Part-Time Copy Editor (Remote) Job at Cella in New York

Overview

Our client is seeking a highly skilled, part-time Copy Editor to join our editorial team. This role is essential for maintaining our high standards for accuracy, style, and quality across all of our digital content. This is a remote, part-time position and will be based on the Eastern Time Zone schedule.

Responsibilities

• As the final line of defense, you will be responsible for ensuring all published content is flawless:
• Copyedit a wide range of content, including editorial pieces, show titles and descriptions, and social media posts.
• Coordinate copy flow and deadlines with editors and fact-checkers.
• Utilize WordPress to build, format, and maintain pages on our website.
• Vet stories with an eye toward journalistic values, taste, legal sensitivity, and elegant sentence construction.
• Demonstrate the versatility to quickly edit a news-oriented post or deeply edit a reported feature.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years\' experience as a copy editor for a daily publication or fast-paced editorial environment. Applicants with no prior experience will not be considered.
• Mastery of both Chicago and AP styles.
• Demonstrated ability to edit for structure, taste, grammar, punctuation, and style under continuous deadline pressure.
• Proficiency working with multiple editors in a continuous deadline environment.
• Proficiency using WordPress or similar web-based production tools to build and maintain web pages.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with or a high comfort level reading and editing sports content.
• Comfort vetting and editing pop-culture copy.
• Experience in digital media production and a background in digital publishing.

JOBID: 102025-114058

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate\'s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.