The Role
Copy edit news, business, and arts/lifestyle stories for accuracy, fairness, grammar, and style. Produce digital news alerts, newsletters, web and print headlines, homepage content, and online nation/world reports. Post stories to social media, engage readers, collaborate across production teams, and apply SEO and digital publishing best practices under tight deadlines.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Seattle Times, a family-owned news organization and one of the nation’s premier regional news sources, is seeking an experienced Multiplatform News Desk Editor.
As part of our team, you will copy edit stories and perform important digital tasks. You’ll ensure newsworthy stories move rapidly from initial draft to final product with accuracy, clarity, fairness, grammar and style. You should be comfortable working under tight deadlines with ease while supporting multiple editors at once. Ideally, you have strong knowledge of AP style as well as local geography and nomenclature.
Schedule: Starting times for our shifts can range from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. This position will typically work Thursday through Monday from 1:00 to 9:30 p.m. Depending on skill and background, an earlier Sunday shift from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. may apply.
Applicants may work remotely but must be based in the Puget Sound area.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive newsroom, and encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. If your profile doesn’t match this job description exactly, you may still
be a candidate for this position. Please let us know how your skills and experience relate to the role and its objectives in your cover letter.
Compensation: The full salary range for this position is $63,900 to $95,100. We typically pay between $63,900 to $80,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits:
Please note: This is a union-represented position.
As part of our team, you will copy edit stories and perform important digital tasks. You’ll ensure newsworthy stories move rapidly from initial draft to final product with accuracy, clarity, fairness, grammar and style. You should be comfortable working under tight deadlines with ease while supporting multiple editors at once. Ideally, you have strong knowledge of AP style as well as local geography and nomenclature.
Schedule: Starting times for our shifts can range from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. This position will typically work Thursday through Monday from 1:00 to 9:30 p.m. Depending on skill and background, an earlier Sunday shift from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. may apply.
Applicants may work remotely but must be based in the Puget Sound area.
Responsibilities
- Copy-editing news, business and arts/lifestyle stories.
- Helping produce digital news alerts and, potentially, email newsletters.
- Writing web headlines with SEO and our homepage readers in mind, along with print headlines.
- Working collaboratively with various teams at The Seattle Times on web and print production.
- Maintaining a consistently high-quality product with sharp grammar and unfailing accuracy.
- Multitasking with the demands of production work -- editing on deadline as well as communicating continuously on Slack and email.
- Curating and producing the Seattletimes.com homepage and online nation/world report.
- Posting Seattle Times stories to social media and engaging with readers.
- Upholding our ethics code and standards of fairness and independence.
- Staying up to date on digital best practices to optimize our content.
- Practicing a commitment to coverage that is inclusive. This means considering in our stories, headlines, other display type and photos the full range of human diversity with respect to race, ability, language, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation and identity.
Qualifications
We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive newsroom, and encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. If your profile doesn’t match this job description exactly, you may still
be a candidate for this position. Please let us know how your skills and experience relate to the role and its objectives in your cover letter.
- Experience: At least 2 years’ experience working on a copy desk at a daily news organization
- Education: College degree, or equivalent combination of education and/or professional experience
- Strong editing and communication skills
- Expertise in digital production
- Ability to collaborate and thrive in high-pressure situations when big news hits
- Strong communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Predictable attendance and reliable punctuality are required
- Familiarity with tools for web publishing and analytics, such as WordPress, Chartbeat, Google Analytics and Marfeel.
Compensation: The full salary range for this position is $63,900 to $95,100. We typically pay between $63,900 to $80,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Optional life and AD&D insurance and long-term care insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 10 days of annual vacation accrual, increasing with tenure up to 20 days
- 10 days of annual sick accrual; unused sick pay accrues to an extended illness bank
- 9 paid holidays
- Monthly internet stipend for predominately remote employees
- Subsidized transit cards and parking costs
- Complimentary Seattle Times subscription
- Wellness program
- Fertility coverage (with lifetime limits) for eligible employees
- Parental leave options
Please note: This is a union-represented position.
Skills Required
- At least 2 years of experience working on a copy desk at a daily news organization
- College degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
- Strong editing and communication skills
- Expertise in digital production
- Ability to collaborate and thrive in high-pressure situations when major news occurs
- Attention to detail
- Predictable attendance and reliable punctuality
- Familiarity with WordPress, Chartbeat, Google Analytics, and Marfeel
- Based in the Puget Sound area
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