Production Editor

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 42.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hearst Newspapers is seeking a Production Editor to prepare editorial content for print editions. You will handle page layout, section organization, wire news decisions, copy editing (including headlines and captions), and photo selection to ensure stories fit the pages.

Responsibilities include proofreading pages, typesetting, and meeting deadlines. Flexibility to perform multiple roles and collaborate across teams is essential.

Qualifikationen

• Page layout and section organization.
• Copy editing, including headline writing and caption writing
• Savvy to finish and typeset a page on time
• Experience in print news production
• Ability to work with multiple products and multiple people with a customer-service focus.

Aufgaben

• Prepare editorial content for print editions.
• Perform page layout and section organization.
• Make wire news decisions and edit copy for print.
• Edit pages, including writing headlines and captions, selecting photos, and trimming stories to fit.
• Proof pages and typeset pages in time for deadline.
• Flex between roles and collaborate with diverse teams.

Kenntnisse

Page Layout

Copy Editing

Typesetting

Wire News Decision-Making

Photo Selection

Story Trimming

Section Organization

Headline Writing

Caption Writing

Proofreading

Jobbeschreibung

A production editor serves in a variety of capacities to prepare editorial content for Hearst Newspapers print editions, including:
Page layout and section organization
Wire news decision-making
Copy editing for print
Page editing, including headline and caption writing, photo selection and trimming stories to fit.
Proofing pages
Typesetting pages in time for deadline.
Depending on the size of the newspaper, depth of editing and other factors, the production editor may perform all of these tasks for a page, set of pages or a section; or play one or two of these roles on a section or set of pages. Often, production editors will serve in one or two of these roles for part of a shift, and in other sets of these roles for another part of the shift.
Being flexible, adaptable and able to flex between the roles and vary the depth of editing and finishing is a crucial part of this role.

Requirements

• Page layout and section organization.
• Copy editing, including headline writing and caption writing
• Savvy to finish and typeset a page on time
• Experience in print news production
• Ability to work with multiple products and multiple people with a customer-service focus.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in page layout, copy editing, and typesetting for print news production, ensuring timely delivery of editorial content. Exhibits flexibility and adaptability in managing multiple roles and collaborating with diverse teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Page Layout
• Copy Editing
• Typesetting
• Print News Production
• Customer-Service Focus

Hard Skills

• Page Layout
• Copy Editing
• Headline Writing
• Caption Writing
• Typesetting
• Proofreading
• Wire News Decision-Making
• Photo Selection
• Story Trimming
• Section Organization

Soft Skills

• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Editorial Content
• Print Editions
• Production Editor
• News Production