Managing Editor, Health Care Business

Description:

OPEN MINDS is the premier market intelligence and management consulting firm focused on serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs, including mental health, addictions, autism, intellectual/developmental disabilities, long-term support services, social services, children’s services, juvenile justice, and corrections health care. OPEN MINDS mission is to provide organizations serving these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

The Managing Editor, Health Care Business is responsible for the operation of the Circle Market Intelligence service line. This includes operational responsibility and production for the quality and usability of online content of the OPEN MINDS market intelligence product lines. This executive is also responsible for ensuring the best possible content experience for the market intelligence service subscribers, as well as optimizing the service and its content as a revenue source for the company.

The ideal candidate for this role has experience managing publication production and production teams, managing web-based content, and knowledge of the health and human service field. This executive consistently plans ahead, can manage a diverse team with multiple deadlines, and maintains structure throughout their work. This role combines the innovativeness of a creative team leader with the practical focus of an editor and production manager.

Responsibilities of the Managing Editor, Health Care Business, include:

• Management of the Daily Executive Briefings (written in the voice of the CEO), including but not limited to: writing, review, editing, layout, posting, updates to the production tracker, and interviews
• Create concise, high-impact copy, documents, or presentations that allow senior leadership to grasp complex issues and make rapid decisions. Such content may include a monthly newsletter, weekly news service, multiple databases, long-form reports, weekly roundtable executive case study webinars, and multiple profiles for states, service provider organizations, and specific innovative programs.
• Manage the production cycle for market intelligence service lines, including editorial planning, topic selection, content production, layout, editing, and publication.
• Research and implement new editorial decisions concerning the content of publications for the company and clients based on topic, project, or campaign.
• Review and edit publications according to OPEN MINDS’ specifications for style, tone, and length, while ensuring correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Develops and coaches writing staff to organizational standards; Assist writers with selecting and finalizing artwork, photography, and text for reproduction.
• Facilitate collaborative teamwork among content creators including editorial, marketing, and product teams to ensure a unified and consistent brand message.
• Ensures publications are completed on time and within applicable budget constraints.
• Analyze subscription service metrics (like types of subscribers, renewal rates, readership stats, and more) and report on the effectiveness of the company’s content to drive future content creation and propose optimizations for current content
• Edit the pre-publication content on on-line platforms from various internal and external sources.
• Ensure the content website meets user functionality needs as well as all global compliance requirements, including data privacy, user accessibility, and other relevant laws and regulations
• Contribute to the subscription sales and renewal process, including facilitating virtual tours for current and potential subscribers as needed
• Maintains current knowledge of developments and treads in area of position specialty
• Performs other related duties as assigned; May serve as a back-up as organizational needs change.

Requirements:

Position reports to: Executive Vice President, Market Intelligence

Direct reports:

• Senior Editor
• Strategy Editor
• News Director
• Market Intelligence Analyst, State Profiles
• Government Contract Database Manager
• Market Analyst, Content
• Market Intelligence Analyst
• Health Care Content Creator - Ghost Writer

Performance metrics: OPEN MINDS Circle revenue and profitability, as well as readership performance indicators

Skills, experience, and education required of the Managing Editor, Health Care Business include:

• Strong research skills, with the ability to conduct independent research, analyze findings, and produce reports with relevant information for OPEN MINDS subscribers.
• The ability to understand and interpret challenging health care policy, technology, and data in a fast-paced environment is required. Experience writing thought leader pieces preferred.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, including the ability to track multiple tasks and multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment.
• Minimum of four years of managing digital content production in online publishing, mobile apps, and/or subscription service with corresponding marketing experience
• Experience with publishing health and/or business content at a large-scale web site
• Experience editing content, and ability to provide detailed feedback to writers on a wide range of topics while proofing documents for grammatical accuracy and correct layout
• Understand content categorization and structure, content development, distribution and measurement
• An understanding of analytics and experience incorporating learnings into future content production.
• Excellent project management; organizational, communication, and analytical thinking skills
• Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, agile team-oriented environment—someone who embraces and leads through change and ambiguity
• A curious, collaborative, open-minded individual
• Demonstrated proficiency with and working knowledge of computer applications including, but not limited to, word processing, electronic data transfer programs, e-mail, databases, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint. Experience with Sharepoint & Microsoft 365 preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Background in the health and human services field.
• Experience working with a C-Level executive is preferred.
• Ability to lift 35 pounds.
• Visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading.
• Ability to travel unattended on an as needed basis.
• Ability to use personal credit card for occasional purchases on behalf of the organization, which will be reimbursed.

OPENMINDS is an equal opportunity employer