APCO Worldwide
APCO Worldwide presently has a job opening for eligible candidate for position of a English Editor. This job has been posted by company’s career page on 29 November 2023 and is now open for all interested candidates.
Job Purpose of A English Editor
The expectation for this role is to provide informative and appealing content that engages different stakeholders in a strong storytelling approach.
Job Duties of A English Editor
- Understand the requirements of various teams and convey the client’s key messages adequately and appropriately through effective use of language.
- Support teams by providing error-free media-worthy material.
- Consult and guide client-handling teams on matters related to media requests.
- Interact with team members and support them in building accurate communication measures.
- Manage deadline-oriented workflow of releases, invites and requests from various team members on a daily basis.
- Contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques or ideas at brainstorming sessions.
- Support the project manager in ensuring that resources are in place to cover delivery of all written deliverables.
- Develop communications plans, strategies and provide strategic communications advisory to both corporate and government clients.
- Experienced in writing press releases, OPeds and thought leadership pieces, talking points, social media content, video scripts etc.
- Comfortable in coordinating with clients when needed.
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Literature/Journalism or Communications.
- A minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience.
Skills & Knowledge Desired
- Fluent in English (Mother tongue fluency).
- Proficiency is providing error-free releases/invites that can be accepted by the media.
- Ability to recognize the key messages of clients and offer effective ways to forcefully convey those messages.
- Client relationship skills.
- Research skills.
- Excellent grammar, editing, writing and re-writing skills.
- Excellent English writing, editing and proofreading skills with exceptionally detail oriented.
- Team player and navigates well different requests and manages team expectations on delivery time.
- A creative thinker with strong communications skills and works well with different teams and under pressure.
