Senior Technical Editor- Remote (DC, MD, VA- Locals only)

Swingtech; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 PTO days

11 paid holidays

Medical Insurance with 3 options

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life insurance and AD&D

Job summary

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Editor for remote work (DC, MD, VA locals only with occasional travel to Baltimore and Greenbelt, MD). You will review and ensure the quality and consistency of technical training materials, coordinate editorial assignments, and guide Technical Editors.

Strong editing, communication, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams are essential. Responsibilities include coordinating with instructional designers and graphics teams, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English or related field.
• At least six years of editorial experience.
• Experience coordinating and assigning tasks among team members, including monitoring workloads, priorities, and deadlines.
• Knowledge of Section 508 requirements and ability to work with different style guides (GPO, MLA, APA).
• Experience editing in healthcare or medical field is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform editorial reviews of training materials to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
• Coordinate with instructional designers, graphic artists, programmers, multimedia specialists, and writers to create training products.
• Ensure overall editorial quality and compliance with federal regulations and client standards.
• Coordinate editorial tasks among Technical Editors based on project priorities and deadlines.
• Provide technical guidance on editorial requirements and style guidelines.

Skills

Editorial coordination

Project management

Team collaboration

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Senior Technical Editor- Remote (DC, MD, VA- Locals only)

About Swingtech

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we’re committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.

Location:

Remote (with occasional travel to Baltimore, MD and Greenbelt, MD)

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Editor to review and ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of technical training materials. The role will also coordinate editorial assignments, provide guidance to Technical Editors, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality training products.

Responsibilities:

The candidate must have excellent communications & editing abilities and the ability to multitask while working under tight deadlines. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to coordinate with a training development team to produce clear and concise documents appropriate for the intended audience. The candidate will be required to present sample editing products.

• Perform editorial reviews of training materials, including storyboards, online lessons, assessments, and supporting documentation, to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to established editorial standards and instructional efficacy.
• Coordinating with a team of instructional designers, graphic artists, programmers, multimedia specialists, technical writers, and documentation specialists to create both paper- and web-based training products.
• Ensuring overall editorial quality of training materials developed, including compliance with federal regulations and guidelines and adherence to internal and client standards.
• Conduct quality reviews or spot checks of editorial work, as appropriate, to identify recurring issues, support consistency, and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate and assign editorial tasks among Technical Editors based on project priorities, workload, deadlines, and available resources.
• Use the team’s project management system to assign, track, and monitor editorial tasks, identify potential scheduling concerns, and support timely completion of deliverables.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for editorial questions from other project sub-teams.
• Provide technical guidance to Technical Editors, including clarification of editorial requirements, interpretation of style guidelines, and resolution of complex or inconsistent editorial issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve editorial workflows, review procedures, checklists, and other resources to increase efficiency and maintain quality.
• Recommend updates or clarifications to editorial standards, style guides, and supporting resources based on recurring issues, client feedback, or evolving project requirements.
• Communicate editorial workload, progress, potential risks, and resource needs to project management, and elevate issues that may affect deliverable quality or schedules.
• Support the onboarding and technical development of Technical Editors by providing guidance on editorial procedures, project standards, tools, and best practices.
• Ensuring technical training meets instructional objectives and is written to a level appropriate to the target audience.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in English or related field, or combination of education and experience.
• At least six years of editorial experience.
• At least two years of experience coordinating and assigning tasks among team members, including monitoring workloads, priorities, and deadlines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows/Office Suite.
• Ability to adhere to different style guides (i.e., GPO, MLA, APA, etc.).
• Ability to work within a team in a deadline-driven environment.
• Knowledge of Section 508 requirements.
• Experience editing for the healthcare or medical field a plus.
• Experience with using artificial intelligence to improve task efficiency is a plus.

Summary of Benefits

• 15 PTO days
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical Insurance with - 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
• Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
• Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
• $1500 Annual Training Budget
• $1500 Referral bonus
• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus

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