UserEdge Technical Personnel, Inc. specializes in matching skilled information designers and developers with leading companies throughout the New York metropolitan region. For more than 20 years, our agency has been a trusted resource for:
Direct hire recruitment
Outsourcing staffing
Short- and long-term contract assignments
Clarity. Usability. Understanding.
We recognize what today’s business users demand — to find information they need fast and to understand it when they get there. All of our talented information designers are selected for their ability to structure and present the message so that people can use it efficiently and effectively.
UserEdge focuses on identifying and placing the expert writers, trainers, instructional designers and user experience professionals best suited to our clients’ information design and development needs, including:
E-Learning
Help facilities
HTML development
Information Architecture
Instructional design and development
Interface design
Marketing communications
Online documentation
Print documentation
Sales training
Technical training
Technical writing
Usability testing
User guides
WBT
Web page design and content
If you would like more information about our company, or to discuss how we can help with your current job search call 908 730 9164.
• Edit a variety of test items and test-related materials in a wide range of subject areas. Ensure consistency of style, accuracy of content, and the highest overall editorial quality. Must be an expert in grammar and show high-level editing skills. Must demonstrate mastery in spelling and punctuation and have the ability to make effective and concise suggestions to improve text.
• Apply the style of the Client Style Guide, all other program-specific style guides, Chicago Manual of Style, and other approved reference sources.
• Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of subject areas, including, but not limited to, biology, history, and chemistry, social studies, language, etc.
• Interact in a tactful and thoughtful manner with assessment specialists in all fields for which Client develops testing materials. Act as a liaison with assessment specialists and other staff to achieve excellence of materials by maintaining test consistency standards and open communication. Act as the primary resource for assessment specialists and other staff on matters of grammar, style, syntax, content, and fairness.
• Participate fully in group meetings and engage in all aspects of teamwork within the AD. Establish constructive, on-going, and high-level rapport with all levels of staff.
• Consistently deliver high-quality edits/work free of stylistic, grammatical, spelling errors.
• Deliver editorial comments that are well thought out, concise, correct, and relevant to either correct or significantly improve the item.
• Provide superior customer service– meet deadlines, prioritize rush and critical work.
• Reduce expenses for edit work by suggesting a usable, tangible cost-saving mechanism or enhancement.
A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English, Journalism, or a closely related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary. Ability to read and edit in a foreign language, preferably Spanish, is highly desirable.
Five years of experience in writing and/or editing are necessary.
Staffing Solutions for the Information Age
UserEdge Technical Personnel, Inc. specializes in matching skilled information designers and developers with leading companies throughout the New York metropolitan region. For more than 20 years, our agency has been a trusted resource for:
Clarity. Usability. Understanding.
We recognize what today’s business users demand — to find information they need fast and to understand it when they get there. All of our talented information designers are selected for their ability to structure and present the message so that people can use it efficiently and effectively.
UserEdge focuses on identifying and placing the expert writers, trainers, instructional designers and user experience professionals best suited to our clients’ information design and development needs, including:
If you would like more information about our company, or to discuss how we can help with your current job search call 908 730 9164.
Latest Job Listing
Editor / Proofreader
Please send resumes to: melissa@useredge.com
Term: 1-year
Responsibilities:
• Edit a variety of test items and test-related materials in a wide range of subject areas. Ensure consistency of style, accuracy of content, and the highest overall editorial quality. Must be an expert in grammar and show high-level editing skills. Must demonstrate mastery in spelling and punctuation and have the ability to make effective and concise suggestions to improve text.
• Apply the style of the Client Style Guide, all other program-specific style guides, Chicago Manual of Style, and other approved reference sources.
• Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of subject areas, including, but not limited to, biology, history, and chemistry, social studies, language, etc.
• Interact in a tactful and thoughtful manner with assessment specialists in all fields for which Client develops testing materials. Act as a liaison with assessment specialists and other staff to achieve excellence of materials by maintaining test consistency standards and open communication. Act as the primary resource for assessment specialists and other staff on matters of grammar, style, syntax, content, and fairness.
• Participate fully in group meetings and engage in all aspects of teamwork within the AD. Establish constructive, on-going, and high-level rapport with all levels of staff.
• Consistently deliver high-quality edits/work free of stylistic, grammatical, spelling errors.
• Deliver editorial comments that are well thought out, concise, correct, and relevant to either correct or significantly improve the item.
• Provide superior customer service– meet deadlines, prioritize rush and critical work.
• Reduce expenses for edit work by suggesting a usable, tangible cost-saving mechanism or enhancement.
A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English, Journalism, or a closely related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary. Ability to read and edit in a foreign language, preferably Spanish, is highly desirable.
Five years of experience in writing and/or editing are necessary.