Senior Editor (EHS)

Chicago, IL, United States

At the heart of our company is our people. People from many different backgrounds with different vantage points, opinions, and experiences. We strive to continually lead with our IMPACT values and empower our employees to develop their full potential on a team that is passionate about acceptance, inclusivity, and achievement. Our employees are the driving force for the innovation, collaboration and creativity that enables our organization to deliver strategic success.

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our environmental, health, and safety (EHS) content development team. The Senior Editor is responsible for ensuring that high-quality content is produced in a variety of formats, across multiple products for an EHS audience. This position serves as a subject matter expert who creates, edits, and manages the content for multiple online and print products, webinars, and online learning. The Senior Editor serves as a resource to the editorial team , while also working in a team environment to maintain, write, edit, and post a variety of content and imagery for assigned products. The role requires delving into multiple topic areas to break down complex ideas into simple terms. The Senior Editor must understand how to bring value to the customer through instructional/guidance-oriented content. Qualified candidates should be comfortable researching and writing about complex environmental and safety issues, interacting with customers, and collaborating and coordinating with team members across multiple locations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Determine content for multiple publications, including the creation of a long-term editorial calendar, managing deadlines, and production schedules

Write and edit clear, informative, and engaging content to be used in a variety of customer solutions

Manage products through the editorial and production process, including sourcing material, editing and formatting text, and shepherding content through review, proofreading, design, and final production

Work with internal content specialists and external freelancers to assign content, read and respond to customer queries, and oversee the work of proofreaders or copy editors

Upload relevant content to applicable Web properties through the content management system and ensure content displays and functions correctly

Adhere to strict deadlines and budget requirements for all assigned products

Collaborate with team members and across departments (including marketing, product, production and development) to maintain content standards, implement content strategies, and ensure customer needs and deadlines are met

Meet frequently with product, production, sales, and marketing staff to discuss projects and resolve problems

Represent the products and services in customer and prospect engagements, including onsite at internal conferences and industry events

Develop market expertise for assigned segments, including audience composition, customer needs and driving forces that affect them (e.g. regulations, best practices)

Propose new product ideas in your area(s) of expertise across all product lines, and oversee all content-related phases of the new products process, including conducting research, writing proposals, and presenting the finished concept

Maintain an awareness of and adherence to company guidelines for messaging, tone, style, and editorial process

Additional Responsibilities: Ensure customer engagement and satisfaction with content

Identify areas for new content development to increase value of current customer solutions

Ownership & Execution

At the heart of our company is our people. People from many different backgrounds with different vantage points, opinions, and experiences. We strive to continually lead with our IMPACT values and empower our employees to develop their full potential on a team that is passionate about acceptance, inclusivity, and achievement. Our employees are the driving force for the innovation, collaboration and creativity that enables our organization to deliver strategic success.

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our environmental, health, and safety (EHS) content development team. The Senior Editor is responsible for ensuring that high-quality content is produced in a variety of formats, across multiple products for an EHS audience. This position serves as a subject matter expert who creates, edits, and manages the content for multiple online and print products, webinars, and online learning. The Senior Editor serves as a resource to the editorial team , while also working in a team environment to maintain, write, edit, and post a variety of content and imagery for assigned products. The role requires delving into multiple topic areas to break down complex ideas into simple terms. The Senior Editor must understand how to bring value to the customer through instructional/guidance-oriented content. Qualified candidates should be comfortable researching and writing about complex environmental and safety issues, interacting with customers, and collaborating and coordinating with team members across multiple locations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Determine content for multiple publications, including the creation of a long-term editorial calendar, managing deadlines, and production schedules

Write and edit clear, informative, and engaging content to be used in a variety of customer solutions

Manage products through the editorial and production process, including sourcing material, editing and formatting text, and shepherding content through review, proofreading, design, and final production

Work with internal content specialists and external freelancers to assign content, read and respond to customer queries, and oversee the work of proofreaders or copy editors

Upload relevant content to applicable Web properties through the content management system and ensure content displays and functions correctly

Adhere to strict deadlines and budget requirements for all assigned products

Collaborate with team members and across departments (including marketing, product, production and development) to maintain content standards, implement content strategies, and ensure customer needs and deadlines are met

Meet frequently with product, production, sales, and marketing staff to discuss projects and resolve problems

Represent the products and services in customer and prospect engagements, including onsite at internal conferences and industry events

Develop market expertise for assigned segments, including audience composition, customer needs and driving forces that affect them (e.g. regulations, best practices)

Propose new product ideas in your area(s) of expertise across all product lines, and oversee all content-related phases of the new products process, including conducting research, writing proposals, and presenting the finished concept

Maintain an awareness of and adherence to company guidelines for messaging, tone, style, and editorial process

Additional Responsibilities: Ensure customer engagement and satisfaction with content

Identify areas for new content development to increase value of current customer solutions

Critical Competencies:

Ownership & Execution

Collaboration & Teambuilding

The Individual: Ability to drive multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet multiple deadlines

Self-motivated team member

Strong verbal, written, analytical, research and communication skills

Demonstrated ability in time management, multitasking, and project management

Attention to detail, accuracy

Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment

Ability to think logically, classify content, and apply taxonomy

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or J.D. degree required

7 or more years’ experience in working with workplace safety and environmental regulatory issues

Ability to write clearly for an EHS audience

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