Lead Copy Editor - Educational Assessments

Pearson; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson seeks an experienced editor to support editorial and assessment content, ensuring high-quality copyediting across spelling, grammar, and style. You will interpret major style guides, adapt to evolving publishing workflows, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes accuracy, training, and adherence to quality standards, with opportunities to mentor and contribute to AI-enabled editorial processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., literature, language, journalism) or equivalent certification/on‑the‑job training.
• Minimum of three years’ editorial experience and two years’ educational assessment experience.
• Demonstrates strong end‑to‑end copyediting proficiency: spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, diction, and usage.
• Interprets and applies major style and usage references (e.g., Chicago Manual of Style, Gregg Reference Manual, Garner’s Modern English Usage).

Responsibilities

• Implements grammar, spelling, usage, punctuation, syntax, and style per department, client, and industry standards; applies rules consistently.
• Ensures uniformity and consistency across assessment components; sustains focus and identifies errors.
• Exercises good judgment when applying client style guidelines; queries when deviations are appropriate and may modify client style guidelines.
• Understands copyeditor’s scope of responsibility and flags concerns when needed.
• Proactively seeks learning opportunities to strengthen editorial expertise and stay current with style guides.

Skills

Editorial experience

End-to-end copyediting

HTML/XML basics

Communication skills

Feedback culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Office 365

SharePoint

Teams

Excel

Job description

Pearson seeks an experienced editor to support editorial and assessment content, ensuring high-quality copyediting across spelling, grammar, and style. You will interpret major style guides, adapt to evolving publishing workflows, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes accuracy, training, and adherence to quality standards, with opportunities to mentor and contribute to AI-enabled editorial processes.