Economics Research Editor — Translate & Elevate Policy Research

Synectics Inc; Illinois; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Synectics Inc., a leading editorial services firm, seeks a mission-driven editor to join our Research Editorial Team. You will edit scholarly economics content, copyedit periodicals, and prepare materials for public-facing platforms, translating complex policy topics for nontechnical audiences.

You will use AI tools to streamline workflows, review HTML content, and collaborate with researchers and authors to meet deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or work equivalent in English, journalism, economics, or related communications field
• 3-4+ years of relevant experience
• Academic department experience preferred, especially academic copy editing
• Substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and layout review experience
• Familiarity with AI research tools and prompt engineering techniques
• Experience submitting materials into a web content management system and HTML content review
• Strong writing, editing, and editorial-process understanding
• Interest in economics, community development, and financial services
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a team setting
• Fast learner with independence and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Edit scholarly articles, research periodicals, e-newsletters, and speeches for nontechnical audiences
• Copyedit and proofread Economic Research periodicals
• Perform substantive copyediting of manuscripts for internal publications
• Edit content for the Bank's public-facing website
• Translate complex economics topics into accessible material
• Collaborate with authors on editorial processes and timelines
• Cross-check bibliographies, tables, figures, and other elements
• Leverage AI tools to improve editorial workflows
• Review HTML-converted publications and communicate changes to the web production team
• Log editorial projects and keep bibliographical details in tracking systems

Skills

Editorial proficiency

Excellent writing

Team collaboration

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/journalism/economics

Tools

AI tools

CMS web content management

Chicago Manual of Style

Job description

Synectics Inc., a leading editorial services firm, seeks a mission-driven editor to join our Research Editorial Team. You will edit scholarly economics content, copyedit periodicals, and prepare materials for public-facing platforms, translating complex policy topics for nontechnical audiences.

You will use AI tools to streamline workflows, review HTML content, and collaborate with researchers and authors to meet deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards.