Associate Editor Job Description
Associate editor
provides written and visual feedback to guide the internal and external art team on quality, consistency and brand style.
Associate Editor Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Keep track of all entertainment news (castings, release dates, ), write and distribute an entertainment memo for the staff, and constantly find the Glamour hook for entertainment stories not just in Obsessed, but throughout the book
Writes editorial materials, including rejection letters, title information forms, editorial reports, and some catalog copy
The editor will help monitor copy flow and assignments as directed by the Copy Chief, edit headlines/blurbs for index pages and video modules
Develop story ideas and proposals for Builder, Big Builder, Multifamily Executive, Affordable Housing Finance, and other titles
Research and write compelling features, departments, and daily news stories on deadline
Proofread print and web copy, as needed
Develop ideas to grow the Builder, Big Builder, MFE and AHF presence online
Develop potential photo/illustration ideas
Report on in-person industry conferences and events
The ability to be self sufficient as an individual work well within a team setting
Associate Editor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Associate Editor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CSCS, IPR, BELS, II, IAT, ATP
Education for Associate Editor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the associate editor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Education, Editing, Writing, Communication, New Media, Publishing, Communication Arts
Skills for Associate Editor
Desired skills for associate editor include:
Art
Design
Ability to discuss composition
Color
Comic book industry strongly
Both The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook
Current processes
Procedures
Style guidelines as directed
Both The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP style guide
Desired experience for associate editor includes:
Minimum 2 years' experience in related editorial capacity
Hands-on-knowledge of personal computers strongly preferred
Fluent in Portuguese and English, preferably also in Spanish
Willingness and capability for periodic travel throughout South and Central America and more occasionally, to Europe and the U.S. A
Pro-active, flexible and entrepreneurial attitude
A self-starter who is able to work well under his/her own initiative, yet be a team player
Associate Editor Examples
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Associate Editor Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an associate editor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for associate editor
- Conceive, assign, and edit print stories, including short service-driven items and mid-length voice-driven narratives
- Take the lead on coverage of culture news, staying abreast of what’s coming in film, books, museums, dance, TV and music
- Representing Departures at relevant industry functions
- Contribute to familycircle.com on an ongoing basis
- Modify content to clarify meaning, to conform to a client’s editorial style guidelines, and to align with a client’s brand voice
- Interact with Editors to strategize photography and layout
- Assign, coordinate, develop, edit, and manage departments
- Write reviews, features, AP-style stories for both print and web
- Coordinate efforts with publisher and sales force
- Collaborate closely with editorial team and online editor to integrate magazine content to website, digital properties (iPad, iPhone, ), and future digital projects
Qualifications for associate editor
- Native to new and emerging platforms
- Must have a technical and analytical mindset and able to translate data into insight combined with recommendations
- Must have knowledge and awareness of industry innovation and advancements
- At least 3-5 years of on-the-job newsroom experience
- Social media savvy and presence
- Familiarity with and understanding of the luxury lifestyle market audience
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of associate editor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for associate editor
- Make ongoing contributions to the development of original ideas for stories and for photography and art to illustrate articles
- Assists in the very timely response to all submissions
- Assist Editor and Managing Executive Editor with editorial planning for all media channels
- Interact with eEditors to strategize story themes, photography, and layout
- Assign, coordinate, develop, edit, and manage assigned departments
- Write reviews, features, AP-style stories for all media channels
- Coordinate efforts with GM and sales force
- Establish and maintain industry contacts, includes travel to trade shows and vehicle launches
- The Associate Editor for the Social Accounts will be responsible for working with the Managing Editor to manage the day-to-day publishing across social accounts
- They will be tasked with managing the output of breaking sports news and the live coverage of sporting events via curation and original Bleacher Report content
Qualifications for associate editor
- The job will require a significant office presence
- Positive, willing-to-do-anything attitude
- No specific editorial experience required as training is provided
- Ability to adapt to specific editorial styles depending on client needs
- Ability to work efficiently and productively in a high-energy office environment
- Solid references
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of associate editor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for associate editor
- Spot news ahead of a trending peak
- Help reporters craft stories in compelling ways for Fortune’s digital audience
- Edit stories on everything from the latest Fed decision to chocolate-covered French fries at McDonald’s—and understand why each is important to our audience
- Understand all of the elements that go into the packaging of a story—SEO, social, video, recirculation and interactive
- Completing weekly online tasks, including researching and updating the website’s dining-event calendar and restaurant listings, conceiving, pitching, and writing food-related blogs and several stories for The Dish newsletter
- Meet with PR and brand reps for weekly desksides
- Edits and proofreads text and/or supervises freelance editors
- Monitors workflow of contributors, freelance editors, designers, proofreaders, and printers, from giving assignments to proofing final layouts, to processing invoices
- Helps build the GSD publications "brand" through promotional materials, annual catalog, online presence, events, and general publicity/outreach
- Work in the Chatelaine Test Kitchen to plan, develop and test recipes other team assignments
Qualifications for associate editor
- Digital photography skills strongly preferred
- Preferred photography skills
- Must be able to limit-test a wide variety of vehicles
- Conduct comprehensive photo research and procure images and video from agencies, specialists, museums, archives and other sources to create and flesh out Kids Media products with eye to brand consistency and quality
- Make regular presentations to staff during photo shows
- Set up studio shoots and other on location shoots as assigned
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an associate editor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for associate editor
- Work with the design team in coming up with the right images to represent the content
- Analyze and write about complex scientific material in the engaging style of the magazine (literary/narrative nonfiction)
- Find the human angle from which to tell complex scientific/medical stories
- Must become knowledgeable about the people, residents, students and alumni within assigned beats
- Must use regular meetings with Chairs, Directors, to maintain and extend this knowledge
- Maintain collegial working relationships with editors, team members, colleagues, and subjects
- Help produce, typically, short and smart audio, slide show, and video productions for the website and other venues
- Help maintain the magazines website (editing in Drupal)
- Build on smart, engaging, mission focused social media presence
- Share in commitment to and responsibility for producing a successful, accurate, timely magazine that sustains its reputation as one of the best in the country
Qualifications for associate editor
- Works well under pressure with ability to handle tight deadlines
- Research, develop and edit digital content for National Geographic’s Travel website
- Curate and manage projects including editorial stories and photo galleries, ad-sponsored photo projects, weekly content updates and social media platforms
- Cultivate and maintain relationships in the photo community with an eye towards producing destination stories
- Knowledge of image rights and clearance, image production and content management systems
- Contribute content to the Travel photography social media networks
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of associate editor. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for associate editor
- Communicate editorial standards via workshops, training sessions, style guide revisions, Provide feedback in multiple formats/settings to teach writing/editing best practices on a regular basis
- Help manage the development of sponsored content for various content marketing campaigns
- Assist in management freelancers, including contracts and invoices, and bring on new writers across different areas of expertise (tech, science, consumer, financial)
- Write articles as needed
- Counsel advertising clients and sales reps on content strategy and the content development process
- Manage BI Studios social handles (FB, Twitter, LinkedIn), liaising with BI’s editorial social media team to coordinate promotion of client content
- Actively build up the scientific network among Chinese scientific community
- Keep abreast of latest developments in life sciences related disciplines, focusing on emerging topics interdisciplinary researches
- Plan, acquire and manage scientific journals, books and other products, focusing on developing a book program
- Be responsible for the quality of editorial projects, including metadata, academic content, language, and layout
Qualifications for associate editor
- Command of and comfort with journalistic values, best practices and standards
- Familiarity with advanced reporting techniques such as investigations, data journalism and multimedia
- Demonstrated skill in working with teams, especially in digital media
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task and work on deadline
- Command of and comfort with social media best practices and standards
- Familiarity and comfort with online media analytics