Position Title: Copy Editor
Location Information
Hybrid – Kansas City, MO
Position Responsibilities:
The Copy Editor plays a vital role in ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency in all organizational communications. You will edit and proofread a broad range of written materials—including publications, reports, digital and web content, newsletters, presentations, and marketing collateral. This role is critical in supporting both internal and external communications, ensuring that all content meets established style and branding standards. As the Copy Editor, you will collaborate closely with writers, analysts, legal professionals, and communication teams to improve readability and clarity, fact-check and verify content, and meet publication deadlines. Additionally, you will assist in developing and upholding editorial guidelines, maintain editorial calendars, and review document layouts and formatting for both print and digital distribution. This position requires strict attention to editorial standards, regulatory communication requirements, and accessibility guidelines.
Essential Skills, Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a closely related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ professional copy editing or editorial experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in written communication, editing, and proofreading, with superior attention to grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and formatting.
• Thorough knowledge of AP Style and/or Chicago Manual of Style and adherence to editorial standards.
• Experience editing technical, legal, financial, or regulatory materials is highly valued.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and content management systems.
• Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to fact-check, validate data, verify citations, and ensure overall accuracy of content.
• Strong collaborative skills; experience working with cross-functional teams to ensure clarity, consistency, and compliance with organizational guidelines.
• Ability to develop and maintain editorial guidelines, style documentation, and support branding initiatives.
• Experience coordinating editorial calendars and meeting tight publication deadlines.
• Familiarity with document layouts, and ensuring polished formatting for print and digital platforms.
• Commitment to upholding accessibility, compliance, and regulatory communication standards.
Preferred skills and experience include: previous work in insurance, financial services, government, or regulatory environments; familiarity with digital publishing tools and document management systems; and proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously under time constraints.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or related discipline, or equivalent editorial work experience.
• 5+ years of copy editing or professional editorial experience.
• Proven track record of editing technical, legal, financial, or regulatory content.
• Excellent command of AP Style and/or Chicago Manual of Style.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and content management systems.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Experience with digital publishing tools, document management systems, or working in regulatory environments is a plus.
ECCO Select is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Veterans of our United States Uniformed Services are specifically encouraged to apply for ECCO Select opportunities.
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