An Editor, or Copy Editor, is responsible for reading manuscripts and other forms of written content to check for errors and areas to refine the piece. Their duties include maintaining close communication with Writers, referring to style guides and client directions to improve the content and making corrections to grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes throughout a piece of content.
A Editor should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Editor should be able to execute:
- Coaching new writers and editors through the content creation process
- Meeting with other team members, including writers, senior editors, project managers and marketing directors, to create content
- Reviewing story or article ideas
- Uploading content to a management system
- Revising content
A competitive Editor will have certain skills and qualifications, including:
- Mastery of whatever style guide your company uses
- Mastery of grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Experience working with other team members to produce content
- Experience that’s relevant to the work you need created in terms of word count, tone and content (e.g., technical writing versus advertising copy)
