to proofreading services, grammar issues, mechanics issues, and feedback on manuscripts, which is also called development editing. They are there for all the steps of the creation, from the publishing part of the book, to the planning and to the management of an entire team.
On a typical day, the editors prepare, rewrite, and edit copy so that they can improve readability, or supervise others who do this work. They also verify facts, dates, and statistics, develop content ideas, and plan the contents of publications according to rules. Finally, they oversee publication production.
Editors can be found everywhere. They work in publishing, sales and marketing, manufacturing, government, law, education, and many other fields.
A college education is typically required for most editing jobs. Employers usually prefer a bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or another closely related degree. For example, you could go to any university in Québec, and find a program like Bachelor of Literary Studies. After that, you may have to obtain experience, by working in a high school newspaper or by looking for internship opportunities in the field you are interested in.
Editors make on average $73910 per year. Of course, the salaries vary across regions, and is starting salary is lower at the beginning of an editor's career. For a beginner, the salary could be $33,620 to $45,310 per year.
You must have to obtain experience, by working in a high school newspaper or by looking for internship opportunities in the field you are interested in.
Being an editor can lead to burn-out at worst and resentment at best : as an editor, you have to learn to say no.
There are no chances that editor will be replaced by robots. In fact, to be an editor, you need to use your feelings so that you can make the most appropriate decisions for your career, which a robot can't do.
The average retirement age is about 62 for men and 58 for women.
As you can see, being an editor isn't for everyone. You have to be polyvalent and to know how to manage a team, but also yourself so that you don't do a burnout.
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