Content Production Editor

ELIQUENT Life Sciences; United States; On-site; USD 81,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

ELIQUENT Life Sciences is seeking a Content Production Editor to oversee the quality, production, and delivery of training, marketing, and business content.

In this role, you will collaborate with subject matter experts, instructional designers, and vendors to ensure materials are accurate, brand compliant, and delivered on schedule. You will manage the content lifecycle, governance, and cross-functional editorial leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Technical Editing/Writing, or a related field.
• Five or more years of publishing, content production, and/or technical editing experience.
• Experience editing textbooks or educational content.
• Proven project management with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office and Adobe Acrobat for publishing.
• Experience with regulated industries and managing external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Edit, review, and support development of training materials, assessments, marketing collateral, and consulting deliverables.
• Ensure branding consistency, formatting, editorial standards, and quality across materials.
• Collaborate with SMEs and leaders to improve content clarity and usability.
• Maintain document control practices and content governance.
• Coordinate production and delivery of instructor-led and virtual training programs.
• Prepare participant materials, course assets, and supporting documentation.
• Manage online assessments and examination-related activities.
• Support content customization, branding, packaging, and distribution for clients.
• Ensure materials are accurate, complete, and available on schedule.
• Oversee production lifecycle, revisions, packaging, and version control.
• Develop and update proposal content and marketing materials.
• Lead relationships with vendors, freelancers, and external resources.
• Review costs and vendor performance; ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Maintain libraries of standards and knowledge management resources.
• Lead initiatives to improve content development workflows and efficiency.

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Technical Editing/Writing, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

The Content Production Editor is responsible for the quality, production, control, and delivery of training, marketing, business development, and operational content supporting ELIQUENT Life Sciences' training and consulting businesses.

Working closely with subject matter experts, instructional designers, marketing professionals, consultants, and external vendors, this role ensures that materials are accurate, professionally presented, brand compliant, and delivered on schedule. The Content Production Editor oversees content production processes, maintains editorial and document control standards, and supports the successful delivery of customer-facing and internal business initiatives.

This is primarily an individual contributor role with substantial cross-functional leadership responsibilities requiring strong editorial judgment, project management skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Core Responsibilities

Content Development and Editorial Management

• Edit, review, and support development of training materials, assessments, marketing collateral, proposals, consulting deliverables, thought leadership content, and other business communications
• Ensure consistency of branding, formatting, editorial standards, and quality across all materials
• Partner with subject matter experts and business leaders to improve clarity, usability, and effectiveness of content
• Maintain document control practices and content governance standards

Learning Content Production and Delivery

• Coordinate production and delivery of instructor-led, virtual instructor-led, customized, and licensed training programs
• Prepare, assemble, and manage participant materials, instructor resources, electronic course assets, e-books, assessments, print files (as needed), and supporting documentation required for public, private, customized, and licensed training programs
• Administer online assessment processes and support examination-related activities associated with training delivery
• Support content customization, branding, packaging, and distribution activities for clients and partners
• Ensure that course materials, delivery resources, and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, properly maintained, and available on schedule
• Manage the production lifecycle for training materials, including revisions, customization, packaging, distribution readiness, and version control

Business Development and Marketing Support

• Develop, maintain, and update proposal content, templates, and supporting business development materials
• Support creation and review of strategic customer proposals and custom client solutions
• Develop and maintain marketing, business development, and customer-facing content supporting the training division, including catalogs, website content, thought leadership materials, and promotional communications
• Provide responsive support for customer-facing content requests across business functions

Vendor, Contractor, and Resource Management

• Manage relationships with print vendors, freelance editors, freelance designers, and other external resources
• Coordinate production, fulfillment, and distribution activities for training and marketing materials
• Review production costs, invoices, and vendor performance
• Ensure external resources meet established quality, service, and delivery expectations

Document Control and Knowledge Management

• Maintain libraries of standards, templates, controlled documents, and other organizational resources, and purchase standards upon request
• Support retention, retrieval, and management of training, consulting, and business development content
• Establish and maintain processes that improve accessibility, consistency, and governance of organizational knowledge assets

Leadership and Process Improvement

• Establish and maintain standards for content quality, production, and document management
• Lead initiatives that improve the efficiency, consistency, scalability, and effectiveness of content development and production workflows
• Evaluate emerging technologies – including AI-enabled tools – that support content creation, review, management, and delivery
• Monitor workload, resource utilization, and production priorities to support effective capacity planning and project execution
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and associated budgets supporting creative services operations
• Serve as a subject matter resource and advisor regarding editorial practices, content production, and document governance

Candidate Description

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate exceptional written communication and editorial skills
• Possess outstanding attention to detail and a commitment to quality
• Build collaborative relationships across departments and business functions
• Effectively manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Exercise sound judgment and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrate initiative, accountability, and ownership
• Thrive in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve processes and efficiency

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Technical Editing/Writing, or a related field
• Five or more years of experience in publishing (e.g., as a Production Editor), content production, and/or technical editing or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience in editing, and producing textbooks or other educational content
• Proven project management experience involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and concurrent deadlines
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Adobe Acrobat for document production, publishing, and management
• Experience supporting highly regulated industries preferred
• Experience managing external vendors, freelancers, or contractors

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in professional training, education, consulting, or knowledge-based organizations
• Experience within life sciences, medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related regulated industries
• Experience with assessment platforms/online testing websites, content delivery systems, or related learning technologies
• Experience editing and/or producing college- or postgraduate-level textbooks
• Working knowledge of basic graphic and text design, document publishing, and content production tools
• Experience with document control, content governance, content management systems, and knowledge management practices

Travel

Occasional domestic travel may be required

What We Offer:

• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package for full-time and part-time employees, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, a generous paid time off policy, and additional perks. Compensation is commensurate with professional experience. Pay range is between $81,000 - 102,500
• Career Development: Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within a supportive and innovative environment.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible work arrangements and a commitment to maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Eliquent Life Sciences is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.