The webeditor's role

 As with other editorial roles, the responsibilities of the webeditor vary from project to project. From my experience as webeditor of a sizeable legal website, the list of tasks includes:

• gathering material and liaising with site developers
  
• creating webpages, menus and links
  
• writing copy for webpages
• editing website copy online
  
• adding images
  
• adding links
  
• proofreading site
  
• ongoing site maintenance and updating.

It is important to approach webediting with a fresh eye. It is very different from print-based editing because your potential readers are expecting their information in bite-size, accessible chunks.