Copyeditor

About Business Unit:

The Automotive Practice at Epsilon is a rapidly growing team, driving growth for major players in the automotive industry - from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to dealerships across North America. Part of a 1,600-member global team, the practice provides the automotive world’s largest service reminder platform, alongside agency services and digital media solutions. A leader in the automotive space, the team supports over 50% of auto dealerships in North America and manages relationships with over 280 million customers. Home to innovation and innovative technology, our Auto team leads the game in developing best-in-class software and solutions for hyper-personalized digital marketing.

Why are we looking for you:

• You have the passion for hunting typos and correcting grammar with a good understanding of standard proofreading terms and symbols
• You have an excellent command over the written American English language -spelling, grammar, and usage coupled with the ability to learn new programs, processes and systems quickly; staying up to date on all required software
• You are Proficient in the latest style manual as pertains to each specific account. Able to build, adhere to or update relevant style guides as needed
• You can prioritise multiple projects with changing priorities in a tight deadline driven environment
• Excellent communication skills – ability to collaborate and communicate changes/updates effectively

What you will enjoy in this role:

• Working for a proven/stable organization that appreciates/recognizes phenomenal work
• You will be working on marketing/communication assets of some of the top automotive brands in the world – across platforms ensuring quality, accuracy, and consistency
• Working with an experienced team of designers/managers from across industries
• Room to grow and broaden your skills
• The open and clear environment that values innovation and efficiency

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Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Comfortable in leading and collaborating as an effective team member, with the ability to work both independently and lead when necessary
• Lead all the content strategy projects assigned to the auto creative team
• Understand, learn and stay up to date on multiple brand style guides and branding including legal information
• Proofread at different stages of production for accurate production and presentation of all content modifications, revisions, updates, or new copy
• Ensure the documents are accurate and impactful, with flawless language and formatting
• Check for grammar, punctuation, usage, format, inconsistencies and verify factual correctness of information, such as dates and statistics, and raise queries as needed
• Ensure accuracy under very tight deadlines, with a strong work ethic toward getting tasks completed
• Identify process improvement opportunities and communicates them

Qualifications

• 2-4 years experience of copy editing/proofreading experience, preferably in an agency or publication setting working closely with print and digital projects.
• 2+ years of handling content strategy for design
• Graduate/master’s degree in English literature/communication and journalism is preferred
• Should have worked on ‘global projects’ with cross country teams.
• Preference for those who have worked for U.S.-based brands or who have knowledge of AP Style and proofreaders’ marks
• Experience working with Excel, Word, Power Point and Adobe Acrobat, including mark-up/ editing/distributing of electronic documents within each program
• Design/digital agency work experience is a bonus