Job Description

The New Yorker is a multi-platform media enterprise, spanning print, digital, audio, video, and live events. Founded in 1925, The New Yorker is considered by many to be the most influential magazine in the world, renowned for its in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons. In addition to the weekly print magazine, The New Yorker has become a daily digital destination for news and cultural coverage by its staff writers and other contributors. In print and online, The New Yorker stands apart for its commitment to truth and accuracy, for the quality of its prose, and its insistence on exciting and moving every reader. To see all New Yorker job openings, visit newyorker.com/careers.

Location: New York, NY
Senior Copy Specialist, Weekend Lead, The New Yorker
The Senior Copy Specialist is an agile reader with a demonstrated talent for proofreading, line editing, and querying, and possesses strong editorial instincts and news judgment. Acting as the Weekend Lead two days per week, this Senior Copy Specialist nimbly changes gears and perspectives, delegating priorities and making programming decisions with confidence, as well as editing and closing stories and overseeing newsletter deployment and home-screen updates. This is a Guild position.
Responsibilities:
Manage the daily publication schedule for the weekends, coordinating with editors, fact checkers, copy editors, photo editors, and social-media editors to insure that priorities are clear and deadlines are met, making adjustments to the schedule as necessary.
Close stories for other editors over the weekend as needed, and occasionally edit and file stories over the weekend.
Oversee newsletter deployment and home-screen updates for the weekend.
Copy-edit and proofread articles, pages, and related materials for The New Yorker, suggesting editorial improvements to grammar, style, usage, logic, sense, tone, placement, and concision, and expertly spotting typos and bad breaks on final passes.
Proofread and clean digitized stories from magazine archives, insuring that no infelicities have been introduced in the conversion process.
Suggest engaging headlines and other display copy, following SEO guidelines and editorial best practices.
Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to prepare and schedule pieces for publication in The New Yorker's content-management system.
Manage workflow and delegate responsibilities to teammates when necessary.
Additional duties as required, or as assigned by manager.
Skills and Qualifications:
Five years' experience as a copy editor or proofreader.
Strong editorial instincts, writing skills, and news judgment.
An eye for detail, an ear for voice.
Good communication skills.
Excellent time-management skills.
The ability to meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Comfort learning new editorial systems.
Experience working with a content-management system (such as Wordpress) for publishing Web content.
Experience working with Google Docs and InCopy.
Familiarity with the history, style, and values of The New Yorker.
Willingness to work weekends, plus some early mornings, nights, and holidays.
The expected base salary range for this position is from $85,000 - $95,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.
This is a guild position.
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Conde Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.

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