English Editor 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.

Sub-Editor Chalhoub Group Dubai UAE