Job Description:
Volt is immediately hiring Editor in Cupertino CA.
As an Editor, you will:
Primary Responsibilities:
Job Summary
- We are looking for an editor to help shape a great conversation between our sales partners and customers.
Requied Qualifications
- At least 8 years of experience in a full-time editing role
- Expertise in Associated Press or Chicago style (grammar, spelling, syntax, diction, and punctuation)
- Proven ability to articulate editing recommendations and collaborate daily with writers
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Proven ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, or related field
What You'll Do
- You'll edit writing to be clear, direct, friendly, persuasive, concise, simple, and practical becoming expertly familiar with style guides and processes.
- You'll edit for email, web, print, and mobile for product launches and learning initiatives.
- You'll work with business teams, program managers, instructional designers, communications writers, and graphic designers to apply consistent standards and elevate the quality of the writing.
- You'll be a stickler for details while never losing sight of the big picture of what the content and the organization are trying to achieve.
- You'll work with other editors and cross-functional teams to create and evolve style guides, internal job aids, and internal training.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience editing for a daily publication
- Experience editing for a sales audience
- Experience editing training deliverables
Role Details:
Full time, Contract opportunity. 100% onsite.
Duration: 6-month contract with the possibility of extension.
Location: Cupertino CA
Pay Rate: $77/hr. to $80/hr.
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email hr_dept@volt.com or call (866) -898-0005. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.
Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
