Remote Manager, Editorial

Summary

Join our team as an Editorial Manager and contribute to planning, creating, and reviewing editorial content for client work. Develop style guidelines, train team members, and review deliverables while collaborating with cross-regional teams.

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years experience in an editorial role where copyediting was/is a core function
• Bachelors or higher degree in journalism, copywriting, and/or copyediting (or related discipline i.e. English Literature, Creative Writing, Marketing etc.)
• Demonstrable experience within a professional capacity of: Creating, following, and enforcing editorial guidelines
• Working with non-native English speaking team members in an editorial capacity
• Line management or team leadership experience
• Creating and leading training sessions and workshops for editorial and non-editorial stakeholders
• Attending client calls and meetings as a key/sole editorial point of contact
• Ideating and producing topics and briefs for a range of editorial projects
• Project management (i.e. planning, budgeting, and creating scopes of work for editorial projects)
• Working remotely and within multicultural teams

Responsibilities

• Review editorial deliverables and provide feedback to team members
• Develop and enforce editorial strategy for our client and review all editorial initiatives
• Maintain style guidelines for consistent execution of all content
• Line manage members of a growing editorial team
• Train and mentor our editorial team, Content Enrichment Specialists, and Managers and support the development of non-native English speaking contributors
• Develop our capacity for sourcing and expressing actionable and meaningful insights based on research and data
• Assist in topic ideation, from helping others source topics and insights through to workshopping topic ideas and developing them further
• Collaborate with Client, Account, Enrichment, and Production points of contact to review projects and discuss any changes in editorial approach
• Collaborate with the Global Editorial Team for training 1021 teams on tone of voice & writing style, research, and guidelines for consistency across all projects
• Coordinate with the Senior Director, Global Editorial and associated stakeholders on aligning regional editorial approaches with global, international standards
• Provide direction on data approach for deliverables and troubleshoot issues with data access if/when required
• Pitch, scope, and develop Special Projects (as needed)
• Foster and lead a culture that values editorial process & discussion and ensures a respectful, inclusive, and high-performing environment

Benefits

• Work from home
• 32 days annual leave