Marianna Mignani

Editor with demonstrable skills and experience in handling medical journals and managing the progression of academic articles from peer review to publication. Proven track record of ensuring the quality of the articles through in-depth copyediting and proofreading in a timely manner. Currently seeking a remote position as copyeditor.

MDPI
Freelance English Editor, November 2023 – Present
• Copyediting of articles from a varied portfolio of over 400 journals, demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and outstanding English language skills to ensure clarity, consistency, and grammatical correctness in scholarly articles. 
• Working under tight deadlines to meet the publication schedule and maintain high-quality editorial standards. 
• Proficient use of Microsoft Word for editing tasks using tracked changes 
• Successful completion of two rigorous editing tests and participated in a brief training period to enhance skills and adapt to the dynamic editing department. 
• Contributed to a fast-paced and dynamic editing process, maintaining a high level of accuracy and efficiency.
 

Touch Independent Medical Education

Associate Editor, August 2022 – November 2023

Editorial Assistant, January 2022 – August 2022

• Day-to-day running of 9 journals from 8 therapy areas (Oncology, Neurology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology, and Respiratory and Pulmonary Diseases) with the workflow section of the editorial team.
• Proofreading support with the development of new therapy areas (Haematology, Dermatology).
• Careful and detailed copyediting and proofreading of various types of documents (including journal articles, abstracts and posters) with a focus on ensuring medical accuracy as well as correct language, clarity and readability. 
• Publication of quality medical articles and journal issues while successfully achieving production targets (i.e., publication dates, timelines of individual articles and increased number of articles per issue) in close collaboration with the editorial team.
• Successful establishment as the go-to copyeditor and proofreader of the editorial team, which includes providing support to trainee editors by reviewing and providing feedback to their edits, being available for questions, and conducting an English Language workshop on the proper use of the English language in academic articles.
• Organisation of interviews with experts from international conferences (question writing, conducting of interviews via Zoom, quality assurance of the edited video, written text for the website and publication on the website using WordPress in line with the SEO best practices).

Cactus Communications

Freelance Editor of Psychology and Psychosocial Healthcare, July 2020 – January 2021

• Proven quality of editing as per company metric. Last Quality Index achieved: 3.92 (where 1 = Poor, 4 = Excellent).
• Efficient copyediting and proofreading of academic articles to meet the international standards of written English (correcting grammatical errors, improving sentence construction and readability) in a timely manner.
• Thorough check of the structure, presentation, and flow of the manuscript.
• Accurate formatting as per journal guidelines, which varied from article to article. 
• Preparation of cover letters for peer reviewers and a “Letter from the Editor” evaluating and describing in detail the quality of the article when the client purchased a premium service. 
• Assessment of the relevance of the client’s responses to peer reviewers’ comments and cross-check them against the changes made to the article. 

University of Edinburgh

MSc in Linguistics (Evolution of Language and Cognition), 2017–2018

University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice

BA in Italian Language and Literature, 2013–2016