Senior News Editor

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Internal mobility team

Competitive pay and benefits

Military-friendly workplace

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior News Editor to copy-edit content for an internet-based program. The role requires native English fluency and involves coordinating the article submission process and maintaining the correspondent network.

The position demands a Bachelor's in English or Journalism, 3+ years in writing/editing, and a DoD Secret clearance. Location is MacDill AFB, FL, with a military-friendly workplace and strong total rewards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of writing, editing, or journalism experience.
• US DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain)

Responsibilities

• Identify and apply established style guides to submissions.
• Verify translations and advise on reader comments disposition.
• Research content for sourcing, libel, and plagiarism to ensure compliance.
• Monitor regional press and analyze reprinting sources; manage article submission workflows.
• Build and maintain the correspondent network and coordinate article submission across the project network.

Skills

Language translation

Publishing

Writing articles

Regional languages (Arabic)

Education

Bachelor's degree in English or 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‑edit 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

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 Additional Work Locations: 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.

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