National Copyeditor

$72,300 - $108,500/Yr

Marsh McLennan - White Plains, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - White Plains, NY

10,001+ employees

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As our National Copyeditor on the National Marketing and Communications Team, you'll support and execute business development and marketing initiatives to raise the profile of the Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) brand. Your role will involve editing and proofreading written content for accuracy, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax, ensuring adherence to the company's written style guide, including AP style, and maintaining consistency in writing style and tone. You will gain fluency in and champion the company's voice and brand story in all written content, assisting with regular audits of the company's editorial and writing style guide. In this position, you will verify facts, references, and sources to ensure accuracy and credibility. Collaboration with content creators will be essential to improve content flow, readability, and overall quality. You will provide feedback and suggestions for content improvements, including restructuring and rephrasing, and exercise judgment to make editorial decisions that resolve ambiguities and enhance content quality. Additionally, you will employ generative artificial intelligence with discernment and in alignment with company best practices, initiate compliance review processes, and document compliance requirements for future content development. As an in-house advisor on AP style guide and the company's editorial guidelines, you will stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and evolving editing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Edit and proofread written content for accuracy, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
• Ensure adherence to company's written style guide, including AP style, and maintain consistency in writing style and tone.
• Gain fluency in and champion the company's voice and brand story in all written content.
• Assist with regular audits of the company's editorial and writing style guide.
• Verify facts, references, and sources to ensure accuracy and credibility.
• Collaborate with content creators to improve content flow, readability, and overall quality.
• Provide feedback and suggestions for content improvements, including restructuring and rephrasing.
• Exercise judgment and make editorial decisions to resolve ambiguities and enhance content quality.
• Employ generative artificial intelligence with discernment and in alignment with company best practices.
• Initiate compliance review process and document compliance requirements for future content development.
• Serve as an in-house advisor on AP style guide and the company's editorial guidelines.
• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and evolving editing techniques.

Requirements

• 3+ years of copyediting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a copyeditor, with a strong command of the English language, including grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
• Familiarity with style guides, including AP style.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot errors and inconsistencies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable using collaboration tools such as Teams, email, and online Microsoft applications and other technology as needed to work successfully as part of a team in a remote environment.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Proficient in productivity applications such as Microsoft 365 (required), Smartsheet (preferred), and Wrike (preferred).
• Enthusiastic user of AI and eager to adapt to new use cases for AI over time.
• Positive mindset and creative problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Smartsheet and Wrike as preferred tools.

Benefits

• Generous time off, including personal and volunteering.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
• Remote work.
• Charitable contribution match programs.
• Stock purchase opportunities.