EDITOR IN CHIEF
Peraton, Town of Florida, NY, United States
Required Qualifications
- Education and years of experience: Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
- Clearance: TS with eligibility for SCI at proposal submission and ability to maintain SCI access.
- Experience: Significant experience directly managing professional journalists and creative staff across multiple publications (newspapers, magazines, online) within executive editorial guidelines.
- Skills: Strong editorial judgment, fact-checking and content verification, staff leadership, publication workflow management, stakeholder coordination, and high-quality editorial production.
Desired Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years’ experience with foreign language versions / translations to/from English.
- Prior experience supporting government or DoD publications preferred.
- Familiarity with classified content handling and publishing constraints.
This is a Proposal requisition.
Single managing editor to oversee editorial and creative staff, ensure commercial-quality content development and publishing aligned with journalistic standards and government editorial intent; validate factual accuracy and policy compliance of Senior Military Engagement Program (SMEP) publications.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior editorial oversight and day-to-day management of journalists, editors, and creative staff across SMEP publications.
- Enforce journalistic and editorial standards, fact-checking, and quality control consistent with industry best practices and government intent.
- Approve editorial calendars, publication schedules, style guides, and final content for release.
- Coordinate with government stakeholders to ensure content alignment with policy, security, and messaging guidance.
- Manage workflows, staffing, quality assurance, and contractor editorial processes.
- Oversee translation/foreign-language production as required; coordinate with language SMEs.
- Produce decision-grade briefs and metrics on publication performance and compliance.