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Copy Editor
Atlantic Media
Washington, DC, United States
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The Atlantic is seeking a full-time copy editor. The ideal candidate will have a sharp eye for detail, a fine ear for language, and experience adhering to high standards under tight deadlines. Additionally, candidates should have an exceptional grasp of grammar, accepted usage, punctuation, spelling, and verbal logic; should possess highly refined proofreading skills; and should excel in organization and the ability to concentrate. The ideal candidate will combine obsessiveness with collegiality and a sense of humor.
Additional Qualifications
• Candidates should have at least three to five years of copy-editing experience, preferably in magazine publishing, and preferably using the Chicago Manual of Style.
• Candidates should take a flexible approach to a wide variety of writing styles.
• Knowledge of and experience with basic fact-checking is a plus.
• Familiarity with Adobe InCopy and/or the K4 electronic publishing system is also a plus.
Atlantic Media Values:
• Force of Ideas:At the center of Atlantic Media work are the ideas within our writing. We believe that ideas – to the good and not – have consequence. Our highest work is bringing rigor, insight, intellectual honesty, to that ultimate purpose of separating the bad from the good, giving voice, argument, and flight to the latter.
• Spirit of Generosity:Atlantic Media seeks in its ranks a spirit of generosity – a natural disposition in each colleague toward service and selfless conduct. Atlantic Media writing should be cut from the same cloth – critical on the merits but informed by charity and forbearance in measuring motive and personal character.
Atlantic Media is an EOE of Minorities/Women/Vets/Disability.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.