Senior Editor

A Senior Editor at TDA is part of the team of eight to ten editors that provides quality assurance for all TDA projects. The Senior Editor performs editing functions for a myriad of high-technology clients including IBM, Intel, SAP, and many others. Editors handle a variety of marketing content and many types of projects because of the varied nature of the clients and their products. 

Since our clients demand quality, an important skill for a Senior Editor is the ability to focus on details. Most senior editors describe themselves as perfectionists. They spot inconsistencies, typos, and split infinitives at a glance. And most importantly, senior editors contribute their editorial knowledge and expertise to help clients communicate their messages clearly and effectively to the marketplace. 

Responsibilities include:

• Perform developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading of high-tech content for a wide range of marketing deliverables—including feature stories, customer success stories, white papers, brochures, newsletters, Web content, magazine articles, and product-oriented materials—for a high-level business audience
• Provide editorial guidance to help writers create compelling, innovative, and targeted content for their TDA clients
• Work with managing writers or editors and project managers to help ensure that schedules and processes meet client expectations

Desired background and experience:

• 6–8 years experience editing high-tech business-to-business marketing materials for print and the Web
• Excellent project management skills and attention to quality and details
• Significant experience working with corporate editorial style guides, The Chicago Manual of Style, and The Associated Press Stylebook
• BS/BA in journalism, English, or communications
• Comfortable editing all types of high-tech topics
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to quickly grasp new IT trends, concepts, and a range of topics and use that knowledge to turn copy from clients into informative content for business and technical audiences
• Ability to work well under deadlines and flexibility to respond to changing priorities
• Ability to work well with others on the team and with management
• Manage multiple simultaneous projects effectively and deliver on time
• Extensive research abilities for fact checking