Book or Script Editor – 书籍或脚本编辑

在澳新职业大典中，书籍或脚本编辑归属于2122作家与图书以及脚本编辑职业小组，与小组下的其他职位共享以下详细职业描述：

• 为小说、戏剧、音乐剧、影视作品、教育文本、信息文本、多媒体产品等书面作品创造和发展创意和主题；creating and developing ideas and themes for written works, such as novels, plays, musicals, screen productions, educational texts, information texts and multimedia products
• 通过原始和二手材料、采访和其他媒体资料研究主题；researching subject matter through original and secondary materials, interviews and other media
• 策划、组织和撰写材料；planning, organising and writing material
• 对小说、传记、短篇小说、诗歌、教育文本等书籍的手稿进行审核和评价，确保风格的连贯性，主题、情节和人物塑造的发展；reviewing and evaluating manuscripts of novels, biographies, short stories, poems, educational texts and other books, and ensuring coherence of style and development of theme, plot and characterisation
• 就作品的出版潜力和出版合同条件向出版商提供建议；advising publishers about potential of works for publication and conditions of publication contract
• 谈判出版细节，如版税、出版日期和印刷份数；negotiating publication details such as royalties, publication dates and numbers of copies to be printed
• 审查和评估电影、电视、广播和舞台制作中的故事和其他材料；reviewing and assessing stories and other material for film, television, radio and stage productions
• 指导准备播音员要读的脚本，介绍并连接音乐剧、新闻、体育和特殊事件节目的部分内容；directing the preparation of scripts to be read by announcers to introduce and connect parts of musicals, news, sports and special events programs

澳新职业大典要求书籍或脚本编辑最低持有相关专业的本科学历。

在新西兰，由于出版业与娱乐业的行业规模都不大，无论是书籍编辑还是脚本编辑工作的机会都不多。并且编辑的流动性较低，较少出现职位空缺。新晋的编辑年薪在3.5万至4万纽币之间，有1到3年工作经验的，年薪在4万至6万纽币之间。

不是新西兰移民局规定的短缺职业。