Senior Editor and Content Strategist, Thought Leadership, Deloitte Global
Global (DTTL) Communications and Public Relations Posted: 25-Jul-2022
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Work you'll do
Work you’ll do:
Deloitte Insights (DI) is Deloitte’s global publishing imprint for business research and insights. It publishes 300-plus thought leadership pieces annually across formats including print, online, interactive, infographics, podcasts, and videos intended to educate, inform, and inspire Deloitte clients and prospective clients on business, economic, and societal issues across functions, industries/sectors, and geographies. The global DI team within Deloitte, Touche, Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) is responsible for driving the most strategic thought leadership within the Deloitte member firm network targeting global C-suite and board-level executives.
- Leveraging your own business understanding and content skills when partnering with thought leaders, research professionals, and their teams to develop and execute on the annual content plan for one of Deloitte’s global signature issues, determine the appropriate content strategy and channel strategy for each project, and determine and achieve the optimal storytelling approach to increase audience engagement
- Acting as the storytelling strategist to ensure that each content project is clear and compelling—that the story flows logically and ensures reader/viewer/listener engagement from start to finish, the ideas are well-differentiated and communicated accurately and directly, the phrasing is dynamic and conversational, the overall content project will be perceived by target audiences as high-quality and high-value, and the content will achieve the content creators’ objectives
- Acting as a champion for the audience, with a deep understanding of their content consumption behaviors and preferences based on research in collaboration with our audience insights and user experience teams
- Stewarding each project through the content development process, bringing in creative collaborators at the right stage to ensure that purposeful design principles are applied in a way that best suits the subject matter, its target audience, and its intended use/objective
- Working closely with authors to ghostwrite, rewrite, or substantively edit thought leadership content to ensure quality, readability, and audience engagement while maintaining the authors’ voices
- Editing copy for grammar, punctuation, readability, flow, and style
- Coordinating with authors, designers, marketing, and other internal teams to ensure that project timelines are accurately set and met
- Coaching Deloitte content creators on language usage, writing style, storytelling effectiveness, and Deloitte Insights’ production processes
- Guiding junior editors and reviewing their work. Our DI publishing team comprises editors plus production, audience development, and digital operations professionals located around the world. The global senior editor will report to the DI global editor in chief in the United States.
What you'll be part of - our Deloitte Global Culture:
Who you'll work with:
Qualifications:
Required:
- 7+ years of experience in writing, editing, and proofreading content in English (business journalism experience preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in English, literature, journalism, communications, or similar)
- Exceptional writing fluency and knowledge of US English grammar, conversational phrasing and AP style, and the ability to explain edits to authors
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills; proven ability to translate complex concepts into easily digestible terms
- Excellent attention to detail, laser focus on quality, and ability to consider the big picture
- Outside-in orientation, considering all content projects from the perspective of the target audience and their needs/interests
- Versatile writing and editing skills, from writing engaging short-form web copy to developmentally editing long-form research reports on complex topics
- Experience with creating multimedia content
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including the confidence to interact with and influence personnel at all levels, as well as listening skills, responsiveness, flexibility, initiative, decision-making, conflict resolution, and tact
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, content management systems, and workflow and collaboration tools such as Workfront, Microsoft Teams, etc.; knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
Preferred:
- Experience in a publishing/media house
- Experience with corporate thought leadership and global, cross-industry content
- Experience working remotely with a global team