Operations Associate - Editing & Proofreading
Location
Work from home | India
Job description
- Processing, proofing and distributing copy to domestic and international circuits via wire, PR Newswire for Journalists web service, Internet, fax and email, ensuring a timely and accurate transmission.
- Quality checking all orders and distributions to guarantee a high standard of service delivery.
- Account managing the successful completion of orders
- Providing clients with an excellent service that exceeds their expectations and is in line with corporate strategy.
- Adhering to all departmental Standard Operating Procedures at all times.
- Providing a high standard of ROI reporting to add value to PRN s products.
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Distribution:
- Output clients copy in timely fashion
- Ensure accurate distribution to correct circuit at specified time.
- Monitor and chase return of requested translations for onward distribution.
- Ensure that all information uploaded to PR Newswire for Journalists is uploaded with relevant industry, subject and geography coding.
- Upload graphics and linked documents onto PR Newswire for Journalists, and the PR Newswire websites
2. Editorial:
- Ensure accuracy, attribution and acceptability of clients copy.
- Ensure regulatory headline and content accuracy of clients copy.
- Assist with formatting or document conversion queries.
3. Client Relations:
- Promote a client-focused culture at all times.
- Instigate initiatives and processes to build, develop and maintain excellent business relationships.
- Understand clients needs and objectives.
- Attend meetings and social evenings with clients where necessary.
- Act as initial contact and take responsibility for all client queries and complaints. Follow standard escalation procedures at all times.
- Maintain an excellent knowledge of all PR Newswire products and services.
- Liaise with Secondary Information Providers (SIPs) to ensure accurate and expedient transmission.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies.
- Provide consultative service - advise clients on available and appropriate circuits.
- Provide editorial advice to maximize potential pick-up of press release copy.
- Maintain and develop relations with internal clients to achieve excellent service delivery.
4. Quality and Administration:
- Ensure all jobs are assigned, distributed and fulfilled correctly.
- Ensure all jobs and related correspondence/activities are accurately logged in the workflow management system.
- Focus on quality standards and timelines to achieve team targets and objectives, and to maintain high visibility for the team within the company.
- Maintain company websites ensuring incoming service feeds are accurately mapped.
5. Client/Affiliate Liaison:
- Liaise between translation agencies and client to ensure customer satisfaction with translation service.
- Advise on distribution receipt and clear times.
- Look for any up-selling opportunities.
- Liaise with affiliates to ensure accurate and expedient transmission.
- Provide consultative service - advise clients on available and appropriate circuits.
- Maintain and develop relations with internal clients to achieve excellent service Delivery.
Competencies, Attributes, Knowledge:
- 2+ years of experience in an editorial/proof-reading role.
- Excellent inter-personal skills with all levels of company personnel and clients.
- Ability to closely follow all policies and procedures.
- Good team player. Self-motivated, disciplined and able to remain corporately focused.
- Have the energy and drive to work under pressure to hit tight targets.
- Excellent organization and time-management skills with a high attention to detail.
- Flexibility around team shift patterns.
- An excellent standard of spoken, written and reading English.
- At least one other Indian language written and oral other than Hindi, is also considered highly desirable.
- Well-presented and businesslike.
- High level of ability on communicating verbally with clients.
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