Manager, Copy Editing

Irving, TX (Hybrid)

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Posted 3 months ago

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Job Description

As a data-driven, strategic marketing agency, we believe our clients become stronger when they leverage the wealth of information consumers provide every day. At Targetbase, we integrate technology, analytics, creative, digital and strategy to create a better consumer experience, which improves consumer engagement and drives a more profitable outcome for clients.

JOB SCOPE & PURPOSE

As a Copy Editor Manager, you are responsible for quality assurance of all creative materials. Additionally, you are the lead on developing the Targetbase standards and is a knowledge holder for New Business FAQs. As the Copy Editor Manager, you will also serve as a backup for copywriters. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Ensures optimal quality of all communications developed for assigned clients, including grammar, spelling, consistency, and content accuracy
  • Communicates with project managers to manage time
  • Partners with the writers to ensure that the creative vision is achieved; actively solicits additional information from writers or client team to ensure content/copy is accurate
  • Researches and validates content accuracy
  • Leads copy editors in representing Targetbase and maintaining Targetbase standards; assists in PR forums for Targetbase when necessary
  • Is a knowledge holder for client style guides; keeps up to date style guides for clients for internal purposes and for the client (including the legal requirements)
  • Maintains thorough knowledge and understanding of client brand guidelines
  • Works with Creative teams during concept stage to ensure the client’s goals, requests, and needs are met (copyediting)
  • Manages time within team’s expectations; efficiently delivers product and has solutions for bottlenecks
  • Acts as a knowledge holder for the voice and brand of Targetbase

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

  • 5+ years of copyediting experience in an agency environment
  • Content editing experience
  • Management experience leading Copy Editing and QA team members minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment where resources are often shared across programs
    • Knowledge of general advertising and/or direct marketing/CRM best practices required
    • Exposure to pharmaceutical industry highly preferred 
  • Working knowledge of Workfront or other tracking and project management software
  • Bachelor’s Degree in English or Journalism
  • Solid PC skills and Microsoft software experience (Word, Excel, Outlook)

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITY

  • Expert knowledge of grammatical standards and styles (APA, AP, MLA, Chicago) 
  • Demonstrated ability to lead work across several different teams and competing initiatives
  • Quality and overall impact of deliverables: Strives to achieve executional excellence. 
  • Effectively communicate comprehensive review of all produced content
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

  • Overtime as necessary
  • Travel as necessary

We work a hybrid schedule - 3 days in office and 2 days working from home.  Candidates must local to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and willing to be onsite in the Irving office 3 days a week.

Targetbase is a part of Omnicom Precision Marketing Group (OPMG). OPMG aligns Omnicom’s global digital, data and CRM capabilities to deliver precisely targeted and meaningful customer experiences at scale. Using its universal framework of connected data, connected intelligence and connected experiences, OPMG provides services that include data-driven product / service design, technology strategy and implementation, CRM / loyalty strategy and activation, econometric and attribution modeling, technical and business consulting and digital experience design and development.

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Targetbase

Targetbase is a precision marketing agency obsessed with performance—our clients’ and our own. For more than 4 decades, we’ve been using data-driven intelligence to maximize the potential of every client to grow and succeed. We win with the artful activation of this intelligence, which draws insight from data analytics, embraces a bold approach to creative storytelling, and lights up personalized, relevant experiences at scale across CRM, digital, and media channels. We partner with world-renowned brands, providing marketing technology, business intelligence, analytics, and creative services that lead to solutions which differentiate these brands from the competition. At Targetbase, “good enough” just isn’t good enough, so if you’re not willing to settle—whether you’re a potential partner or a future team member—you’ve come to the right place.Targetbase is a proud part of DAS Group of companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) that is a global group of marketing services companies.

Founded in 1979
Irving, Texas, USA
323 employees (51 in marketing)