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Form of workLifeway Kids publishing is hiring a Content Editor | Remote responsible for editing assigned products to ensure the development of trustworthy content that leads to transformational experiences. Ensures biblical accuracy, instructional soundness, and relevance of the content to the target audience. Edits to the Baptist Faith and Message and conservative evangelical theology.
Why Lifeway?
Lifeway is a place where you can bring your faith and work experience to join in the most important mission in the world: making disciples of Jesus Christ. Whether you're a creator or storyteller, data guru or problem-solver, or anywhere in between, if you're passionate about serving the church, we have a place for you. Lifeway has a strong Work from Anywhere (WFA) culture that is deeply focused on our mission and values. While headquartered in Nashville, TN, many of our positions are remote-eligible and have autonomy and flexibility with work hours. We provide equipment and resources to ensure team members have access to a productive and ergonomic workspace. We believe building relationships and community is essential to how we work together, so Lifeway hosts all-team meetings several times per year and provides travel for key team gatherings for remote-based team members. Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our comprehensive benefits plans including healthcare, vacation and sick time, holiday pay, care days, 401(k) plan, maternity and paternity leave, adoption assistance, mission trip time, and more.If this sounds like a place where you would be excited to serve the kingdom of God, we would love for you to join our team.
Learn more about our culture at team.lifeway.com/culture-code
This is a remote position in the U.S. with occasional travel to Nashville for in-person team gatherings. #LI-Remote
Responsibilities
- Conducts biblical and archaeological research to create original content in agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message and conservative evangelical theology
- Edits original and existing content with sensitivity to potentially controversial issues
- Collaborates with team members to make decisions related to missions content, video, music, design, and art.
- Works with production editor and graphic designer to meet production deadlines
- Enlists and trains contract writers, receives writer submissions, and initiates payments
- Makes copyfitting decisions and applies the Lifeway style and grammar rules to the production of assigned resources
- Responds to appraisal reader evaluations
- Creates and produces ancillary resources to enhance the end-user's experience, such as social media posts, blog posts, and podcasts
- Engages in conversations with church leaders, participates in professional development opportunities
- Some travel, occasionally overnight
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's degree in English, communications, theology, or educationMaster's degree, seminary MRE, MCM, MM, M.Div (preferred)
Years of Experience Required5 Editorial experience5 Church staff and denominational experience
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities
- Biblical and archeological research
- Written and verbal communication
- Ability to create original content
- Technical skills, including MS 365, Incopy,
- Able to travel, occasionally overnight
- Active member of a Southern Baptist church
