Editor
Also known as: Copy Editor · Sub-Editor · Content Editor
Reviews and improves written content for accuracy, clarity and style before it is published.
What you’d do
An editor reviews and improves written content for accuracy, clarity, structure and style before it is published. Employers include publishing houses, newspapers and digital media, content and edtech companies, and corporate communications teams. A typical day involves editing drafts, checking facts, working with writers on revisions and meeting publication deadlines.
- Edits drafts for language and flow
- Checks facts and consistency
- Works with writers on revisions
- Plans content schedules
How you get in
Freshers often start as copy editors, sub-editors, proofreaders or editorial assistants, usually after an editing test. Prior writing work and internships at publications help.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Grammar and style
- Fact-checking
- Structuring and tightening text
- Giving clear feedback to writers
- Working to deadlines
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Many editors begin as writers or proofreaders.
- Next roles: senior editor, managing editor, commissioning editor.
- Print roles have shrunk; digital and corporate editing have grown.
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