Communications Copy Editor Advisor

Rosemead, CA (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $194K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead and shape corporate communications, crisis readiness, and media relations across programs, campaigns and incidents while coordinating with vendors and internal teams to ensure brand-consistent messaging and rapid, responsible engagement.

  • Owns media relations guidance, training, and Q&A development for management and stakeholders.
  • Manages incident communications and IMT involvement, including on-call availability and extended hours during emergencies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Organizes and schedules communication releases, monitors channels for feedback, and ensures that all content is consistent with the company’s brand and voice.
  • Supports effort with managing PR risks and crisis communications in conjunction with the central marketing leadership.
  • Manages, monitors, and reports on the effectiveness of corporate communications efforts. Collaborates closely with agreed upon vendors to develop joint content strategies to maximize communication efforts.
  • Helps capitalize on opportunities to tell success stories around major projects, specifically highlighting community investments and partnerships.
  • Monitors the standard key messages/talking points created for management to use for primary corporate issues when in discussion with stakeholders; providing colleagues and clients with media relations advice and counsel, media training, news release writing, media distribution processes and media monitoring/issues tracking.
  • Updates and contributes to databases of communications materials ensuring SCE’s ability to deliver a fast response and plan appropriate engagement activities.
  • Assists with critical communication material such as blogs, OPEDS, fact sheets, web copy, and other collateral in support of the company and its projects.
  • Carries out media-specific key messages and Q&A’s, often in consultation with other members of the Public Affairs and Communications team, senior leaders and/or subject matter experts.
  • Serves as a Public Information Officer (PIO) during Incident Management Team activations, playing a vital role in supporting our customers and communities during emergencies.
  • Incident Management Team (IMT) Participation: When needed, incumbents in this job are required to serve as members of the Incident Management Team (IMT) to support emergency response and business continuity efforts. This essential function includes on-call availability on a rotating basis (approximately every four to six weeks), the ability to work extended hours up to 12-hour shifts during IMT activations, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as operationally necessary during emergency events, readiness to report in person to the Irwindale location on short notice, completion and maintenance of required IMT training and qualifications, and the performance of assigned IMT duties that may differ from regular responsibilities. These requirements are considered essential functions of the role.

Requirements

  • Seven or more years of experience in corporate communications within a corporate and/or agency environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and experience, preferably in Communications, Journalism or Public Relations.
  • Experience in AP style copy editing, line editing and written communications or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Experience with narrative-style writing and aligning to brand voice.
  • Experience with project management software (ie. Monday.com).
  • Experience writing and editing for various digital platforms, including websites, social media and the intranet.
  • Experience using digital creative platforms such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, Figma and Frame IO to provide copy edits.
  • Experience using and researching best practices for GEO, SEO and AI systems, including use of AI agents.
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National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of black journalists worldwide.Founded by 44 men and women on December 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.Each year, NABJ awards nearly $100,000 in scholarships and internships to college and high school students nationwide, as well as fellowships for seasoned professionals.The NABJ Media Institute provides professional development and technical training for black journalists at venues across the country.NABJ is headquartered on the campus of the University of Maryland-College Park.

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