Mr Jon Wilcox
- [email protected]
- Organisation
- Jon Wilcox Editorial Services (freelance)
- Job title
- Editor and Proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Jon
Are you preparing a manuscript for publication in English?
Look no further.
I’ve been editing texts for academics, publishers, organisations, and professional writers since 2011. My work spans scholarly publishing, institutional publications, and the commercial trade market.
Profile
- Proven track record of editing to a high standard.
- Based in the UK, with clients around the world.
- Recognised through personal commendations from several leading authors and scholars.
- Flexible, responsive, and independent.
Services
- Beta reading: early-stage feedback from test readers focusing on overall clarity, coherence, engagement, and big-picture issues from a target audience perspective.
- Substantive editing: in-depth structural editing that evaluates and revises argumentation, organisation, logic, content development, and conceptual clarity.
- Copyediting: line-level editing that corrects grammar, syntax, punctuation, style consistency, terminology, and adherence to a specified style guide.
- Proofreading: final-stage review that identifies typographical errors, formatting inconsistencies, and minor mechanical mistakes prior to publication.
Scholarly publishing
Types of work
- Monographs
- Edited volumes
- Published lectures
- Full journals
- Chapters and essays
- Journal contributions
- Encyclopedia entries
Subjects
- Humanities (Literary Studies, History, Asian Studies, Philosophy, Cinema, Religion, Culture)
- International Law (International Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Criminal Law, Trade/Economic Law, Environmental Law, Space Law, Law of the Sea)
- Social Sciences (Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Policy)
Clients
- Individual scholars and university departments
- Brill De Gruyter
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Hague Academy of International Law
- Peter Lang
- British Museum Press
- International Institute of Social History
- Bourchier editorial agency
Institutional publications
Types of work
- Research reports
- Commemorative books
- Procedural documents
- Think tank papers
Topics
- Court rules
- Legal scholarship
- Workplace practices
- Arbitration and mediation
- US drug policy
Clients
- International Court of Justice
- United Nations International Labour Organization
- Brookings Institution
- Hague Academy of International Law
- Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration
Commercial trade market
Types of work
- Non-fiction (books, essays, articles)
- Fiction (novels, poetry, short fiction)
- Literary magazines
Genres
- Burmese literary history
- Literary fiction
- Child fostering
- Spiritual writings
- Translations
Clients
- Individual authors
- The Shanghai Literary Review
Qualifications/Training
- BA (Hons) English and Related Literature (University of York, 2010-13)
- MSt World Literatures in English (University of Oxford, 2014-15)
- CIEP courses in proofreading, fiction editing, editing with Word, and grammar (since 2010)
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Disclaimer note
The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.