Content Editor Birmingham, England
Job description
Technical Content Editor
Location: Birmingham/Hybrid – Typically 60% in the office
Job type: Permanent
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Editorial Team Leader, the purpose of this role is to edit and typeset complex technical documents, and marketing and communication content. The successful candidate will meet our quality and accuracy standards and show evidence of being able to drive solutions forward. The goal is to provide our membership with accurate and engaging content that looks professional and on-brand.
Key Responsibilities
- Editing and project managing selected products produced in various formats
- Guaranteeing a high level of quality control, ensuring published material is in line with house style and Brand guidelines
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders, ensuring timely delivery of suitable content
- Providing editorial advice to other colleagues across the organisation, as required
Experience / Skills Required
- Demonstrable experience of editing complex, information-rich publications
- Knowledge of legal issues in publishing, including copyright and plagiarism
- A high standard of written English, with strong writing skills developed in a professional or technical publishing environment
- Knowledge of the Adobe suite, including InDesign, Acrobat and Illustrator
- First-class copyediting and proofreading skills
- Experience using a content management system
- Ability to critically assess document structure and provide feedback to stakeholders
- Able to work autonomously, while remaining engaged with the wider team
Who Are We?
As a globally recognised professional body, everything we do is designed to effect positive change in the built and natural environments.
Through our respected global standards, leading professional progression and our trusted data and insight, we promote and enforce the highest professional standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. Our work with others provides a foundation for confident markets, pioneers better places to live and work and is a force for positive social impact.
With over 134,000 highly qualified trainees and professionals, and offices in every significant financial market, we are ideally placed to influence policy and embed our standards within local marketplaces in order to protect consumers and businesses. In doing so, we can innovate and progress the development of spaces and places so they are fit for future generations, in addition to the challenges faced in the present.
Benefits
- Hybrid Working (typically 60% office based)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Aviva Group Personal Pension (matched to 9%)
RICS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage qualified candidates from a wide array of backgrounds to apply because we know that it’s the differences in our people that make the difference to our performance.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equally positive experience, and equal chances for success regardless of any personal characteristics. Please speak to us if we can support you with any adjustments to our recruitment process.
Please make sure you have the correct right to work in the country the role resides in.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £27,818.00-£29,521.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free flu jabs
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham, B3
