Content Editor

Tulip Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Content Editor for a full-time, temporary position. The role involves copyediting and proofreading technical documentation, ensuring high standards in content quality and accessibility. Candidates should possess excellent attention to detail and be proficient in Microsoft 365. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement, ideal for those looking to balance office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience in copyediting and proofreading technical documentation.
• Ability to understand the purpose and usage of content.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Copyedit technical reports and other materials.
• Proofread written material for publication.
• Provide editorial support in various forms.

Skills

Copyediting

Proofreading

Technical documentation

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Microsoft 365 proficiency

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced Content Editor to join their team on a full-time, temporary basis for approximately three months. This role is offered on a hybrid working arrangement with two days per week in the office and the remaining days working from home.

As Content Editor, you will collaborate closely with the Interim Head of Marketing and the wider Content Editorial Team to review editorial outputs in a variety of specified formats. An ability to work with technical content is essential. You will ensure structure, editing, formatting, and design meet company standards. This position requires a focus on delivering concise and highly accessible technical information. Other content production support may also be required occasionally. The organisations website is currently being updated with new features to improve usability so this makes it an exciting time to join the Content Editorial Team.

Key duties:

• Copyedit technical reports, research in brief documents, track records, and other materials, ensuring content is clear, consistent, cohesive, and readable while adhering to the organisations house style, branding, and editorial guidelines.
• Maintain effective communication with technical authors when copyediting materials.
• Proofread written material to ensure documents are ready to be published, providing the final quality check.
• Provide editorial support in the form of structural editing, copy editing, proofreading, formatting, and occasionally writing long-form content, so that the quality of outputs is in line with the organisations standards.
• Champion the adoption of accessible text in the editing of materials for external use, encouraging and mentoring technical authors to consider end-users when drafting their content.

Skills and experience:

• Experience in copyediting and proofreading technical documentation, as well as attention to detail while working on tight deadlines.
• Experience of applying writing and editing skills in a similar role, with the ability to understand the purpose and usage of content based on user needs.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience in building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.
• Experience of improving editorial content through various levels of editing, including:
  • comprehensive editing: review content (for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate language) and form (for structure, organisation, visual design, and usability)
  • copyediting: ensuring that the document is correct (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) and stylistically consistent
  • proofreading: ability to identify text and formatting errors in the final document and apply final corrections pre-publication.
• Experience in editorial content and knowledge curation, with the ability to work on complex technical information.
• Communicate effectively and share thoughts and ideas through methods appropriate to the audience. Make timely, informed decisions, taking account of the benefits and constraints involved.
• Ability to adopt established workflow processes and follow them independently