Production Editor

Hearst Communications, Inc.; Connecticut; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Hearst Newspapers is seeking a Production Editor to prepare editorial content for print editions. You will handle page layout, section organization, and copy editing for print, ensuring headlines and captions are accurate and compelling.

The role requires flexibility to work across pages or sections, with deadlines driving the workflow. Strong English literacy and experience in print news production are essential; collaboration with editors and designers is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in print news production.
• Ability to work with multiple products and multiple people with a customer-service focus.
• Excellent literacy in English.

Responsibilities

• Layout pages and organize sections.
• Edit copy for print and write headlines and captions.
• Select photos and trim stories to fit layouts.
• Proof pages and typeset on deadline.
• Collaborate with editors, designers and reporters to prepare pages.

Skills

Page layout

Copy editing

Headline writing

Caption writing

Photo selection

Typesetting

Proofing

Job description

A production editor serves in a variety of capacities to prepare editorial content for Hearst Newspapers print editions, including:

• Page layout and section organization
• Copy editing for print
• Page editing, including headline and caption writing, photo selection andtrimming 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.

• 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.

Specialty Skills

• Newspaper editing, headline writing and caption writing
• Aptitude in sports story and page editing a plus
• Excellent literacy in English

About Hearst Newspapers:

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP encompasses a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.

At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories – growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms – to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.

Be a part of something bigger – your headline awaits.