Managing Editor, Copy

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation.

Over 7,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1,000 companies.

Overview: Do dangling participles hurt your teeth? Have you ever written a headline so good it made a colleague jealous? Will the sight of an em-dash on Page 4 compel you go back to the one on Page 2 to make sure it wasn’t actually an en-dash?

If so, we want to hear from you. Oliver Wyman is a leading global management consultancy dedicated to creating transformational moments for our clients. At Oliver Wyman and our think tank, the Oliver Wyman Forum, thought leadership content is a key differentiator.

We share ideas and insights drawn from our advisory work and from original research to help business and government leaders around the world solve their thorniest problems. We are looking for a top-flight copyeditor to help bring our content to the next level. Your role will be to ensure that reports, articles, blog posts, and other pieces of thought leadership slavishly adhere to our house style and sparkle with sophistication, allowing our breakthrough ideas to shine.

You will clarify and de-clunk copy, whet appetites with clever heads and decks, and dazzle with smooth and seamless transitions. In short, you will burnish the Oliver Wyman brand by giving our original insights the care, attention, and professional polish they deserve. This is a hybrid role based in our NYC office.

There is no option to be fully remote. Key Responsibilities: Copyedit, review, write, and approve content to ensure it meets the highest standards of editorial quality Work closely with our digital editors and marketers to help maximize SEO opportunities and establish standards for others across the enterprise Serve as a resource for in-house writers and editors on style and other matters Work closely with designers to ensure our final products are sleek and stylish Experience Required:

Bachelors degree and 5-10 years’ copyediting experience in a fast-paced environment — ideally in journalism and ideally a blend of print and online Superb writing, editing, and packaging skills Experience working with a content management system Comfort with SEO principles Excellent editorial judgment, with an eagle-eye for details and a proven ability to maintain brand voice and factual accuracy Skills and Attributes: Ability to juggle multiple projects at once Ability to work quickly without sacrificing quality Keen eye for fluff, hyperbole, and fuzzy math Collegial mindset and team orientation Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital. It is the parent company of a number of the worlds leading risk experts and specialty consultants, including Marsh, the insurance broker and risk advisor; Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance specialist; Mercer, the provider of HR and related financial advice and services; and Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy.

With over 81,000 colleagues advise clients in 130 countries and annual revenue of nearly $19 billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies provides analysis, advice and transactional capabilities to clients in more than 130 countries. Its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) is listed on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges.

Marsh & McLennan Companies offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare, tuition assistance, 401K, employee assistance program, domestic partnership benefits, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and other programs. For more information about our company, please visit us at: www.mmc.com. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients.

For more information, please visit us at: www.mmc.com/diversity. Marsh McLennan and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers. The applicable base salary range for this role is $95,000 - $147,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives. We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.