Associate Editor

The Historic New Orleans Collection; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life, long term disability insurance

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Gym membership

Parking reimbursement

Work/life balance

Job summary

The Historic New Orleans Collection seeks an associate editor, publications, to assist with editing and production of exhibitions and books, and to support related administrative tasks.

This full-time role runs Monday to Friday in the French Quarter, offering a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional development. You will collaborate with curators, editors, and production teams to ensure accuracy and quality across all publications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, history, art history, American studies or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience in editing and/or publishing.
• Proficiency in editing, writing, researching; mastery of Chicago Manual of Style.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior exhibition editor in managing editorial communications and workflows among curators, designers, media producers, registrars, and others.
• Edit exhibition content, including narrative development, text panels, object labels, and data graphics.
• Assist in editing book manuscripts and assisting with proofreading and fact-checking.

Skills

Editing

Proofreading

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Research skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English

Tools

Microsoft Office

Chicago Manual of Style

Adobe Creative Suite

Wrike

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Job Summary:

The associate editor, publications, is responsible for assisting with the editing and production of HNOC exhibitions and books. This position is also responsible for assisting with administrative and organizational tasks.

This is a full-time position, with scheduling Monday to Friday.

In addition to working in the iconic French Quarter, the Historic New Orleans Collection offers the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and dependents (children and opposite or same sex spouse/domestic partners). Medical insurance includes treatment for gender dysphoria.
• Life, long term disability, and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary additional life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Professional development and tuition assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Gym membership
• Parking reimbursement
• Work/life balance

The Historic New Orleans Collection centers diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion at the core of everything we do. We are committed to becoming a more diverse and inclusive workplace, an organization that epitomizes the best practices in our field, and a community institution that truly reflects and supports our visitors, our neighbors, and our home. To that end, we actively encourage and welcome applications from members of underrepresented and marginalized groups. We are committed to employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The below duties and responsibilities are essential core functions of this position. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

1. For HNOC exhibitions, timely and effectively:

• Assist senior exhibition editor in managing editorial communications and project workflows among curators, exhibition designers, media producers, registrars, preparators, and other members of the exhibition production team.
• Assist in editing exhibition content—including narrative development, text panels, object labels, multimedia storyboards, and data graphics—for accuracy, style, grammar, and punctuation.
• Assist senior exhibition editor in tracking workflows across multiple exhibition projects.

2. For HNOC publications and exhibition catalogs, timely and effectively:

• Assist project manager for selected book projects, managing communications among author, editors, designer, and production team.
• Assist in editing book manuscripts for accuracy, style, grammar, and punctuation.
• Assist in fact-checking and proofreading book manuscripts.
• Assist in procuring visuals for HNOC publications.

3. For office administration, timely and effectively:

• Assist managing editor in packaging and shipping of books for promotion and distribution.
• Assist managing editor in maintaining inventory of books and catalogs.
• Assist with research tasks related to the growth of the publishing program, including those related to community outreach and the development of products such as audiobooks and e-books.

Requirements

Job Qualifications:

Below are the minimum requirements necessary for this position.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, history, art history, American studies or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum of five years of experience in editing and/or publishing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Comprehensive ability and skill in editing, writing, and researching.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and mastery of Chicago Manual of Style.
• Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with others as well as demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to an evolving work environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Teams environment
• Familiarity with Wrike or similar project management software

Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position, move throughout the properties, operate a computer and other office machinery, and position self to work at workstation. The employee will sometimes need to lift boxes of books weighing up to 40 pounds. This position consistently communicates with coworkers and others and observes, inspects, and assesses manuscripts, exhibition text, storyboards for interactive media, and other similar materials.