Communications Copy Editor Advisor

About This Role

This Communications Copy Editor Advisor role at Southern California Edison shapes how the company communicates with millions of people. It drives enterprise-wide copy-editing excellence and ensures clear, compelling content for high-visibility internal and external channels. The role leads the development and refinement of written content through copy editing and line editing, delivering high-quality work, often under tight deadlines, while applying GEO/SEO best practices and aligning messaging with business priorities and enterprise content strategy.

Responsibilities

• Organize and schedule communication releases, monitor channels for feedback, and ensure that all content is consistent with the company’s brand and voice
• Support efforts with managing PR risks and crisis communications in conjunction with the central marketing leadership
• Manage, monitor, and report on the effectiveness of corporate communications efforts
• Collaborate closely with agreed-upon vendors to develop joint content strategies to maximize communication efforts
• Help capitalize on opportunities to tell success stories around major projects, specifically highlighting community investments and partnerships
• Monitor the standard key messages/talking points created for management to use for primary corporate issues when in discussion with stakeholders
• Provide colleagues and clients with media relations advice and counsel, media training, news release writing, media distribution processes, and media monitoring/issues tracking
• Update and contribute to databases of communications materials ensuring SCE’s ability to deliver a fast response and plan appropriate engagement activities
• Assist with critical communication material such as blogs, OPEDS, fact sheets, web copy, and other collateral in support of the company and its projects
• Carry out media-specific key messages and Q&A’s, often in consultation with other members of the Public Affairs and Communications team, senior leaders, and/or subject matter experts
• Serve as a Public Information Officer (PIO) during Incident Management Team activations, playing a vital role in supporting customers and communities during emergencies
• Serve as a member of the Incident Management Team (IMT) to support emergency response and business continuity efforts, including on-call availability on a rotating basis (approximately every four to six weeks), ability to work extended hours up to 12-hour shifts during IMT activations, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as operationally necessary during emergency events, readiness to report in person to the Irwindale location on short notice, completion and maintenance of required IMT training and qualifications, and performance of assigned IMT duties that may differ from regular responsibilities
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity