Remote Production & Editorial Manager (CME)

Lockwood™; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Research To Practice (RTP) is seeking a Production and Editorial Manager to own the production lifecycle of enduring educational programs across digital, print, and multimedia formats. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, ensuring on-time delivery and maintaining high editorial standards.

The manager will oversee proofreading, copyediting, and QA, balancing multiple concurrent projects while driving workflow improvements and consistency across all published content.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Communications, English, Journalism, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in proofreading, copyediting, editorial production, or media production (print, digital, audio/video, or online publishing).
• Experience serving as a final quality control reviewer for published materials.
• Production management or cross-functional project management experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent written communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• High level of proficiency with Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with—or ability to quickly learn—project management and annotation platforms such as Asana, Airtable, Front, GoProof, or similar tools.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to balance multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage multiple concurrent production timelines for enduring educational programs, social media, print, and promotional initiatives.
• Coordinate production schedules across editorial, design, multimedia, web, marketing, and project management teams to ensure timely delivery.
• Monitor project status, identify risks or production bottlenecks, and proactively resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Maintain awareness of production schedules and deadlines, assisting project managers in resolving production issues and delays.
• Provide concise status reporting to executive leadership, tailoring reports appropriately for the intended audience.
• Support other project managers on print and live event production as needed.
• Continuously evaluate production workflows and recommend improvements that increase efficiency, quality, and consistency.
• Editorial Production & Quality Control
• Serve as the final quality checkpoint for enduring educational materials across digital and print platforms.
• Maintain the overall look, feel, consistency, and quality of published materials.
• Perform proofreading, light copyediting, formatting, and quality assurance on educational, promotional, and web-based materials.
• Compare multiple rounds of editorial revisions and source documents to ensure all approved changes are accurately incorporated into the final product.
• Compile editorial and content team revisions, mark printer and digital proofs, and verify implementation of requested changes.
• Review content prepared for web publication to ensure consistency across all materials, correct formatting issues, and verify that late-breaking updates have been incorporated accurately.
• Conduct comprehensive pre-launch quality assurance reviews of enduring web products, verifying functionality, navigation, links, embedded media, downloadable materials, and overall user experience.
• Ensure compliance with company editorial standards, patient privacy requirements, copyright policies, and established production procedures.
• Exercise sound editorial judgment when accepting or rejecting copy edits, communicating recommendations and changes clearly to editors and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve language quality, readability, usability, and consistency across all published content.

Skills

Proofreading

Copyediting

Editorial production

Project management

Attention to detail

Communication

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Asana

Airtable

Front

GoProof

Job description

Research To Practice (RTP) is seeking a Production and Editorial Manager to own the production lifecycle of enduring educational programs across digital, print, and multimedia formats. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, ensuring on-time delivery and maintaining high editorial standards.

The manager will oversee proofreading, copyediting, and QA, balancing multiple concurrent projects while driving workflow improvements and consistency across all published content.