Job Title: Copy Editor

Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years. Newsweek reaches 100 million people each month with thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia.

Newsweek is seeking an exceptional Copy Editor to join its remote editorial team. This role combines high-level copy editing, editorial quality control, freelancer management and assignment coordination.

Responsibilities

• Copy edit and proofread articles for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, clarity, readability and overall editorial quality.
• Apply AP Style and Newsweek house style consistently, using editorial judgment when style guidelines require interpretation.
• Fact-check and verify editorial details, including names, titles, dates, locations, figures, quotations, terminology, links and supporting information.
• Assign stories and editorial projects to freelance writers based on expertise, availability, editorial priorities and subject matter.
• Manage multiple freelance assignments and deadlines, tracking stories from assignment through submission, editing and publication while providing freelancers with clear editorial direction, including story angles, objectives, scope, audience, reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Communicate revisions, additional reporting needs and editorial feedback clearly and professionally to freelance contributors.
• Manage stories within the Newsweek CMS, including editing, formatting, reviewing and preparing content for publication.
• Collaborate with editors, reporters, freelancers and other teams to resolve issues, balance competing priorities, improve workflows and ensure content moves efficiently from assignment to publication.