Senior Intelligence Digest Editor — Swing Shift

FedWriters, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Job summary

FedWriters, Inc. seeks an Intelligence Report Editor to serve as the final authority on the Defense Intelligence Digest.

This on-site, swing-shift role focuses on precision, quality control, and publication readiness for daily intelligence reporting. The Production Control Officer will enforce DIA editorial standards, manage HTML layouts, and coordinate with editors and designers to ensure timely daily releases.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph is required.
• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or related field OR 5 years of relevant proofreading/editing experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum 3 years of proofreading, editing, or production control within DoD or U.S. Government.
• Experience applying style guides, editorial standards, and production controls in a high-volume publishing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the final production control authority for all Defense Intelligence Digest content prior to publication.
• Conduct final proofreading and quality control reviews of layouts, graphics, and formatted content to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Enforce compliance with DIA Style Guide, SOPs, SMP/CAPCO, and tradecraft standards.
• Review and validate all classification markings to ensure ODNI SMP compliance.
• Apply SDB branding to selected DID articles in HTML format as directed by the DID Managing Editor.
• Oversee HTML layout and final content production using DIA-authorized publishing tools (e.g., DocBuilder).
• Coordinate with editors, designers, and dissemination teams to ensure on-time daily publication.
• Produce and submit a Daily Status Report documenting completed work and resolutions.
• Maintain and archive final versions of all DID products in shared drives.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

CI polygraph

MS Office

HTML publishing tools

Editorial SOPs

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Journalism/Communications

5 years of relevant proofreading/editing experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

DocBuilder

Job description

FedWriters, Inc. seeks an Intelligence Report Editor to serve as the final authority on the Defense Intelligence Digest.

This on-site, swing-shift role focuses on precision, quality control, and publication readiness for daily intelligence reporting. The Production Control Officer will enforce DIA editorial standards, manage HTML layouts, and coordinate with editors and designers to ensure timely daily releases.