Content Editors contribute to the development of Humanities products, including curricular and ancillary materials, by editing to ensure consistency in language, voice, and presentation within and across projects. Editors work closely with the content development teams, copy edit team, and production teams to ensure a consistent and coherent editorial approach to each project.

As the final editorial layer before content moves to production, editors focus on readability, clarity, concision, consistency, coherence, and adherence to established style. This is a highly collaborative role that requires excellent communication skills, in particular the abilities to provide clear, actionable, and educative feedback; distill complex information and share it with others; and adapt to a variety of individual communication styles and needs.

Reports To:
● Senior Editor (Humanities team)

Responsibilities

Edit a variety of projects, such as lesson plans, student resources, family tip sheets, facilitator guides for professional development sessions, handouts, slide presentations, information sheets, and implementation resources.

Edits focus on the following items:
● clarity and concision of the content
● coherence across sections and components of a project
● consistency of language, style, and voice within and across projects
● readability of the content
● appropriateness for the task, purpose, and audience
● inclusive language


● Collaborate with the editorial team to norm language, voice, and presentation across projects.

● Work with the content development teams, copy edit team, and production teams to ensure a consistent and coherent editorial approach to each project.

● Resolve copy edits and proofreading edits, consulting with the project’s content lead, the associate and/or senior editor, and other contributors as needed.

● Complete the final check of files before delivery to the end user.

● Record global mistakes or issues found when editing or reviewing the work of content developers, copy editors, proofreaders, and layout associates. Then raise these to the attention of the associate and/or senior editor.

● Through feedback, workshops, and other forums, coach content developers on how to improve their writing and adhere to the guidelines.