A perfect cover letter needs to be simple and direct form of letter. It should be mainly designed by considering recruiter's point of view. The main purpose of cover letter is to highlight your relevant skills and achievements in effective manner. As a result, your application should stand unique and appropriate according to the interviewer. Similarly, a Managing Editor cover letter is also needed to be designed effectively and well organized manner.
First of all, you must be aware with all responsibilities and duties performed by any Managing Editor of organization. Generally, a Managing Editor is accountable to maintain the quality of the published writing material by using appropriate editing skills. A managing editor must have their proficiency in correcting grammatical and spelling errors. Apart from the editing work, a managing editor is also responsible to maintain a healthy interaction with authors and publishers. A managing editor actively participates in deciding definite budget to specific publication on combined discussion with governing body.
Apart from basic editing abilities, a managing editor also needs to acquire some relevant skills in order to have significant growth in their career. Some of the skills are administrative and leadership skills that help to control other staff members and maintain desired flow of work. Similarly, your expertise in handling latest web based tools can be considered as one of the valuable qualities for exhibiting a convincing role of managing editor.
Most importantly, make sure that entire body of your cover letter should be completed in three major paragraphs. First paragraph should include information about the source from which you got to know about the job vacancy. If there is any reference then you must mention it separately just below the sender's address. Further, it should be followed with a middle paragraph highlighting all your achievements and special qualities suitable for the position of managing editor. In your last paragraph, you must offer the recruiter to discuss upon future goals and contribution from your side.
Following is one of the samples of Managing editor cover letter:
From
Gerald L. Alicea
471 Bryan Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Contact No: 651-343-4648
Email id- GeraldLAlicea@anymail.com
Date:
To
Kurt T. Smith
Senior Editor
Phoenix Publisher
2358 Bond Street
Providence, RI 02904
USA
Date:
Dear Mr. Smith,
I am writing this letter in response to your advertisement about a vacant position of a Managing editor in last week's edition of Employment Magazine. I am trying for this position in your organization from past two years as your company has always been my dream company to work with. After acquiring two years experience as an assistant editor, now I am on stage to successfully utilize my gained knowledge and experiences in overall development of your organization.
After completing my graduation in English literature, I began my career as an assistant editor in the field of writing. During my journey as an assistant editor, I actually got an opportunity to hone my writing skills and also minimized my grammatical and language errors through editing process. At the same time, I have also learnt the procedures required for publishing particular written material. I was working under the supervision of managing editor. As a result, I have also gained experiences regarding responsibilities of managing editor such as supervising the entire publication process, planning and allocating definite budget for particular publishing project, building marketing strategies for promoting the published material, regular monitoring of other staffs for desired flow of work.
On the other side, some of my personal skills like, excellent time management and communication skills really helped me in meeting all deadlines in time. I have also gained expertise in grammatical skills. At the same time, I was also handling the entire trafficking activity of published website.
I surely believe that my capabilities and relevant skills can surely prove to be a valuable asset for your organization. I am glad that my application is considered by you. Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have any queries regarding my qualification and achievements. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Gerald L. Alicea
Enclosure: Resume
After going through the above sample, you can clearly get an idea about all essential features needed to be highlighted in your managing editor cover letter.
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