Editorial Assistant - Web jobs in Virginia

C-VILLE Weekly is looking for a part-time copy editor!

The copy editor aids the editorial team in preparing stories for publication and maintaining the unique style of the paper in print and online. This position is crucial to the operation of the paper by promoting clarity and readability in each article, but it also affords opportunities to help bring out the heart of a story—as an alt-weekly, our audience expects stories to be presented with voice and personality, and the copy editor’s role helps to bring those aspects to the forefront. The copy editor will work directly with the lead editor, culture editor, art director, and news reporter, and will be expected to contribute story ideas during team meetings. C-VILLE’s copy editor may also write stories for our various magazines as assigned.

An ideal candidate will have significant writing, editing, or journalism experience, familiarity with AP Style, and the ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities include:

• Editing a wide variety of writing, including news stories, culture stories, and features, both in Google Docs and Adobe InCopy
• Ensuring newspaper pages are in the correct order, jump pages are accurately denoted, and dates and names are accurately
• Checking Sudoku and crossword puzzle every week to make sure clues match answers
• Editing monthly magazines, plus the 200-page Best of C-VILLE annual magazine
• Creating the Table of Contents
• Editing the Astrology and Real Estate Weekly sections
• Shortening or lengthening articles as needed, writing captions, and contributing headlines and subheadlines
• Contributing story ideas for both the newspaper and Best of C-VILLE magazine

Job Type: Part-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Charlottesville, VA 22902: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person