Editorial Lead

• Description: 
  
  

  Resources Online (www.ronline.com) is a content production company that creates, edits, and produces content for print, video, and the Web. We are hiring an Editorial Lead to oversee our writing and editing projects and to manage our large team of professional writers and editors.

  This is a senior-level position in our company, replacing a current lead who is moving to another role within the company.

  Duties include:

  • Assign writers, editors, and print production professionals to projects. Track the schedules for each resource, and know each person’s skill set.
  • Maintain and track employee and contractor project loads.
  • Manage employees: includes providing feedback on their work, handling issues, and conducting performance reviews.
  • Hire new Independent Contractors, including recruiting, interviewing, and writing the contract and filling out the appropriate paperwork.
  • Recruit editors and writers to keep the talent pool full.
  • Interview candidates and assess their level of ability and fit with the company.
  • Oversee writing and editing projects: resource the project, oversee the budget, maintain client relationships, and serve as the escalation point for the project.
  • Write proposals and estimates for new work. Negotiate prices on projects within profitability business model guidelines and goals.
  • Maintaining communication with the client, overseeing the budget, checking in on the project, and serving as an escalation point for the project managers.
  • Manage selected projects as needed.
• Requirements: 
  
  
  • Experience managing a team of writers and editors across multiple Web and print projects
  • Substantive experience as a developmental editor of technical and consumer content
  • Substantive scheduling and budgeting experience
  • Substantive project management experience, including integration with business-side requirements, processes, and tools
  • Substantive experience estimating projects and creating proposals
  • Good communication skills and client interaction
  • Professional demeanor
  • Ability to juggle and prioritize a variety of tasks while remaining calm
  • Ability to handle and get along with a variety of personalities
  • Microsoft content experience, including editorial standards
  • Adobe content experience, including editorial standards
  • Ability to understand and assess writer/editor strengths and match them to appropriate projects
  • Ability to delegate
  • Ability to inspire confidence
Application Instructions:

Please send mail to hiring@ronline.com using the subject line "Editorial Lead."