Sr News Editor

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:

Technical Documentation

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Journalism, Researching, 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: DoD Secret clearance

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

Location: MacDill AFB

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Mission and People focused company.

• 401K with company match.

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

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The likely salary range for this position is $80,750 - $109,250. 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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