Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Baltimore, MD and Greenbelt, MD)
Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Editor to review and ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of technical training materials. The role will also coordinate editorial assignments, provide guidance to Technical Editors, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality training products.
Responsibilities:The candidate must have excellent communications & editing abilities and the ability to multitask while working under tight deadlines. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to coordinate with a training development team to produce clear and concise documents appropriate for the intended audience. The candidate will be required to present sample editing products.
- Perform editorial reviews of training materials, including storyboards, online lessons, assessments, and supporting documentation, to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to established editorial standards and instructional efficacy.
- Coordinating with a team of instructional designers, graphic artists, programmers, multimedia specialists, technical writers, and documentation specialists to create both paper- and web-based training products.
- Ensuring overall editorial quality of training materials developed, including compliance with federal regulations and guidelines and adherence to internal and client standards.
- Conduct quality reviews or spot checks of editorial work, as appropriate, to identify recurring issues, support consistency, and recommend improvements.
- Coordinate and assign editorial tasks among Technical Editors based on project priorities, workload, deadlines, and available resources.
- Use the team's project management system to assign, track, and monitor editorial tasks, identify potential scheduling concerns, and support timely completion of deliverables.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for editorial questions from other project sub-teams.
- Provide technical guidance to Technical Editors, including clarification of editorial requirements, interpretation of style guidelines, and resolution of complex or inconsistent editorial issues.
- Identify opportunities to improve editorial workflows, review procedures, checklists, and other resources to increase efficiency and maintain quality.
- Recommend updates or clarifications to editorial standards, style guides, and supporting resources based on recurring issues, client feedback, or evolving project requirements.
- Communicate editorial workload, progress, potential risks, and resource needs to project management, and elevate issues that may affect deliverable quality or schedules.
- Support the onboarding and technical development of Technical Editors by providing guidance on editorial procedures, project standards, tools, and best practices.
- Ensuring technical training meets instructional objectives and is written to a level appropriate to the target audience.
Qualifications and Skills:- Bachelor's degree in English or related field, or combination of education and experience.
- At least six years of editorial experience.
- At least two years of experience coordinating and assigning tasks among team members, including monitoring workloads, priorities, and deadlines.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows/Office Suite.
- Ability to adhere to different style guides (i.e., GPO, MLA, APA, etc.).
- Ability to work within a team in a deadline-driven environment.
- Knowledge of Section 508 requirements.
- Experience editing for the healthcare or medical field a plus.
- Experience with using artificial intelligence to improve task efficiency is a plus.
Summary of Benefits- 15 PTO days
- 11 paid holidays
- Medical Insurance with - 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
- Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
- Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
- Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
- $1500 Annual Training Budget
- $1500 Referral bonus
- Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus
- Flexible work arrangements
