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Lead Editor

Cross Catholic Outreach • Remote (Boca Raton, FL, US) • 3m ago

Department:

Marketing

Reports To:

Director of Creative Communications

Position Summary:

The Lead Editor is responsible for leading Cross Catholic Outreach’s team of writers. This role is crucial in translating campaign and fundraising plans into compelling written content that aligns with our mission, brand identity/guidelines, and strategic direction. In addition to editing written content and providing support and oversight to the team, this position will also create and produce written content as needed with a journalistic and marketing focus. The position is remote-based and reports to the Director of Creative Communications.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Conceptualize, review and edit editorial content to ensure adherence to ministry style and voice according to guidelines and reshape for clarity.
Copy-edit and proofread marketing deliverables, ensuring editorial improvements to flow, style, tone, grammar, usage, logic, sense and placement.
Collaborate with writers and strategists to conceive and develop compelling written content.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate project kick-offs, status checks, internal handoffs and final deliveries.
Ensure milestones are achieved on a day-to-day basis, communicating schedule and creative scope changes to ensure consistent team alignment.
Build and foster internal relationships through effective communication and management of expectations.
Develop deep knowledge of organization history, philosophy, ministry partners/programs and places we work via ongoing participation in program and team meetings, field visits and active information seeking.
Stay updated on industry trends, best practices and emerging storytelling fundraising, communication and marketing techniques to continually enhance the quality and effectiveness of our work.
Collaborate with team members to achieve common goals and meet deadlines.
Onboard new staff to become familiar and comfortable with ministry, brand voice, processes, etc.
Advocate for storytelling and marketing best industry practices.
Develop basic design and print awareness, as needed (pagination, visual content flow).
Make recommendations to improve organization efficiency and productivity with good stewardship in mind.
Serve as MarComm representative on special organization projects and/or serve as MarComm project manager as needed.
Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Require/Preferred:

Strong knowledge and understanding of teachings and values within the Catholic Church to ensure messaging is accurate and resonates with donor audiences.
Strong ability to incorporate convincing and motivational Catholic, biblical and Christ-based spiritual themes and ideas into marketing deliverables across various platforms (print, digital, social media, etc.).
Expert understanding of how to create content that drives and motivates an audience to a specific call-to-action.
Ability to write and amplify powerful and engaging human interest stories of ministry partners and beneficiaries (including maintaining integrity, respect and care for subjects).
Ability to translate complex/technical/specialty language/ideas and distill it into clear, simple copy that audiences will understand and connect with.
Ability to consistently produce quality and effective content that meets ministry standards.
Comfortable conducting interviews (often through a translator).
Foster innovation, teamwork and unique creative solutions.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and meet deadlines while maintaining a high standard of quality and attention to detail.
Expert at execution. An exceptional multitasker. Quick, organized, and work with a sense of urgency (time management to meet deadlines).
Keen ability to anticipate the needs of others to ensure seamless and positive collaboration between MarComm team, various departments and stakeholders.
Must have an elevated level of interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
Must be able to propose (and implement) viable solutions/improvements when challenges arise.
Ability to work with minimum supervision.
Must have proven experience crafting successful fundraising and marketing campaigns.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Possess a positive, service-oriented attitude.
Enthusiasm for organizational development, specifically enhancing organizational effectiveness and impact through individual and collective contribution.
Ability and willingness to travel internationally and/or domestically (1-2 times per year, as needed).

Experience Requirements:

10+ years of direct work experience in a lead editor role and as a concurrent professional marketing/fundraising copywriter with superb storytelling skills and meticulous diligence.
A fast, creative editor/writer who understands writing for the digital and print worlds, possesses both a firm grasp of grammatical rules and an ear for dialogue.
Fundraising and marketing background required.
Proficient in AP style.
History for fostering positive team dynamics and solution-based mindsets.
Advanced proficiency in PC-based environment and MS Office Suite, Dropbox, and SharePoint platforms.

Education or Certification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, writing or another related field.

Application Process

Please submit your resume by email to HR@CrossCatholic.org and include the title of the position in the subject line. Please be sure to include a cover letter detailing your spiritual background.