Senior Editor, Public-Sector Research & Communications

AlphaX; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov seeks a Senior Editor to support researchers, analysts, and public affairs teams in turning complex findings into publication-ready materials. You will refine main points, verify evidence, and prepare content for reports, executive briefings, and public communications.

You will collaborate with authors, manage editorial deadlines, and uphold style guides to ensure accuracy, consistency, and accessible messaging across audiences.

Qualifications

• Five years of professional editing, copyediting, or technical writing with editorial responsibility.
• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• Strong command of grammar, plain-language writing, and AP style.
• Experience fact-checking technical or research content and editing documents by multiple contributors.
• Ability to give authors constructive feedback and manage several publications with competing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Edit research reports, policy briefs, articles, and executive communications for structure, clarity, tone, and accuracy.
• Check figures, quotations, citations, and factual claims against source material.
• Translate technical language into plain English while preserving meaning of findings and recommendations.
• Adapt material for different readers, from a one-page leadership briefing to a public summary.
• Manage editorial calendars, coordinate reviews, and reconcile conflicting feedback before final approval.
• Maintain style guides and proofread final layouts, including headlines, tables, captions, and charts.

Skills

Editing

Copyediting

Technical writing

AP style

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field

Tools

Style guides

Job description

AlphaGov seeks a Senior Editor to support researchers, analysts, and public affairs teams in turning complex findings into publication-ready materials. You will refine main points, verify evidence, and prepare content for reports, executive briefings, and public communications.

You will collaborate with authors, manage editorial deadlines, and uphold style guides to ensure accuracy, consistency, and accessible messaging across audiences.