Senior Editor, AI Policy Lab — National Security Policy

Center for a New American Security; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement plan (401k)

Transportation subsidies

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is launching the AI Policy Lab and seeks an Editor / Senior Editor to shape rapid-response publications and analysis on AI policy and national security. You will work with researchers, designers, product engineers, and communications specialists to craft clear, impactful narratives under tight deadlines.

Reporting to the Vice President of Strategy and Communications, you will lead editing of long-form and short-form work, build editorial workflows,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 6–8+ years of editorial experience.
• Exceptional editing and storytelling skills with strong deadline discipline.
• Experience mentoring writing talent and working with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Top-edit reports, analysis, and commentary for the AI Policy Lab.
• Maintain CNAS editorial standards per supervisor guidance.
• Collaborate with research leads to shape reports and analyses.
• Set agenda for proactive editorial approaches with leadership.
• Work with an AI specialist to automate baseline copyediting where possible.
• Develop editorial workflows and outputs for the AI Policy Lab.
• Support invoicing and coordination with external editors/contractors.
• Coordinate deadlines with contractors and the Communications team.
• Review credits/sources for visuals and graphics.

Skills

Editorial experience

Narrative editing

Deadline management

Mentoring writers

Independent/startup vibe

Policy/AI knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Chicago Manual of Style

Job description

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is launching the AI Policy Lab and seeks an Editor / Senior Editor to shape rapid-response publications and analysis on AI policy and national security. You will work with researchers, designers, product engineers, and communications specialists to craft clear, impactful narratives under tight deadlines.

Reporting to the Vice President of Strategy and Communications, you will lead editing of long-form and short-form work, build editorial workflows,