[Hiring] Per Diem Multiplatform Editors, Copy Desk @California Times

Role Description

The Los Angeles Times has openings for copy editors who can work on an as-needed basis with the News, Features or Sports copy desks. The News desk handles California, Business, Politics, Science, National, Foreign and Opinion digital and print coverage; the Features desk handles features and entertainment coverage; and the Sports desk handles all major and local sports and sports events.

If you join us, you will:

• Edit articles, photo captions and galleries, news breakers and newsletters; text for graphics, videos and databases; and other coverage for grammar, syntax and style as well as for formatting, search engine optimization and legality.
• Serve as a newsroom quality-control specialist, ensuring that all content meets Times standards.
• Write engaging headlines and photo captions that are optimized for search and can perform well on social media.
• Work with a level of accuracy that allows immediate posting on the website.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment with continuous digital publishing demands and daily print deadlines.
• Expedite the movement of material between the website and print by collaborating with copy editors, assigning editors, reporters, website producers, page designers, graphics editors and photo/visual journalists.

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year of experience editing news and features stories for a journalistic publication; copy desk experience editing the coverage areas listed above is a plus.
• Strong skills in line and copy editing and headline writing for digital and print, strong news judgment and knowledge of taste and legal considerations.
• Consistent ability to work quickly, accurately and with precision.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team setting and multitask in a deadline-driven environment.
• Expertise in using production systems and software tools required to edit, produce and curate content for digital and print. This may include Slack, Cue/CCI, Google Docs, Gmail, search engines and social media tools.
• An ethical and inclusive approach in the workplace that promotes positive collaboration.
• Versatility and adaptability, working not just across production platforms but also across subject areas and possibly filling in on the other Times’ copy desks from time to time.

Requirements

• The position is listed as Per Diem Employee in the Los Angeles Times Guild. Employees will be part of a pool and eligible for available shifts on a monthly basis.
• They generally will work fewer than 25 hours per week, with no guaranteed or fixed schedule.
• Afternoon, night and weekend work is expected.

Benefits

• The pay scale the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of the posting is $35.00.
• Please visit our career site to view the benefits available to our employees.