It’s time for another round of hand picked editor writer jobs. If you know of any openings you’d like to share here, please drop us a comment and let us know!
Sumner Communications needs an editor with two years of experience updating websites and blogs for its business-to-business trade magazine operation. This is a full-time, onsite position located in Bethel, Connecticut.
JournalismJobs.com lists an editor opening at MandateWire.com, which was purchased by Financial Times. MandateWire needs an editor who can manage its editorial resarch team.
Warner Brothers Games Inc. still needs a writer for its gaming community. You’ll be writing material for wiki entries, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace as well as guest blog posts and more. For some reason they want someone with a degree to do all this instead of a 14 year -old kid, but hey, it’s Time-Warner.
Does this one sound familiar? It does to us. Lawrence Berkeley Labs needs a public affairs writer/editor for a temporary assignment for about 900 hours of work in a one year period. There are multiple openings, so if you’re reading this late, apply anyway.
Today’s round of editor/writer jobs are hand-picked and not copied/pasted from Craigslist. We hunt for editor jobs the same way you do–manual searches for the latest openings. If you’re looking for an editor job, you should consider this site as part of your list of resources rather than the be-all, end-all source–it’s surprising how many people use only one or two resources when hunting for editing and writing gigs. Why limit yourself?
Journalism Jobs lists an opening for an editor who can cover legal issues for America, Canada, and Central America for Thompson Reuters. You need at least seven years with a major news organization, but a degree is not a requirement if you have the right work experience.
URS needs an editor/writer who can handle PR and marketing issues, but this gig is unusual in that there’s a requirement that you have five years experience in the National Flood Insurance program. If that’s you, have a look at the other requirements and job description listed at URS and submit your resume online.
Spa Magazine has announced an editor position–this is a Senior Editor job that requires trade show attendance as well as the usual duties. Three to five years of experience are preferred.
Meredith seeks a Senior Deputy Editor for handling lifestyle, fashion and money topics. You need ten years of magazine and/or online editing experience.
by Joe Wallace
Here’s another round of hand-picked editor jobs. I don’t weed out the full time gigs from the part time or freelance editor writer jobs–I figure in this economy there are plenty of people on the fence about which way to go. As always, none of this is copy/pasted from Craigslist, scraped or otherwise auto-retrieved. I pick these out from my personal searches and post them. No software, no bots, no nothing–just me and the keyboard.
The American Association of University Women is still looking for a freelance editor/writer to work on several online and print projects. They prefer a degree, knowledge of AP style and the ability to juggle deadlines, yada yada yada. Send your cover letter, resume, clips to editor@aauw.org and be ready to complete a writing and editing test.
The Live Free Or Die Alliance needs someone to manage and edit its website or, um, die. This is a nonprofit dot org but the ad states there’s a “competitive compensation package” available for the right editor. Not sure if that’s competitive for a non-profit or competitive rates for an editing job in general, but it could be worth checking out if you’re into the sentiment–and who isn’t, really? Live free indeed!
ScienceCareerSite.com advertises jobs in, surprise, science. There’s a temp position for a technical editor/writer listed there, but you may have to create an account to learn the full details. This opening is for Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory and while the requirements are fairly broad, you should have expertise in at least one “area of specialization” as the ad says.
Here’s a hot one if you’re all about the politics, but can manage to be non-partisan when the need arises. The Senate Select Committee on Ethics wants a non-partisan editor writer to revise the Senate ethics manual! You need a master’s in English for this one, but lawyers are also good candidates, according to the ad on LawJobs.com. Fax your resume to (202) 224-7416 or you can send everything via email to mailbox_office@ethics.senate.gov.
by Joe Wallace
Time for another round of hand-selected editor jobs. No Craigslist crap here–other sites have that editor writer angle covered so why should we bother duplicating the effort? Instead, what you get here is all HAND SELECTED editor jobs for a range of experience and expertise levels.
AOL Living needs a senior editor who can write for a female audience. This gig requires a well-connected person who has contacts in PR and with freelance writers who can make things happen. Beginners in the editing part of the editor writer equation are probably not the best candidates for this gig, but if you have a good track record you may yet get a foot in the door.
Crate and Barrel are looking for an editor to handle their catalog. This one requires a journalism degree according to the ad, but don’t let that stop you from applying if you don’t have one but DO have the right kind of experience.
CBS Interactive seeks a managing editor for BNET. You need five years experience as a story editor for a mainstream business website or newsstand publication.
More editing gigs coming soon…thanks for checking.
Here’s the latest round of editor jobs, hand picked from a variety of sources—but NOT Craigslist. Why bother duplicating CL when it’s already all laid out there for you to see?
Taunton.com seeks a production copy editor for its Fine Homebuilding magazine. You must be experienced with InDesign and while home building experience isn’t required, it is a definite plus.
There’s a New Jersey-based temp editor/proofreader job listed–just one of many editing gigs listed–at the creative temp agency Adecco. If you’re really in need of some work, a creative temp agency might be a good thing…
GSW Worldwide has an opening for a health editor--a fulltime position which includes the usual proofing, fact-check and accuracy detail needed for medical writing.
AOL wants an editor for its AisleDash section. AisleDash sounds to us like some kind of grocery store deal finder gig, but this is actually a wedding-themed operation. The ad mentions a “deep comittment to read weddings for real women.” We do find the lack of diversity in this ad a bit amusingly sad (after all, gay couples like to get married, too.) but we know they were just trying to get the ad running and probably aren’t interested in political hot potato-tossing.
Being avid Penn & Teller fans, we weren’t sure if we should run this, but it IS an editor job and we won’t turn our nose up at a paycheck for a hungry editor who might need the gig. PETA advertises an editor opening, but let the applicant beware, they want someone who can speak Spanish and/or Dutch. They aren’t asking much on the Dutch front, eh? Perhaps the right person could convince them to moderate the rhetoric a bit? But that’s editorializing…and this is an editor job listing.
As always, if you know of a good editor gig, please don’t hesitate to share with the rest of us!
Here are the latest in hand picked editor jobs. No copy and paste listings here–we’re running stuff personally selected for relevance. Some might be happy to pull anything they find off the web, but we are far more choosy about what we pick and why. As always, please feel free to correct, suggest or provide additional information.
We normally don’t list internship jobs, but for a newcomer to the business, you could do a hell of a lot worse than this writer/editor internship position with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a paid, two year internship paying in the mid 40s to mid 60s!
We’ve never used Experteer.com, but they have a sign-up bait job listed for an Executive Editor for BNet. Do let us know if you get the gig using that service and what you think…
SCORE.org wants a web editor to handle content, set editorial calendars and more. The description reads like a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, but seems like a good match for a junior to mid-level editor who needs to get some additional experience on the web. SCORE is a non-profit, so expect non-profit pay scales. Send your resume and such to Paulette.mills@score.org.
Thomson Reuters needs a wealth management editor, but they’re looking for someone with seven years of editing and writing experience in a journalistic setting, so this one’s not for newcomers. If you fit the profile, apply online and don’t forget to include your academic creds–extra emphasis is placed on that, so be ready to give your pedigree.
Interesting that while there are many insultingly low-paying gigs for writers–two dollars for an article, for example–and scammer sites aimed at freelancers, editors hardly seem to be on the radar.
There could be a number of reasons for this, but it is fascinating as a concept. Writers’ work is frequently seen as little more than a commodity. I remember one CEO asking what the difference between a product description and a blog was. He failed to understand even the most basic concept of blogging–that a blog is an entity and not an individual piece of work.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with that–until you presume to try and structure a company around things like blogs and social media. But I digress. It’s fascinating that editing isn’t the target of scam sites and low-payers. It seems that giving someone the ultimate responsibility for printed or online material getting completed in an accurate, readable fashion isn’t something you can simply throw a few pennies at.
Imagine a job ad where an editor was offered the same terms as some of these low-balling writing gigs. “Editor wanted for revisions. One dollar per article.” They’d be laughed out of court!
That said, I am sure some try–or have tried. Have you seen such laughable ads? If so, we’re dying to hear from you. Please post your experiences in the comments and share your favorite bad editor job story. Some of us think these are less plentiful than for writers…but what’s YOUR experience?
Northrop Grumman is still looking for a technical editor for Army manuals and related content. Bachelor’s degree required. These types of gigs can be lucrative if you don’t mind working in the defense industry…
EditorJobs.com advertises an opening at Beyond.com–they’re seeking an editor writer to handle newsletters and e-mail marketing campaigns.
McGraw Hill seeks an editor for its Humanities, Social Science and World Languages division. This is an on-site job in NYC and requires two years of associated experience in publishing.
The BOSS Group has an immediate opening in Bethesda, MD for an experienced editor with a bachelor’s degree, three years of experience and fluency in AMA and Chicago Manual of Style.
If you know of any editor jobs you’d like to see posted here, drop us a line in the comments section and we’ll get in touch.
We’re experimenting with this feature to see what kind of interest it might generate. These editor jobs are not scraped from Craigslist, they are hand-selected and posted here based on how relevant they seem and from reader feedback.
If you know of an editor job opening, please pass it along to us in the comments section! We’d love to know. We’ll have a special contact section up soon for people who want to post freelance or permanent editor jobs here.
Fox Sports needs content editors for a nights-n-weekends gig. This is an online content editing job requiring four years experience and a love for facts, figures and charts.
Boating World Magazine seeks a full time managing editor who can handle the hiring, firing, vacation scheduling and other duties that word “managing” entails. Love boats and managing writers? This is the gig for you. You’ll need to be able to work within your budget managing staff and freelancers alike.
We aren’t sure about this one, but if anyone has experience with Predictify, we’d love to know if this freelance editor job is worth posting here. Yes, we know we just posted it, but consider this a call for more information rather than an endorsement or encouragement to work for them.
Princeton University advertises a position for a freelance editor who can copy edit interviews, transcripts and web copy. This is for the Woodrow Wilson School Institution for Fragile States. You’ll need to know AP style inside and out for this one.
