Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter is hiring: Editor

General Description

NOVA’s editor-in-chief/publications manager will shape the college’s publication strategy and serve as the primary writer and editor of all college content.

Duties and Tasks

• Manage NOVA’s publication strategy, content calendar(s) and editorial style across all campuses and business units.
• Manage and produce NOVA’s institutional faculty, staff and student newsletters, including exploiting the platform to maximize efficiency and ensure consistent branding, tone, style and content; setting and maintaining editorial and production standards; and developing and maintaining an editorial calendar.
• Serve as the college’s primary writer and editor, producing, editing and proofreading content for both hard-copy and online publications beyond the institutional newsletters such as the President’s Report, the college’s brand journalism and main websites and other projects as requested.
• Demonstrate extraordinary attention to detail to ensure all communications are clean, factually accurate, follow the Associated Press Style Guide and align with the college’s style and voice.
• Supervises writing and editing employee and budget as assigned.
• Make regular requests from employees for updates and input on college decisions and share feedback with supervisors for inclusion in the NOVA Brief.

KSAs

• Ability to write, edit and proofread copy to conform to Associated Press and NOVA’s editorial styles and ensure copy is free of grammatical and/or factual errors.
• Ability to quickly write and edit clean, accurate content on tight deadlines.
• Must be a strong communicator with excellent written, presentation and oral communication skills.
• Ability to remain flexible amidst sometimes changing priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel), online communications tools (WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube,etc.).
• Ability to learn new technologies, content management systems and email marketing platforms such as Axios HQ, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, etc.
• Able to articulate the mission ofNOVAto many stakeholders.

Minimum Work Experience

• Experience writing, editing and proofreading content in a variety of corporate or educational settings.
• Experience writing, editing and proofreading a variety of content, including feature articles, interview Q&As, press releases, speeches, talking points, social media, website, technical, etc.
• Experience writing for a variety of audiences (college administration, faculty/staff, students, internal and external stakeholders, media, college board, etc.).
• Experience in supporting and advising senior leaders with writing projects and other communication needs.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in conventional and digital photography and videography.
• Experience in higher education communications, especially community colleges.
• Experience working in a multi-site organization.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization.

Full position details available on the VCCS website.