Job Description

(Basic Job Function)

This is a project pay position. Provides professional support. Responsibilities may include general business, science, medical, agricultural or other professional support functions.

Unit Position Summary

A-CAPP seeks an experienced Editorial Standards Consultant to develop and implement institutional editorial standards across its publications, reports, newsletters, and related communications. As an interdisciplinary academic center operating at the intersection of law, business, technology, and government, A-CAPP produces high-impact public-facing content for industry leaders, policymakers, scholars, and practitioners.

This role will establish a formal editorial style guide, strengthen consistency across institutional outputs, and provide editorial guidance for publications and strategic communications. The consultant will help build sustainable editorial systems while supporting quality assurance for key deliverables.

This role is an on-call, project-based position providing time-sensitive editorial support in 2 phases to be completed within 20 calendar days.

Phase 1: Editorial Inventory / Audit

• Conduct an audit of existing institutional publications, newsletters, reports, and related communications to identify consistencies in style, formatting, and voice.

Phase 2: Editorial Standards Guide Development

• Develop a comprehensive editorial style guide for institutional use.

Compensation will be $900.00 in total that is paid in two payments coinsiding with completion of each phase.

Desired Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in a related field

• 5+ years of professional editing, copyediting, or editorial consulting experience

• Experience developing editorial style guides or institutional publishing standards

• Strong familiarity with academic, policy, or professional publications

• Exceptional attention to detail and editorial judgment

• Ability to synthesize and standardize language across interdisciplinary subject matter

• Experience with publication workflows and template-based content systems

• Familiarity with Canva strongly preferred

Preferred Experience:

• Academic center, think tank, policy institute, or higher education communications experience

• Editing content for industry and practitioner audiences

• Familiarity with legal, business, technology, or policy writing conventions

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

In order to be considered for this project, please submit the following application documents:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Portfolio with work examples
• 3 references ( at least one that can speak specifically to portfolio work)

Work Hours

ON-CALL

Website

https://a-capp.msu.edu/

Remote Work Statement

MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.