Part-Time Newsletter Editor & Audience Curator

WQED; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 37,195 - 44,083; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job summary

WQED Multimedia in Pittsburgh seeks a part-time Newsletter Editor to write and produce the weekly email newsletter and related audience messages, highlighting PBS programming, local productions, and community resources.

You will curate content, translate program notes into audience-friendly copy, and collaborate across Marketing, Programming, Digital, Education, and other teams to keep readers informed and engaged.

Qualifications

• Experience writing newsletters, digital content, program descriptions, arts/culture coverage, marketing copy, journalism, or public media communications.
• Ability to write short, compelling copy that helps people decide what to watch, stream, hear, attend, or share.
• Comfort working with schedules, program information, links, images, and digital publishing tools.
• Experience reviewing basic newsletter analytics and using performance data to improve content.
• Strong attention to detail, especially with dates, times, titles, names, and calls to action.

Responsibilities

• Write and produce WQED’s weekly email newsletter, including subject lines, preheaders, headlines, blurbs, calls to action, and basic formatting.
• Curate highlights from PBS, WQED local programming, Classical WQED, WQED+, PBS KIDS, events, education initiatives, and community resources.
• Translate program descriptions, schedules, streaming availability, and internal notes into clear, audience-friendly copy.
• Help viewers and listeners understand what is new, what is timely, what is local, and what is worth their attention.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Programming, Digital, Development, Education, and Classical WQED colleagues to gather accurate information and identify priorities.
• Maintain a consistent WQED voice: warm, neighborly, useful, Pittsburgh-focused, and grounded in public service.
• Assemble and proof occasional special-purpose emails and announcements tied to major programs, station events, fundraising campaigns, or community initiatives.
• Review newsletter performance, including open rates, click-throughs, and audience behavior, and use those insights to improve future editions.
• Proofread carefully for accuracy, grammar, links, dates, times, channel information, streaming language, and tone.
• Help develop repeatable newsletter formats, editorial calendars, and workflows that make the newsletter easier to produce and more valuable to readers.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Proofreading

Editorial judgement

Newsletter writing

Digital content

Public media communications

Copywriting

Digital publishing tools

Analytics

Attention to detail

Collaboration

PBS/public media knowledge

Pittsburgh knowledge

Tools

Email marketing tools

Job description

WQED Multimedia in Pittsburgh seeks a part-time Newsletter Editor to write and produce the weekly email newsletter and related audience messages, highlighting PBS programming, local productions, and community resources.

You will curate content, translate program notes into audience-friendly copy, and collaborate across Marketing, Programming, Digital, Education, and other teams to keep readers informed and engaged.