CONSULTANCY Editorial Strategist

Project Overview

The New York Climate Exchange seeks an editorial strategist to assist the Capital Project and Communications teams to spearhead the creation of a 30–50-page prospectus, or book, that will help external audiences understand and increase their engagement with the future of The New York Climate Exchange.

• Identifying, coordinating, and reviewing materials that support The New York Climate Exchange's narrative
• Writing text, headlines, captions, that strengthen and clarify The New York Climate Exchange’s narrative
• Working with the Communications Director and a graphic designer to identify visuals that illustrate The New York Climate Exchange's narrative

• Project coordination across multiple contributors
• Content creation and editorial judgment
• Copywriting
• Time management
• Able to collaborate across The Exchange, partner organizations, and other relevant institutions
• Recognizes the value of diverse perspectives and lived experiences and applies a critical lens to systemic sources of bias and discrimination
• Applies critical thinking and seeks input and experience from others
• Commits to a decision and acts once it has been reached.

• Weeks 1-2:
  Getting to know the organization through interviews and reviewing existing collateral
• Weeks 3-4:
  Initial outline
• Weeks 5-6:
  Apply edits and complete copy
• Weeks 7-8:
  Final edit and optimizations

2 months total

Remote, must be available to join occasional weekday meetings in ET time zone.

The New York Climate Exchange is a nonprofit designed to accelerate climate solutions. Byleveragingthe perspectives of a cross-sector network of diverse partners and New York City’s global influence, The Exchange engages incutting-edge research, delivers impactful education and training, hosts world-class convenings and scales climate technology solutions. The Exchange is developing a state-of-the-art climate campus on Governors Island that will bring climate scientists, educators, entrepreneurs and changemakers under one roof—sparking the collaborations and breakthrough ideas we need to build a sustainable future.

Learn more at nyclimateexchange.org.

You must be able to work in the United States as The Exchange does not yet have visa-sponsoring capabilities.