Editor, Academic Books
CrosswayIllinois, United States
Posted April 9, 2026
65000 - 95000 USD
About the Company
By God’s grace: (a) to bring men, women, and children to Christ as their Lord and Savior; (b) to help individual Christians and the church grow in knowledge and understanding of the Bible and the Christian life; (c) to bear witness to God’s Truth, Beauty, and Righteousness, and the Lordship of Christ in every area of life; and (d) to glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in every way.
Job Description
Serves Crossway’s publishing ministry by copyediting book manuscripts and managing the editorial process for those book projects through the editing, typesetting, proofreading, and indexing stages.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in English, Bible, theology, history, philosophy, or a closely related field
- Master’s or doctoral degree in historical theology, church history, systematic theology, biblical and theological studies, or Old or New Testament
- Familiarity with biblical languages; familiarity with Latin also helpful
- Demonstrated copyediting experience for a publishing house or in another professional context, including copyediting of multiple book-length academic manuscripts
- A thorough knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style (including but not limited to its citation style)
- Attention to detail, ability to focus for long periods, ability to communicate clearly, and strong organizational and time-management skills
- Adherence to a robust evangelical theology in the historic stream of the Reformation—that is, broadly Reformed in line with the doctrinal DNA of Crossway’s publishing ministry—and willingness to affirm Crossway’s Statement of Faith, Statement of Classic Reformation Orthodoxy, and statements on Human Sexuality and Complementarity
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full time employees after 30 days of employment with employer contribution to costs
- Three medical plan options available with monthly premium costs for a family from $125-$300
- Life, long term, and short term disability insurance for full time employees paid by company
- Additional voluntary life insurance offerings paid by employee
- Paid vacation and illness days for full time employees (part time employees PTO accrual based on hours worked.)
- 11 paid holiday for full time employees (part time employees holiday pay dependent on schedule)
- Participation in retirement plan including 25% company match of up to $1,500 for full time and part time employees (temporary employees not eligible.)
