Job Opening: Editor for Frost & Sullivan (Chennai/ Kolkata)

29 May 2012
Job Opening: Editor for Frost & Sullivan (Chennai/ Kolkata)
Frost & Sullivan, a Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents.

Frost & Sullivan is currently hiring experienced Editors.

RESPONSIBILITIES / JOB FUNCTIONS:

Editors are responsible for ensuring the research content is free from linguistic and grammatical errors. This requires checking the content for overall quality, subject-verb agreement errors, sentence syntax, hyphenations, formal tone, etc. The job also involves checking the content for data-consistency errors and ensuring that the content adheres to Frost & Sullivan's In-house style before it is posted on Frost.com

Frost & Sullivan is looking for full-time employees who work out of either our Chennai office or Kolkata office, as well as Independent Contractors who are willing and able to work from home.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
  • Candidates with 2-4 yrs prior experience in Editing are preferred
  • Candidates need to demonstrate excellent written & verbal communication skills.
  • Candidates need to have a strong command of the English language
  • Candidates must have a keen eye for detail and for gauging the strategic value of research content
  • Graduates and Post-graduates in English literature, Mass Communication, or Journalism are preferred.
  • Candidates must be self-driven and motivated to perform at the highest levels of productivity

FROST & SULLIVAN IS COMMITTED TO OFFERING ITS EMPLOYEES:
  • An environment which values and rewards creativity, hard work, and loyalty
  • An entrepreneurial spirit and culture
  • Training and development to achieve performance excellence
  • An opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing consulting organization
  • An opportunity to gain global exposure
  • A competitive salary and benefits package

MEASUREMENTS OF PERFORMANCE
  • Quality of Editing
  • Adherence to Deadlines
  • Productivity (Number of Pages edited per quarter/per year)
  • Willingness/ability to take on additional work on short notice

CAREER PROGRESSION

Editors at Frost & Sullivan have multiple paths of career progression. They can either progress to management positions within the editing function, or move into other functions such as marketing, marketing communications, PR, or research.

Not Just a Job - A Career!

If you are a highly driven and self-motivated individual, Frost & Sullivan will afford you an exciting and lucrative career opportunity. We offer a fast-paced and dynamic work environment, with a focus on exceeding both individual and team expectations. We encourage you to take risks and develop creative, outside-the-box solutions to impact the value of the products and services you will offer our clients. You'll be encouraged to maintain your individual style while adopting a consultative partnership approach. Most importantly, you will be provided the training, support and environment to excel and succeed with a leading-edge company. If you are enthusiastic, highly motivated and looking for a great career opportunity, we encourage you to apply today!

APPLICANTS:

If you are interested in applying for this position please submit your resume online.

Frost & Sullivan is committed to a work environment free of all forms of discrimination. Frost & Sullivan recruits and hires without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: apply via Frost & Sullivan's career site here

Website: http://www.frost.com/
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