Senior Assignment Editor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Manage editorial processes across various online platforms.

• Ensure compliance with content strategies, editorial guidelines, and stylistic conventions.

• Coordinate efforts among regional content providers and editors to ensure timely and high-quality output.

• Evaluate content for precision, clarity, relevance, and alignment with program objectives and audience needs.

• Track site performance, activity, and content effectiveness.

• Recognize trends, challenges, and opportunities for enhancement.

• Contribute to periodic reports for clients that include editorial outputs, site metrics, and observations.

• Assist in program evaluation by providing qualitative and quantitative insights on platform performance.

• Aid in marketing, outreach, and audience engagement initiatives for the site.

• Align messaging priorities and maintain cohesive narratives.

• Suggest modifications to content production strategies based on audience analytics and behavior.

• Collaborate with internal teams, regional content creators, and leadership personnel.

• Clarify assumptions and fine-tune content strategies.

• Present editorial insights and platform trends to both internal and external stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Political Science, International Affairs, Strategic Studies, or a related field is required.

• A Master’s degree is preferred.

• Relevant education and experience may be accepted in place of formal degree qualifications.

• 5–7+ years of pertinent experience in news editing, editorial production, public diplomacy, international affairs, or a related field.

• Additional experience may compensate for educational requirements.

• Familiarity with the cultures and political/social dynamics of the coverage region is essential.

• Fluency in English is required.

• Active DoW Secret clearance is preferred; highly qualified candidates who can obtain a clearance may also be considered.

• Strong editorial judgment and skills in ensuring content quality.

• Experience in managing digital content workflows across distributed teams.

• Ability to analyze platform analytics and integrate insights into editorial planning.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to coordinate multiple contributors and uphold editorial standards.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Travel is limited to less than 10%.

• A commitment to 40 scheduled hours per week is expected.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.

• 401K plan with company matching.

• Competitive salary.

• Paid time off.

• AI-driven career tool to identify career paths and learning opportunities.

• An internal mobility team dedicated to supporting career aspirations.

• Flexible work weeks where applicable.

• Various types of leave including vacation, sick, personal, holiday, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.

• Typically, 15 days of paid leave annually.

• 10 paid holidays each year.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave within a rolling 12-month period for qualifying employees.

• Medical plan options, some of which include Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options available.

• Vision plan options available.

• 401(k) contributions with both pre-tax and post-tax options and company matching.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Insurance for accidental death and dismemberment.

• Personal accident insurance coverage.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• A culture of innovation that has received awards.

• A military-friendly work environment.