About the job

Los Angeles, CA

6-month contract

Job ID 2021-5944

Solugenix is assisting a client, a prestigious and large investment management company in their search for a Copy Editor. This is a 6-month contract opportunity based out of Los Angeles, CA.

The copy editor is a key member of the marketing team and is responsible for reviewing a variety of marketing materials to ensure the highest quality deliverables. The copy editor will work with various internal groups to manage projects and ensure all tasks are scheduled and completed on time.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 3-5 years of copyediting experience.
• Experience in the financial, pharmaceutical, or medical environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates sound judgment when resolving matters of moderate complexity.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong grammar and syntax skills.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style guides and ability to apply that knowledge to work assignments; follows Chicago and AP styles.
• Demonstrates the ability to work in a team environment and across broad, diverse groups; demonstrates strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates ability to follow production schedules, track deliverables, solve problems and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Demonstrates strong detail orientation, process orientation, organizational, and multitasking skills; demonstrated ability to effectively manage an unpredictable workload and meet established deadlines.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of financial and investment concepts.

Responsibilities

• Copy edits and proofreads print and electronic materials for clarity, grammar, accuracy, consistency, style, and tone, as well as disclosure requirements.
• Verifies statistics and facts against internal and external sources.
• Recommends copyedits based on knowledge of target audience, as well as internal and external style guides.
• Updates and/or identifies changes to the information in materials that require quarterly/annual updates, including, but not limited to, statistical information and changes in investment and risk disclosures.
• Utilizes appropriate tool(s) to ensure updates are displayed correctly on all appropriate web/digital pages.
• Copyedits and abridges content to fit sizing requirements, as necessary. Ensures materials are error-free.
• Monitors, tracks, and incorporates all compliance language updates to ensure materials comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Determines impact to existing materials when compliance language is added or changed. Understands and applies required disclosure language across all collateral and channels.
• Monitors existing copyediting tools and resources, including, but not limited to, the AP Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style, as well as several internal sites and systems.
• Stays informed of and incorporated style guide changes in content to ensure consistency of the tone and style of Customer’s communications.

About The Client

Our client is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world’s oldest and largest investment management organizations. They have offices globally.

About Solugenix

For over 50 years, Solugenix has been a global technology development and services firm with locations in California, Arizona, India, and the Dominican Republic. As a pioneer in Professional Staffing and IT Consulting, we have partnered with some of the biggest global corporations across many industries. Our history was built on a foundation of partnerships with global brands like McDonald’s, Microsoft, CIT Group, Johnson & Johnson, Herbalife, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and many others who look to Solugenix to be their trusted partner in providing professional staffing, non-IT, and IT solutions.

We live our core values in everything that we do, starting with “doing the right thing” for our employees/contractors and “committing to client success.” This is a big part of how we continue to make lists like “2019 Forbes Small Giants”. We also forge strategic partnerships with vendors and corp-to-corp candidates (C2C) that share our core values and encourage you to partner with us.

In addition to generating ground-breaking, industry-defining solutions for our clients and our own projects, we partner with clients with whom we share core values and a common professional culture to help them find talent for their valuable opportunities. At Solugenix, we invest in the personal development and growth of every individual. While this is a position with one of our esteemed clients, Solugenix will continue to invest in your personal growth and development, providing you with a successful career as well as ensuring client success.