Senior News Editor

gdit; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a Senior News Editor based at MacDill AFB, FL. You will copy-edit content for internet-based platforms, ensuring adherence to style guides and editorial standards.

The role requires 3+ years in writing/editing/journalism, Bachelor's in English or Journalism, and DoW Secret clearance. Regional language fluency, especially Arabic, is preferred. Onsite location at MacDill AFB with standard hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in English, Journalism, or related discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in writing, editing and/or journalism is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and applies established style guide to non-conforming submissions.
• Native-level English fluency is required; regional language fluency preferred but not required.
• The Editor must be proficient in the nuances of required languages including grammar and journalism editing standards.
• Tasks may include verifying translations, making recommendations to customer regarding disposition of reader comments, researching news content to ensure conformance to program guidelines regarding sourcing, libel, and plagiarism, monitoring the regional press, finding instances of content propagation, and providing analysis on the reprinting source, and executing technical tasks utilizing locally developed tools associated with internet-based publications.
• Tasks may include filling in for the Assignment Editor, responsible for building and maintaining the correspondent network and coordinating the article submission process and communication with the project network.

Skills

Language Translation

Publishing

Writing Articles

Education

Bachelor's Degree in English/Journalism

Job description

Type of Requisition

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications

Skills: Language Translation, Publishing, Writing Articles

Certifications: None

Experience: 3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior News Editor, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on the Senior News Editor to copy-edits content for platforms within an internet-based program.

HOW A SENIOR NEWS EDITOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Identifies and applies established style guide to non-conforming submissions.


• Native-level English fluency is required, and regional language fluency preferred but not required.


• The Editor must be proficient in the nuances of required languages including grammar and journalism editing standards.


• Tasks may include verifying translations, making recommendations to customer regarding disposition of reader comments, researching news content to ensure conformance to program guidelines regarding sourcing, libel, and plagiarism, monitoring the regional press, finding instances of content propagation, and providing analysis on the reprinting source, and executing technical tasks utilizing locally developed tools associated with internet-based publications.


• Tasks may include filling in for the Assignment Editor, responsible for building and maintaining the correspondent network and coordinating the article submission process and communication with the project network.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education: Bachelor's Degree is required in English, Journalism, or a related discipline.

Experience: 3+ years’ experience in writing, editing and/or journalism is highly preferred.

Security clearance level: DoW Secret clearance

Skills and abilities: Regional languages sought, fluency preferred but not required: Arabic

Location: MacDill AFB

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities


• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals


• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off


• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in intelligence at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for securing the mission.

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The likely salary range for this position is $93,500 - $126,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA FL MacDill AFB

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.

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