Duty First Editor, SBS FT Riley
Yorktown Systems Group, Fort Riley North, KS, United States
Duty First Editor, SBS FT Riley - (2290)
Duty First Editor will support the Offset Systems Group (OSG) JV’s contract efforts for the Support Base Services (SBS) contract to the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Fort Riley, KS.
Job Description
Supports the United States Army Garrison (USAG) and the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) at Fort Riley, KS. Responsible for timely, efficient support for news releases, in-depth articles, copy editing, page design, media layout development, grammatical accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to AR 360-1 and AP Style Guide.
Specific Duties
Assist the Public Affairs Office (PAO) with timely, efficient support for complete news releases, in-depth news and feature articles, edit copy, design pages, media layout development, assumes responsibility for grammatical accuracy, clarity, completeness, appropriateness for intended audience, and conformity to established standard format guidelines of publication, IAW AR 360-1 and Associated Press (AP) Style Guide.
Attend and coordinate both internal and external Public Affairs and 1st Infantry Division working groups for any major public affairs and or media related events that occur on or associated with Fort Riley.
Coordinate, synchronize, oversee, report and brief (as required) on all command information requests and missions throughout Division and Garrison level.
Plan, coordinate and assist government personnel in community‑relations events, to include promoting, covering and marketing produced products.
Establish working relationships with the Division, Garrison and other major Army Commands to ensure timely and accurate stories.
Work with the government editor to adjust strategy of publication accordingly.
Shall use computer applications, computer generated graphics, available software packages for innovative designs that are prepared camera‑ready for reproduction.
Shall assist the Division staff in providing media training for Soldiers and leaders.
Perform archival functions to maintain the Divisions Audiovisual Information Library including cataloging and indexing all audiovisual products.
Coordinate and assist in escorting and embedding process for media representatives requesting to enter Fort Riley to interview/cover 1st Infantry Division stories/events.
Serve as the editor of the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office’s online publications and shall provide other general editing services for the newspaper as well as other audio/visual formats as required.
Provide tasking, coverage plans and assist in identifying topics and events for print news releases, web news articles and photojournalism as requested by the PAO, in‑addition‑to ensuring suspense times are met and all products meet the command intent.
Shall coordinate with outside media outlets to assist in the widest dissemination of the 1st Infantry Division’s story.
Serve as a journalist in the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office and shall be responsible for all production elements of that office’s publications and/or printed materials.
Support the PAO in providing hometown news release services.
Perform various technical duties involved in communicating information through visual means.
Shall practice good personal hygiene and maintain a clean and neat appearance; attire shall be appropriate for the applicable work environment, and shall be clean, neat and void of rips, tears, and holes. For safety reasons, open‑toe shoes are not allowed; footwear shall comply with mission and OSHA requirements.
Strong communicative and writing skills.
Must be able to speak, write and read the English language sufficiently enough to perform the service requirements of this position.
Must be able to communicate with Government military and civilian personnel.
Must be able to perform basic addition and subtraction functions and have the ability to accurately report fire or other emergency conditions as required.
Qualifications
Must possess a favorable NACI Background check.
Location
Fort Riley, KS.
Travel
No Travel Required. Some travel may be required.
Job Type
Full‑Time.
Exemption Type
Exempt.
Category
Contractors.
Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly‑owned subsidiaries, are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non‑merit‑based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
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Duty First Editor will support the Offset Systems Group (OSG) JV’s contract efforts for the Support Base Services (SBS) contract to the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Fort Riley, KS.
Job Description
Supports the United States Army Garrison (USAG) and the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) at Fort Riley, KS. Responsible for timely, efficient support for news releases, in-depth articles, copy editing, page design, media layout development, grammatical accuracy, clarity, completeness, and adherence to AR 360-1 and AP Style Guide.
Specific Duties
Assist the Public Affairs Office (PAO) with timely, efficient support for complete news releases, in-depth news and feature articles, edit copy, design pages, media layout development, assumes responsibility for grammatical accuracy, clarity, completeness, appropriateness for intended audience, and conformity to established standard format guidelines of publication, IAW AR 360-1 and Associated Press (AP) Style Guide.
Attend and coordinate both internal and external Public Affairs and 1st Infantry Division working groups for any major public affairs and or media related events that occur on or associated with Fort Riley.
Coordinate, synchronize, oversee, report and brief (as required) on all command information requests and missions throughout Division and Garrison level.
Plan, coordinate and assist government personnel in community‑relations events, to include promoting, covering and marketing produced products.
Establish working relationships with the Division, Garrison and other major Army Commands to ensure timely and accurate stories.
Work with the government editor to adjust strategy of publication accordingly.
Shall use computer applications, computer generated graphics, available software packages for innovative designs that are prepared camera‑ready for reproduction.
Shall assist the Division staff in providing media training for Soldiers and leaders.
Perform archival functions to maintain the Divisions Audiovisual Information Library including cataloging and indexing all audiovisual products.
Coordinate and assist in escorting and embedding process for media representatives requesting to enter Fort Riley to interview/cover 1st Infantry Division stories/events.
Serve as the editor of the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office’s online publications and shall provide other general editing services for the newspaper as well as other audio/visual formats as required.
Provide tasking, coverage plans and assist in identifying topics and events for print news releases, web news articles and photojournalism as requested by the PAO, in‑addition‑to ensuring suspense times are met and all products meet the command intent.
Shall coordinate with outside media outlets to assist in the widest dissemination of the 1st Infantry Division’s story.
Serve as a journalist in the 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Office and shall be responsible for all production elements of that office’s publications and/or printed materials.
Support the PAO in providing hometown news release services.
Perform various technical duties involved in communicating information through visual means.
Shall practice good personal hygiene and maintain a clean and neat appearance; attire shall be appropriate for the applicable work environment, and shall be clean, neat and void of rips, tears, and holes. For safety reasons, open‑toe shoes are not allowed; footwear shall comply with mission and OSHA requirements.
Strong communicative and writing skills.
Must be able to speak, write and read the English language sufficiently enough to perform the service requirements of this position.
Must be able to communicate with Government military and civilian personnel.
Must be able to perform basic addition and subtraction functions and have the ability to accurately report fire or other emergency conditions as required.
Qualifications
Must possess a favorable NACI Background check.
Location
Fort Riley, KS.
Travel
No Travel Required. Some travel may be required.
Job Type
Full‑Time.
Exemption Type
Exempt.
Category
Contractors.
Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly‑owned subsidiaries, are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non‑merit‑based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
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