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Location: TelecommuteJob Type: ContractCompensation Range: $33 - 38 per hourOur client is seeking a highly skilled, part-time Copy Editor to join our editorial team. This role is essential for maintaining our high standards for accuracy, style, and quality across all of our digital content.This is a remote, part-time position and will be based on the Eastern Time Zone schedule.Responsibilities:As the final line of defense, you will be responsible for ensuring all published content is flawless:Copyedit a wide range of content, including editorial pieces, show titles and descriptions, and social media posts.Coordinate copy flow and deadlines with editors and fact-checkers.Utilize WordPress to build, format, and maintain pages on our website.Vet stories with an eye toward journalistic values, taste, legal sensitivity, and elegant sentence construction.Demonstrate the versatility to quickly edit a news-oriented post or deeply edit a reported feature.Qualifications:Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a copy editor for a daily publication or fast-paced editorial environment. Applicants with no prior experience will not be considered.Mastery of both Chicago and AP styles.Demonstrated ability to edit for structure, taste, grammar, punctuation, and style under continuous deadline pressure.Proficiency working with multiple editors in a continuous deadline environment.Proficiency using WordPress or similar web-based production tools to build and maintain web pages.Preferred Experience:Experience with or a high comfort level reading and editing sports content.Comfort vetting and editing pop-culture copy.Experience in digital media production and a background in digital publishing.JOBID: 102025-114058#LI-CELLA#LI-MM2#PLEqual Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.PandoLogic. Category:Media, Keywords:Copy Editor, Location:New York, NY-10007

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