Creative Writer, Senior - Proofreader

Your Role

The Creative Studio team is looking for a Creative Writer, Senior - Proofreader who is an expert proofreading professional who can work in a high-volume setting to maintain brand and editorial style integrity as well as conduct quality assurance reviews on design compositions. The Creative Writer, Senior - Proofreader will report to the Senior Manager, Creative Studio. In this role you will review member communications and marketing pieces for content quality, correct grammar, readability (reading levels), adherence to brand style, typographical errors, and consistent application of design elements. The ideal candidate must be exacting and detail oriented.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Incorporate client feedback and Legal Department feedback on subsequent drafts
• Revise and/or edit communications developed outside our department, making consistent with brand and style guidelines
• Educate peers, stakeholders, and other business groups about the brand and the department, through creative brief reviews, copy feedback, consultations, and training sessions
• Proofread marketing and member communication content, making sure content is free of grammatical and typographical errors, meets readability standards, follows house and AP styles, and applies consistent design standards
• Partner with account management and creative teams to meet deadlines, keep projects on track, and manage priorities
• Use Adobe Workfront workflow platform to make updates on projects
• Stay up to date on brand writing style and approved organization nomenclature
• Conduct research as needed as part of fact-checking process
• Maintain writing style book
• Work on small writing projects, such as letters
• Attend team meetings and project meetings, as needed

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field such as marketing, business, communications, English, or journalism
• Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience in health plan, insurance, or pharmaceutical marketing editing/proofreading or a similar heavily regulated industry
• Requires demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Word
• Requires demonstrated ability to work on digital platforms and ability to learn new marketing technologies
• Requires excellent planning, project management, organizational, interpersonal, and written/verbal communication skills
• Proven relationship-building skills when working with cross-functional internal and external partners
• Ability to multitask with multiple deadlines and/or milestone requirements

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $ 80300.00 to $ 120450.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion upholds our values and advances our goal of creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends while addressing health disparities, promoting social justice, and integrating health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work, Military Friendly Employer, People Companies that Care, a Leading Disability Employer, and one of California’s top companies in volunteering and giving. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!

Our Values:

• Honest . We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human . We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
• Courageous . We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.